Why Was I Born? – Billie Holiday
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Appears On
- Blue Billie(1993)
- Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, Vol. 2(2015)
- The Centennial Collection(2015)
- The Golden Years 1933-1941(1982)
- The Complete Masters 1933–1959(2011)
- Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)(2001)
- The Best of Billie Holiday: The Master Takes and Singles(2007)
Writers & Composers
- Oscar Hammerstein II(lyricist)
- Jerome Kern(composer)
Composition
Recording of Why Was I Born?
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