Recording: I Cover the Waterfront

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Performed by

Billie Holiday

Recording date

August 7, 1941

First release

On Audio single (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along (June 1947)

Comments

Re-recorded for Commodore in March 1944.

Rating

Song info

Song

I Cover the Waterfront

Music written by

Johnny Green

Lyrics written by

Edward Heyman

First recording

I Cover the Waterfront by Abe Lyman's California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra (May 10, 1933)

Language

English

Versions

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	I Cover the Waterfront	Abe Lyman's California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra	1933
2	I Cover the Waterfront	Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra	1933
3	I Cover the Waterfront	Connie Boswell	1933
4	I Cover the Waterfront	Annette Hanshaw	1933
5	I Cover the Waterfront	Joe Haymes Orchestra	1933
6	I Cover the Waterfront	Leo Mathisen's Band	1941
7	I Cover the Waterfront	Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra	1944
8	I Cover the Waterfront	Billie Holiday	June 1947
9	I Cover the Waterfront	Art Tatum	1949
10	I Cover the Waterfront	Sarah Vaughan	1950
11	I Cover the Waterfront	James Moody Quintet	1951
12	I Cover the Waterfront	Joe Turner [1]	1952
13	I Cover the Waterfront	Vic Dickenson Septet	1954
14	I Cover the Waterfront	Charlie Shavers	1955
15	I Cover the Waterfront	Anita O'Day	1955
16	I Cover the Waterfront	Shelly Manne & His Friends	1956
17	I Cover the Waterfront	Joe Bushkin	1956
18	I Cover the Waterfront	Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son Quartette	1956
19	I Cover the Waterfront	Cannonball Adderley and Strings	1956
20	I Cover the Waterfront	James Moody	1956
21	I Cover the Waterfront	Frank Sinatra	September 1957
22	I Cover the Waterfront	Monica Lewis	1957
23	I Cover the Waterfront	Red Allen	1957
24	I Cover the Waterfront	John Lewis [1] & Sacha Distel	1957
25	I Cover the Waterfront	Sammy Davis, Jr.	1957
26	I Cover the Waterfront	Sam Cooke	November 1958
27	I Cover the Waterfront	Frankie Laine	1958
28	I Cover the Waterfront	Ray Conniff and His Orchestra	1958
29	I Cover the Waterfront	Billy Eckstine	1958
30	I Cover the Waterfront	Burt Bales	1959
31	I Cover the Waterfront	Earl Bostic	1959
32	I Cover the Waterfront	Jesse Powell [1]	1960
33	I Cover the Waterfront	Paul Gonsalves	1961
34	I Cover the Waterfront	Dave Lee, His Piano and His Orchestra	1961
35	I Cover the Waterfront	Eddie Jefferson	1962
36	I Cover the Waterfront	Frank Rosolino	1962
37	I Cover the Waterfront	Brother Jack McDuff	1963
38	I Cover the Waterfront	Gloria Lynne	1964
39	I Cover the Waterfront	Jimmy McGriff	1966
40	I Cover the Waterfront	Johnny Hartman	1966
41	I Cover the Waterfront	The Art Van Damme Quintet	1967
42	I Cover the Waterfront	Joe Pass	1970
43	I Cover the Waterfront	Paul Gonsalves and His All Stars	1970
44	I Cover the Waterfront	Helen Merrill with Teddy Wilson	1971
45	I Cover the Waterfront	Doc Cheatham	1975
46	I Cover the Waterfront	Maxine Sullivan With Ted Easton's Jazz Band	1976
47	I Cover the Waterfront	Zoot Sims	1978
48	I Cover the Waterfront	Rosemary Clooney	1978
49	I Cover the Waterfront	Jeanette Kimball Trio	1981
50	I Cover the Waterfront	Lew Tabackin	1982
51	I Cover the Waterfront	Carrie Smith	1983
52	I Cover the Waterfront	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	1985
53	I Cover the Waterfront	Buddy Tate, Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band	1986
54	I Cover the Waterfront	Eugene Chadbourne	1989
55	I Cover the Waterfront	Wynton Marsalis	June 1990
56	I Cover the Waterfront	Banu Gibson and the New Orleans Hot Jazz	1990
57	I Cover the Waterfront	Frank Morgan	September 22, 1992
58	I Cover the Waterfront	Mark Murphy & Nine	1993
59	I Cover the Waterfront	Karrin Allyson	1993
60	I Cover the Waterfront	The Ray Skjelbred Quartet	1994
61	I Cover the Waterfront	Jack McDuff	1994
62	I Cover the Waterfront	Dakota Staton	July 18, 1995
63	I Cover the Waterfront	Janet Planet, John Harmon	1995
64	I Cover the Waterfront	Johnny Adams	1995
65	I Cover the Waterfront	Jessica Williams	May 21, 1996
66	I Cover the Waterfront	George Van Eps & Howard Alden	1996
67	I Cover the Waterfront	Jacqui Naylor	1999
68	I Cover the Waterfront	Mary Coughlan	2000
69	I Cover the Waterfront	Susie Arioli Swing Band Featuring Jordan Officer	2001
70	I Cover the Waterfront	Alden David	2001
71	I Cover the Waterfront	The Michiko Ogawa Trio With Special Guest Harry Allen	September 2, 2003
72	I Cover the Waterfront	Connie Evingson	2004
73	I Cover the Waterfront	Christine Rosholt	2006
74	I Cover the Waterfront	Kim Nalley	2006
75	I Cover the Waterfront	Billy Valentine	2006
76	I Cover the Waterfront	The Bill Kalmenson Sextet with Jon Nagourney	2008