Decca matrix 75344. Now or never / Billie Holiday
Additional Information
| Notes |
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| Ruppli session note: All titles also issued on Decca DL-8701, Brunswick (France, Germany) 10159, CD MCA-GRP 2601-2/2. |
| Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated. |
| Ruppli session personnel note: Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday (vocals), with Sy Oliver and his Orchestra: Bernie Privin (trumpet), Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince (alto saxophone), Art Drellinger, Pat Nizza (tenor saxophone), Billy Kyle (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Joe Benjamin (bass), Jimmy crawford (drums), Sy Oliver (arranger, director). |
| Ruppli additional catalog number(s): CD MCA-GRP 2601-2/2. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | Decca 24947 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | Brunswick (U.K.) 04518 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | Brunswick (France, Germany) 10159 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | Decca DL-8701 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | Decca DL-8930 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | Decca DL7-8930 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | MCA MCA2-4006 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | MCA (England) MCL-1776 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | MCA (France) 510021 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | MCA MCAD-31321 | |
| 9/30/1949 New York, New York. Decca Studios | A | Master | MCA-GRP 2601 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix 75344. Now or never / Billie Holiday," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000303561/75344-Now_or_never.
Decca matrix 75344. Now or never / Billie Holiday. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000303561/75344-Now_or_never.
"Decca matrix 75344. Now or never / Billie Holiday." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.
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