God Bless the Child

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Billie Holiday
composer:Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:Basart Editions (ended)
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Billie-holiday-god-bless-the-child-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/7762 [info]
Wikidata:Q1533602 [info]
is the basis for:God Bless the Child

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1941-05-09God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra?:??
1941-05-09God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:53
1941-05-09God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday2:58
1941-05-09God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:52
1941-05-09God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday2:56
1941-05-09God Bless the Child (1941 version)Billie Holiday2:57
1941-05-09God Bless the Child (take 1)Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra2:57
1941-05-09God Bless the Child (take 2)Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra2:58
1941-05-09God Bless the Child (take 3)Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:32
1950-03-08Go Bless the ChildBillie Holiday3:08
1950-03-08God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:09
1950-03-08God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:08
1950-03-08God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday3:12
1956-06-07God Bless the Child (1956 version)Billie Holiday with Tony Scott and His Orchestra4:00
1956-06-07God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday with Tony Scott and His Orchestra3:58
1956-06-07God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday with Tony Scott and His Orchestra4:00
1956God Bless the Child (1956 version)Billie Holiday3:58
1956God Bless the Child (1956 version)Billie Holiday3:58
1956God Bless the Child (1956)Billie Holiday2:53
1956God Bless the Child (rehearsal 1)Billie Holiday3:15
1956God Bless the Child (rehearsal 2)Billie Holiday1:08
1956God Bless the Child (rehearsal 3)Billie Holiday3:35
1957-04-12God Bless the ChildinstrumentalJ.J. Johnson3:02
1957-04-12God Bless the ChildinstrumentalJ.J. Johnson3:05
1958-10-05God Bless The ChildliveBillie Holiday3:11
1958God Bless the Child (Live in 1958)liveJ.J. Johnson5:20
1959-03-19God Bless the ChildinstrumentalJ.J. Johnson5:20
1959God Bless the Child (1959 unreleased)coverTony Bennett2:46
1961-05-19God Bless the ChildCal Tjader, Mary Stallings3:14
1961-06-04God Bless the ChildinstrumentalGrant Green7:22
1961-06-29God Bless the ChildCarmen McRae3:26
1961-07-16God Bless the Child (live, "Five Spot", 1961/07/16)instrumental and liveEric Dolphy5:33
1961-07-17God Bless the Childcover and instrumentalJohnny Griffin3:20
1961-09-08God Bless the Child (live, "Copenhagen", 1961/09/08)cover, instrumental and liveEric Dolphy7:09
1961-11-19God Bless the Child (broadcast, "Stockholm Sessions", 1961/09/05, mis-dated as 1961-11-19)cover and instrumentalEric Dolphy5:32
1962-01-30God Bless the Childcover and instrumentalSonny Rollins7:29
1962-02-05God Bless the ChildcoverLou Rawls4:30
1962-02-05 – 1962-02-12God Bless the ChildcoverLou Rawls4:30
1962-04-09God Bless the Child (mono)coverChris Connor3:00
1962-04-09God Bless the Child (stereo)coverChris Connor3:01
1962-05-11God Bless the ChildcoverAretha Franklin3:03
1962-06God Bless the ChildinstrumentalBobby Timmons5:05
1963-03-10God Bless the Child (live, "Illinois", 1963/03/10)instrumental and liveEric Dolphy8:45
1963-04-18God Bless the Child (take 2)instrumentalWes Montgomery3:17
1963-04-18God Bless the Child (take 4)instrumentalWes Montgomery3:19
1964-02-26God Bless the ChildAndy Bey and the Bey Sisters3:35
1964God Bless the ChildinstrumentalCharlie Byrd2:44
1967-01-13God Bless the ChildinstrumentalLee Morgan7:19
1969-08-17God Bless the Child (live, 1969-08-17: Woodstock, Saugerties, NY, USA)liveBlood, Sweat & Tears6:54
1970God Bless the ChildliveRichie Havens5:24
1971-04-10God Bless the Children (live, 1971-04-10: Circus Maximus at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, USA)cover and liveTom Jones6:34
1972-04-02God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog, Jr.) (live, 1972-04-02: Village Vanguard, New York City, NY, United States)cover and liveRahsaan Roland Kirk5:15
1972-05-31God Bless the Child (live, 1972-05-31: Lyceum Theatre, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveLiza Minnelli2:59
1972-07-30God Bless the ChildinstrumentalCTI All-Stars6:57
1972-08-10God Bless the ChildinstrumentalBuddy Rich4:52
1972-11-01God Bless the ChildinstrumentalGene Ammons4:05
1973-06-24God Bless the ChildinstrumentalGene Ammons & Sonny Stitt5:48
1975-07God Bless The ChildSheila Jordan5:28
1976-05-03 – 1976-05-04God Bless the ChildcoverJunior Mance8:21
1977God Bless the Childcover and liveEero Koivistoinen Quartet?:??
