Today’s assignment is "a love song from a female artist." I figure you don’t get much more female than Billie Holiday. "The Very Thought Of You" was written by Ray Noble in 1934, who first recorded it with his orchestra and Al Bowlly on vocals that year in the UK. Later that year, it was releaseed in the US and reached #1 on the charts for several weeks. Lady Day recorded it in 1938, and it doesn’t appear to have charted for her.
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What a voice. Not many can compare.
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Lady Day was something, wasn’t she?
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Absolutely, she was!
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Always loved her.
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Excellent, John
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What a lovely choice. Thanks so much 😊
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What a great song. Makes me want to watch Lady Sings the Blues again.
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I love the old ‘standards’, and you can never go wrong with Billie Holiday singing…anything. She could sing the ingredients on a cereal box, and I’d listen. 😉
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Billie did a lot of the standards. In fact, a lot of songs became standards because she did them. And yes, I’d love to hear her sing “BHA and BHT added to preserve freshness”…
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She always is so emotive in her singing. I love her
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She’s fantastic, and did quite a few songs like this.
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Stunning love song!
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Glad you like it!
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No better song than this 💜💜
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Glad you like it! I think Ray Noble (the composer) was Britsh…
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Yes he was actually English
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