Don't Explain (song)

Lyrics from "Don't Explain" was sung by Carlo Marx (portrayed by actor Tom Sturridge) in the 2012 film adaptation by Walter Salles of the novel by Jack Kerouac, On the Road, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Recording session

Session #52: New York City, November 8, 1944, Decca, Toots Camarata and His Orchestra, with Russ Case (trumpet), Hymie Schertzer, Jack Cressey (alto saxophone), Larry Binyon and Dave Harris (tenor saxophone), Dave Bowman (piano), Carl Kress (guitar), Haig Stephens (bass), George Wettling (drums), Billie Holiday (vocals), and six strings.^[3]

Notable cover versions

Helen Merrill (1954)
George Shearing (1956)
John Coltrane (1957)
Abbey Lincoln (1957)
Charlie Byrd (1958)
Wes Montgomery (1959)
Anita O'Day (1961)
Dinah Washington (1961)
Dexter Gordon (1962)
Nina Simone (1964)
Carmen McRae (1965)
Lou Rawls (1966)
Diana Ross (1972)
Grover Washington, Jr. (1973)
Rosemary Clooney (1978)
Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard (1987)
Mary Black (1987)
Dos (1989)
Robert Palmer (1990)
Dušan Prelević (1991)
Elkie Brooks (1993)
Natalie Cole (1993)
Miki Howard (1993)
Diana Ross (1993)
Etta James (1994)
Regina Carter (1995)
Dakota Staton (1996)
Vanessa Daou (1996)
Molly Johnson (2000)
Sarah Vaughan (2001)
Angela McCluskey (2002)
Rita Reys (2004)
Herbie Hancock with Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan (2005)
Lisa Stansfield (2005)
Lils Mackintosh (2005)
Nnenna Freelon (2007)
Cat Power (2008)
Oleta Adams (2009)
DeeDee Bridgewater (2010)
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa (2011)
Xiu Xiu (2013)
Mariah Carey (2014) ^[4]
Mark Steiner & His Problems (2014)
Cassandra Wilson (2015)
Rebecca Ferguson (2015)^[5]

References

↑ Jacobs, Dick & Harriet. Who Wrote That Song?, Writers Digest Books (1994), page 57 - ISBN 0-89879-639-3
↑ Alagna, Magdalena. Billie Holiday, The Rosen Publishing Group (2003), page 61 - ISBN 0-8239-3640-6
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↑ "Mariah Carey Don't Explain live in japan 2014 the elusive chanteuse show". YouTube. 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
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External links

Billie Holiday

Discography Awards and nominations

Albums	Billie Holiday Sings/Solitude An Evening with Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Billie Holiday at JATP Stay with Me Music for Torching Velvet Mood Lady Sings the Blues Body and Soul Songs for Distingué Lovers Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport All or Nothing at All Lady in Satin Last Recordings The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944 Remixed and Reimagined

Songs	"Ain't Nobody's Business" "As Time Goes By" "Billie's Blues" "Blue Moon" "Body and Soul" "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" "Don't Explain" "Easy Living" "Embraceable You" "Everything Happens for the Best" "Everything Happens to Me" "Fine and Mellow" "Gloomy Sunday" "God Bless the Child" "Good Morning Heartache" "I Cover the Waterfront" "I Loves You, Porgy" "I Thought About You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "I'll Get By" "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" "Just One of Those Things" "Lady Sings the Blues" "Left Alone" "Love for Sale" "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" "Me, Myself, and I" "Miss Brown to You" "My Man" "Moonlight in Vermont" "Night and Day" "No More" "Now or Never" "Our Love Is Different" "P.S. I Love You" "Pennies from Heaven" "Please Don't Do It Here" "Preacher Boy" "Sophisticated Lady" "Stormy Blues" "Strange Fruit" "Summertime" "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" "Too Marvelous for Words" "Trav'lin' Light" "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" "What Is This Thing Called Love?" "Who Needs You (Baby)" "Why Was I Born?" "Willow Weep for Me" "You Go to My Head"

Videography	The Emperor Jones Symphony in Black New Orleans Sugar Chile Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet The Sound of Jazz

Related topics	"Angel of Harlem" Lady Sings the Blues (book) Lady Sings the Blues (film) Lady Sings the Blues (soundtrack)

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