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  Billie Holiday is perhaps the most human of jazz's gods; maybe that's why she's so beloved. This tune cannot be performed without conjuring up her memory and musical presence, and "God Bless The Child," unlike many of Lady Day's classics, was written by her.
(B. Holiday/A. Herzog); Billie Holiday, vocal; Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Lester Boone, Ernie Powell, Jimmy Powell, reeds; Eddie Heywood, Jr., piano; Paul Chapman, guitar; Grachan Moncur, bass; Herb Cowans, drums. Solo: Eldridge; Rec. New York, May 9, 1941. Okeh (mx. 30458); Originally Released 1942
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