Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday

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Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 15, 1994
Label RCA Victor
Producer John Snyder
Etta James chronology
The Right Time
(1992)
Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
(1994)
Time After Time
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]

Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday is the eighteenth studio album by Etta James, released in 1994. The album reached a peak position of number two on Billboard 's Top Jazz Albums chart and won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. [4]

Track listing

All the songs on this album are covers of songs originally performed by or covered by Billie Holiday during her lifetime.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Explain" Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday5:15
2."You've Changed"Bill Carey, Carl Fischer 4:35
3."The Man I Love" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 4:26
4."I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance (With You)" Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby 4:16
5."Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, Roger Ramirez 5:24
6."Embraceable You"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin3:55
7."How Deep Is the Ocean" Irving Berlin 4:18
8."(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel 5:45
9."Body and Soul" Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton 4:16
10."The Very Thought of You" Ray Noble 4:30
11."I'll Be Seeing You" Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain 4:43

References

  1. Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday at AllMusic
  2. "Robert Christgau: Album: Etta James: Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Mystery Lady". EW.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  4. "Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday - Etta James | Awards". AllMusic. March 1, 1994. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2017.