Billie Holiday - Love Me or Leave Me (OKeh Records 1941)

“Love Me or Leave Me“ is a U.S. popular song from the 1920s. The music was written by Walter Donaldson and the lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was introduced in the Broadway play, Whoopee!, which opened in December 1928. Ruth Etting’s performance of the song was so popular that she was also given the song to sing in the play Simple Simon, which opened in February 1930. Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter. Nicknamed “Lady Day“ by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Billie’s accompanied by Emmett Berry (tp), Jimmy Hamilton (cl) & (ts), Hymie Schertzer (as), Babe Russin (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Albert Casey (g), John Williams (b), and J C Heard (ds). Record August 7, 1941. OKeh R