1977God Bless the ChildcoverRed Mitchell6:10
1978-12-14God Bless the ChildcoverBig Band der staatlichen Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, Erwin Lehn?:??
1979God Bless the Childcover and instrumentalJohn Klemmer, Carl Burnett, Bob Magnusson17:50
1980-02God Bless the ChildcoverKarin Krog & Nils Lindberg2:35
1980-08-29God Bless the ChildinstrumentalHouston Person6:21
1982-02God Bless the ChildcoverElla Fitzgerald4:42
1983-01God Bless the Childcover and instrumentalKeith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette15:32
1983-12-31God Bless the ChildCarmen McRae6:42
1985-04-11God Bless the ChildcoverJohn Hicks with David Murray7:41
1986-06-06God Bless the Child (live, 1986-06-06: Élysée Montmartre. Paris, France)cover and liveVirgin Prunes3:25
1987-04God Bless the ChildinstrumentalDonald Harrison & Terence Blanchard4:13
1987-11God Bless the Childcover and liveAbbey Lincoln5:24
1988-02God Bless the ChildcoverPeggy Lee3:14
1988-06God Bless the ChildinstrumentalThe Ruby Braff Trio3:50
1988-09-09God Bless the ChildinstrumentalDoug Raney11:34
1989-04God Bless the ChildcoverLester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy14:57
1989-08-19 – 1989-08-20God Bless the ChildinstrumentalChris Hunter8:21
1990-08-17 – 1990-08-18God Bless the ChildcoverGuy Lafitte?:??
1990-12-18God Bless the ChildinstrumentalFreddie Hubbard6:31
1991-06God Bless the Childinstrumental and liveLionel Hampton8:46
1991-10-24God Bless the Childinstrumental and liveFreddie Hubbard11:33
1991-10-24God Bless the Childinstrumental and liveFreddie Hubbard11:58
1991-10-24Good Bless the Child (live, 1991‐10‐24: Jazz Jamboree Warszawa ’91, Operetka House, Warsaw, Poland)instrumental and liveFreddie Hubbard12:53
1993-05God Bless the ChildcoverDave Holland4:34
1993-09-03God Bless the ChildinstrumentalHannibal Marvin Peterson6:09
1993God Bless the Childcover and livePamela Isaacs4:47
1993God Bless the Childcover and instrumentalAirmen of Note6:31
1994-09-26 – 1994-09-28God Bless the ChildcoverAnn Farholt5:53
1995-06-04God Bless the ChildinstrumentalPhil Woods, Vincent Herring & Antonio Hart8:22
1995God Bless the ChildcoverTony Bennett2:51
1997-05-08God Bless the ChildinstrumentalEric Alexander6:31
1997-06-16God Bless the ChildinstrumentalJimmy Ponder8:20
1998-01God Bless the ChildCarol Welsman5:21
1998-04-10God Bless the Childcover and liveThe Cannon-Lechner Big Band5:02
1998-06-01God Bless the ChildinstrumentalArchie Shepp10:00
1999-02God bless the childinstrumentalHorn & Pipe4:47
1999-06-25God Bless the Child (live, 1999‐06‐25: Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL, USA)cover, instrumental and liveHamid Drake / Joe McPhee4:17
2003-01-07 – 2003-01-08God Bless the Childcover and liveTrijntje Oosterhuis6:28
2005-03-14God Bless the Child (live, 2005-03-14: Edison Music Awards, Pepsi Stage, Amsterdam, Netherlands)cover and liveTrijntje Oosterhuis met Toots Thielemans6:38
2006God Bless the ChildcoverGeorge Benson & Al Jarreau feat. Jill Scott3:40
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