Who Needs You (Baby)

"Who Needs You (Baby)?" is a jazz song written by singer Billie Holiday, and composer Jeanne Burns and published by E.B. Marks. This is one of seven songs written by or co-written by Holiday that she never recorded.[1][2]

"Who Needs You (Baby)"
Single by Billie Holiday
Recorded1961 by Aretha Franklin
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Billie Holiday
Jeanne Burns

"Who Needs You" appears to have been written by Holiday as an answer to Louis McKay upon his leaving her during their marriage.[3]

The song was recorded, after Holiday's death, by Aretha Franklin for her first album for Columbia Records in 1961, titled "Aretha".

Notes
  1. Stuart Nicholson. Billie Holiday. Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1-55553-303-5.
  2. Billie Holiday. THE BEST OF BILLIE HOLIDAY: Songs Recorded and Made Famous By Lady Day. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-7935-3687-1.
  3. John Chilton. Billie's Blues. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80363-1.

References
  • Stuart Nicholson, Billie Holiday, ISBN 1-55553-303-5
  • Billie Holiday, THE BEST OF BILLIE HOLIDAY: Songs Recorded and Made Famous By Lady Day. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-7935-3687-1.
  • Donald Clarke, Wishing On the Moon. Viking. ISBN 0-670-83771-7.
  • John Chilton, Billie's Blues. Da Capo Preess. ISBN 0-306-80363-1
  • John White, Billie Holiday: Her Life and Times ISBN 0-87663-668-7
  • Liner Notes for Aretha Franklin LP, "Aretha" Columbia CL 1612 1961
  • Ken Vail, Lady Day's Diary. Sanctuary Publishing. ISBN 1-86074-131-2
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