This mixtape was a lot of fun to put together. I've never just looked for very famous versions of the most famous songs by some of the women songwriters that I research, so I was pleasantly surprised to find the task quite easy! It's a pretty ballad-heavy playlist, which is interesting when you consider that these are the tunes that women were given some notoriety for writing. I did not put them in chronological order this time in hopes that it would make the playlist flow a little better. I think this order serves the music a bit better.
Thank you for being a part of the club! Your support makes it possible to keep doing this. It's important to highlight the work women have been doing in jazz history and you're helping me document their contributions. Thank you!!
Now onto the music! Enjoy all of these incredible artists!
1959
"Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me"
From Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green
by Jule Styne, Adolph Green and Betty Comden
1957
"Willow Weap for Me"
From Sarah Vaughn's Live at Mr. Kelly's
by Ann Ronell
4:04
1948
"How High the Moon"
from Ella Fitzgerald's Lullabies of Birdlandl
by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis
9:27
1963
"My Silent Love"
From Peggy Lee's Mink Jazz track on later version)
by Dana Suesse and Edward Heyman
13:45
1949
""Now or Never"
From Billie Holiday's Decca recording
By Billie Holiday and Curtis Reginald Lewis
16:18
1955
"This Will Make You Laugh"
From Carmen McRae's Here' to Stay?
by Irene Higginbotham
20:15
1956
"Can't We Be Friends"
From Betty Carter's JuMeet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant
by Kay Swift and Paul James
24:09
1966
"Close Your Eyes"
From Nancy Wilson's Tender Loving Care
Music by Bernice Petkere
27:54
1961
"No Good Man
From Nina Simone's Forbidden Fruit
By Irene Higginbotham
31:17
1946
"It's a Good Day
From Peggy Lee's Capitol Records recording
by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour
34:56
1944
"That Ole Devil Called Love"
From Billie Holiday's Decca recording
by Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts
38:32
1966
"I'll Never Smile Again"
From Julie London's For the Night People
by Ruth Lowe
41:24
1947
"What a Difference a Day Makes
From Sarah Vaughn with Jimmy Jones Quartet
by Maria Grever
44:06
1963
"A Fine Romance"
from Ella Fitzgerald's Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern
47:12
1940
"I'm Pulling Through"
from Billie Holiday's Okeh Records recording
by Irene Kitchings
50:47