Artist	Song
Frank Sinatra	One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
from Classic Sinatra - His Great Performances, 1953-1960 (2000)
Madeleine Peyroux	(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life
from Dreamland (2005)
Joni Mitchell	Blue Motel Room
from Hejira (2007)
Norah Jones	Don't Know Why
from Come Away With Me (2002)
Erykah Badu	Window Seat
from New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh (2010)
Macy Gray	Ghetto Love
from Big (2007)
Diana Ross & The Supremes	Reflections
from Number 1's: Diana Ross & The Supremes (2004)
Nina Simone	Four Women
from The Best of Nina Simone (1986)
Squirrel Nut Zippers	Blue Angel
from Hot (1997)
George Shearing Quintet & Nancy Wilson	The Nearness of You
from The Swingin's Mutual (2004)
Amy Winehouse	Me & Mr. Jones
from Back to Black (2007)
Shirley Horn	I Wanna Be Loved
from Close Enough for Love (1989)
Dianne Reeves	We'll Be Together Again
from A Little Moonlight (2003)
Cassandra Wilson	You Don't Know What Love Is
from Blue Light 'Til Dawn (1993)
Karen Dalton	I Love You More Than Words Can Say
from It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best (2006)

Comment:

Yes, she's the godmother to the ladies of neo-soul, but Billie Holiday's musical offspring range far and wide — much farther and wider than you'd ever expect. Born a mere eight months after Holiday, Frank Sinatra was, in his own words, "dazzled by her soft, breathtaking beauty," and you can hear echoes of her late-night ruminations in his battle-weary ode to closing time, "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)." Janis Joplin, whose career was also cut short by the excesses of her very public private life, unleashes a feral howl in her bluesy cover of Big Mama Thornton's "Ball and Chain." And one of the most remarkable singing and songwriting talents of her generation, Amy Winehouse, breaks down whatever was left of the fourth wall to tell it like it is — warts and all — in "Me & Mr. Jones." From Erykah Badu to Madeleine Peyroux, Lady Day still casts a long shadow.

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