Recording: Don't Explain

Performed by
Anita O'Day
Recording date
January 18, 1961
First release
On Audio album Trav'lin' Light (1961)
Rating

Song info

Song
Don't Explain
Written by
Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
First recording
Don't Explain by Billie Holiday (August 14, 1945)
First release
Don't Explain by Billie Holiday on audio single What Is This Thing Called Love? (1946)
Language
English

Versions

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Don't Explain Billie Holiday 1946
2 Don't Explain Helen Merrill 1955
3 Don't Explain Dick Katz 1957
4 Don't Explain Mal Waldron 1957
5 Don't Explain Webster Young, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Joe Puma, Earl May, Ed Thigpen 1957
6 Don't Explain Abbey Lincoln with the Riverside Jazz Stars 1957
7 Don't Explain Dakota Staton 1961
8 Don't Explain Martha Miyake 1961
9 Don't Explain Johnny Griffin with Strings and Brass 1961
10 Don't Explain Anita O'Day 1961
11 Don't Explain Dinah Washington 1962
12 Don't Explain June Christy 1963
13 Don't Explain Nina Simone 1966
14 Don't Explain Lou Rawls 1966
15 Don't Explain Morgana King 1966
16 Don't Explain Charles McPherson 1972
17 Don't Explain Diana Ross 1972
18 Don't Explain Blood, Sweat & Tears 1977
19 Don't Explain Rosemary Clooney 1978
20 Don't Explain Nancy Wilson with The Great Jazz Trio September 1982
21 Don't Explain Carrie Smith 1983
22 Don't Explain Steve Kuhn 1984
23 Don't Explain Mary Black December 1988
24 Don't Explain Dos 1989
25 Don't Explain Robert Palmer October 1990
26 Don't Explain Kris McKay 1990
27 Don't Explain Natalie Cole June 15, 1993
28 Don't Explain Elkie Brooks 1993
29 Don't Explain Gloria Lynne 1993
30 Don't Explain Katie King 1993
31 Don't Explain Miki Howard 1993
32 Don't Explain Etta James March 1994
33 Don't Explain Wild Colonials 1994
34 Don't Explain Patty Waters 1996
35 Don't Explain Tony Scott Franco D'Andrea Quartet 1998
36 Don't Explain Silje Nergaard June 5, 2000
37 Don't Explain Mary Coughlan 2000
38 Don't Explain Melvin Rhyne, Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, Kenny Washington 2000
39 Don't Explain Denise Perrier April 9, 2002
40 Don't Explain Susie Arioli Swing Band Featuring Jordan Officer May 21, 2002
41 Don't Explain Lils Mackintosh 2002
42 Don't Explain Caroline Henderson 2003
43 Don't Explain Trijntje Oosterhuis 2004
44 Don't Explain Herbie Hancock Featuring Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan 2005
45 Don't Explain Nnenna Freelon 2005
46 Don't Explain Kim Nalley 2006
47 Don't Explain Cat Power January 22, 2008
48 Don't Explain Polly Gibbons April 1, 2008
49 Don't Explain Laïka Fatien October 7, 2008
50 Don't Explain Dee Dee Bridgewater March 2, 2010
51 Don't Explain Jaimee Paul January 25, 2011
52 Don't Explain Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa September 23, 2011
53 Don't Explain Malia January 13, 2012
54 Don't Explain Viktor Lazlo February 2012

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