Billie Holiday Crazy He Calls Me ( Decca Records 1949)

Crazy He Calls Me is a song with lyrics by Bob Russell music by Carl Sigman. Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Billie s accompanied by Gordon Jenkins (cond); Bobby Hackett (tp); MIlt Yaner (cl) (as); John fulton (fl), (cl) (ts); Bernie Leightonp; Tony Mottola (g); Jack Lesberg (b); Bunny Shawker (ds); plus Five strings. Recorded October 19, 1949, New York. (Decca Records)