Billie Holiday Dont Explain ( Decca Records 1944)

Don t Explain is a song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. in 1945. It is said Billie wrote Don t Explain after her husband, Jimmy Monroe, came home one night with lipstick traces on his collar. Billie s accompanied by Toots Camarata (conc. arr); Russ Case (tp); Hykie Schertzer, Jack Cressy (as); Larry Binyon, Dave Harris (ts); Dave Bowman (p); Carl Kress (g); Haigh Stephens (b); George Wettling (ds); and Six strings. Recorded November 8, 1944, New York. (Decca Records) Hush