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Billie Holiday - Prelude To A Kiss (1955)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Vocals
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
Trumpet
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
Alto Saxophone
Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Rowles
Piano
Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
Electric Guitar
John Simmons
John Simmons
Double Bass
Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Irving Mills
Irving Mills
Lyrics
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Composer
Irving Gordon
Irving Gordon
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ralph Thorne
Ralph Thorne
Engineer
Norman Granz
Norman Granz
Producer

Lyrics

If you hear a song in blue Like a flower crying for the dew That was my heart serenading you My prelude to a kiss And if you hear a song that grows From my tender sentimental woes That was my heart trying to compose A prelude to a kiss Though it's just a simple melody With nothing fancy, nothing much You could turn it to a symphony A Schubert tune with a Gershwin touch Oh, how my love song gently cries For the tenderness within your eyes My love is a prelude that never dies A prelude to a kiss Though it's just a simple melody With nothing fancy, nothing much You could turn it to a symphony A Schubert tune with a Gershwin touch Oh, how my love song gently cries For the tenderness within your eyes My love is a prelude that never dies My prelude to a kiss
Writer(s): Irving Mills, Irving Gordon, Edward Kennedy Ellington Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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