God Bless the Child

Billie Holiday · 1941

Context

Song written in 1939 by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. Holiday recorded it on May 9, 1941, with Eddie Heywood's orchestra; the record was released on Okeh in 1942. This version entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1976, and the song appears on the RIAA and NEA "Songs of the Century" list.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• All of Me (1941)
• Strange Fruit (1939)
• Fine and Mellow (1939)
• Lover Man (1944)
• What a Little Moonlight Can Do (1935)

Sources

• EN: God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)
• billieholiday.be

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