Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
1994 studio album by Etta James
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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]
| Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday | ||||
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| Released | March 15, 1994 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | John Snyder | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[3] |
Track listing
All the songs on this album are covers of songs originally performed by or covered by Billie Holiday during her lifetime.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Don't Explain" | Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday | 5:15 |
| 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 Gershwin | 3:55 |
| 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 |
