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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. more »


Year:
2013
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Sentimental and melancholy 
Whenever I think about you 
It's only a mood
A brief interlude 
That's better described 
As just feelin' blue 

I suppose that 
It's just my folly 
To keep it alive 
As I do 
But it's a kind of 
Sugar coated misery 

And foolish as it seems 
I thought I'd like to be 
Sentimental and melancholy 
Whenever I think about you-ou

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Written by: JOHNNY MERCER, RICHARD WHITING, RICHARD A. WHITING

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