Velvet Mood


Velvet Mood: Songs by Billie Holiday is an album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1956 on Clef Records. The music was recorded over the course of two sessions in Los Angeles, two days apart, which also resulted in all the material for her previous album Music for Torching.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Prelude to a Kiss" - 5:37
  2. "When Your Lover Has Gone" - 4:58
  3. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" - 4:23
  4. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - 3:48

Side two

  1. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" - 5:55
  2. "What's New?" – 4:20
  3. "I Hadn't [Anyone Till You]" – 4:05
  4. "Everything I Have Is Yours" – 4:33

Personnel