Don’t Explain

~ Song

Relationships

writer:Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Billie Holiday
publisher:Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated)
Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/2759 [info]
Wikidata:Q5291574 [info]
later translated versions:Tyst nu

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1944-11-08Don't ExplainBillie Holiday2:57
1944-11-08Don’t Explain (first version)Billie Holiday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra2:57
1945-08-14Don't ExplainBillie Holiday3:23
1945-08-14Don't ExplainBillie Holiday accompanied by Bob Haggart and His Orchestra3:24
1945-08-14Don’t ExplainBillie Holiday3:24
1945-08-14Don’t ExplainBillie Holiday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra3:24
1947-02-08Don't ExplainBillie Holiday2:40
1947-02-08Don’t Explain (mx. JB 361)Billie Holiday?:??
1954-12-22Don’t Explain (1954-12-22)coverClifford Brown & Helen Merrill5:13
1956-04-04Don’t ExplaininstrumentalKenny Dorham and The Jazz Prophets7:14
1956-11-10Don’t Explain (live, 1956-11-10: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)liveBillie Holiday2:30
1956-11-10Don’t ExplainBillie Holiday2:29
1956-11-10Don’t ExplainBillie Holiday2:38
1956-11-10Don’t ExplainliveBillie Holiday & Chico Hamilton2:25
1956Don't Explain (1956)Billie Holiday2:42
1956Don’t Explain (live at Carnegie Hall / 1956)liveBillie Holiday2:29
1957-04-19Don't ExplaininstrumentalMal Waldron6:58
1957-10-28Don’t ExplaincoverAbbey Lincoln6:42
1958-01-31Don't ExplaininstrumentalWynton Kelly5:35
1958-07-25Don't ExplainliveBillie Holiday2:48
1958Don't ExplaininstrumentalCharlie Byrd3:29
1958Don't Explain (1958)Billie Holiday2:50
1958Don’t ExplainBillie Holiday2:44
1960-03Don't ExplainLorez Alexandria3:12
1960-05-17 – 1960-05-18Don't ExplaininstrumentalHarold Land4:57
1961-07-13Don't ExplaininstrumentalJohnny Griffin4:47
1962-08-29Don’t Explaincover and instrumentalDexter Gordon6:07
1963Don’t ExplainJune Christy2:39
1965-05Don't ExplainChet Baker3:29
1965-11-03 – 1965-11-21Don't ExplainliveCarmen McRae4:15
1965-12Don't Explaincover and liveCarmen McRae4:17
1965Don't ExplaininstrumentalChet Baker3:27
1965Don’t ExplaininstrumentalChet Baker3:25
1966-07-05Don't ExplaincoverLou Rawls3:08
1969-02-15Don’t ExplaincoverPeggy Lee4:03
1973-03Don’t Explaincover and instrumentalGrover Washington, Jr.11:12
1973Don't ExplaininstrumentalKenny Drew5:07
1977-08Don't ExplainSheila Jordan & Arild Andersen4:57
1983-07-09Don't ExplaininstrumentalKenny Barron Trio5:51
1983-12-31Don’t ExplainCarmen McRae4:06
1984-01-03Don’t ExplainSteve Kuhn & Harvie Swartz4:30
1984-10Suite for Lady and PrezmedleySheila Jordan7:25
1987-11Don’t Explaincover and liveAbbey Lincoln6:23
1991-06Don't ExplaincoverHeinz Sauer, Bob Degen5:14
1991-09Don't ExplaininstrumentalThe Great Jazz Trio7:21
1992-12-04Don't Explaincover and liveDiana Ross4:48
1993-02Don’t ExplainGabrielle Goodman6:30
1993-11Don’t ExplaincoverKatie King6:37
1993Don’t Explaincover and livePamela Isaacs3:31
1993Don’t ExplaincoverNatalie Cole3:12
1996-01Don't Explain (sung quietly)Patty Waters5:12
1996-01Don't Explain (talking version)Patty Waters5:06
1996Don't ExplaincoverMade in Bergen7:26
1997-12-01 – 1997-12-09Don't ExplainWesla Whitfield6:03
1998-05-18 – 1998-08-29Don't ExplaincoverHeinz Sauer 4tet7:18
1999-12-19Don't ExplaininstrumentalMelvin Rhyne6:57
2000Don’t ExplaincoverSilje Nergaard4:33
2002-05-25Don't ExplainlivePatty Waters4:11
2002-08Don’t ExplaininstrumentalVirginie Teychené5:19
2002-10Don’t Explain (live, 2002-10: Ronnie Scott's, London, UK)cover and liveLisa Stansfield4:45
2002-10Don’t Explain (live, 2002-10: Ronnie Scott's, London, UK)cover and liveLisa Stansfield4:53
2003-01-07 – 2003-01-08Don't Explaincover, instrumental and liveTrijntje Oosterhuis4:35
2004-01Don't Explain - take 1coverJimmy Halperin, Dominic Duval, Jay Rosen5:33
2004-01Don't Explain - take 2coverJimmy Halperin, Dominic Duval, Jay Rosen4:29
2004-10-11 – 2004-10-12Don't ExplainHeinz Sauer / Michael Wollny5:06
2005-02-18Don't Explaininstrumental and liveJimmy Halperin / Axel Hagen / Thomas W. Andersen7:17
2005-07-25ドント・エクスプレーンcover, instrumental and live矢野沙織10:15
2007-05-03Don't Explian (live, 2007-05-03: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)cover and liveCat Power4:11
2008-01-23Don’t Explain (live, 2008-01-23: Black Session, Studio 105, Paris)cover and liveCat Power4:34
2009-05Don't ExplaininstrumentalKenny Barron Trio with George Mraz & Ben Riley6:33
2010-01Don't ExplaincoverSusanna Hietala4:37
2010-02-09 – 2010-02-11Don't ExplaincoverEchoes of Swing4:33
2012-09-02Don't Explaincover, instrumental and liveHeinz Sauer - Michael Wollny9:27
2013-02Don’t ExplaincoverSylwester Ostrowski?:??
2014Don’t ExplaincoverCassandra Wilson4:34
2015-08-17 – 2015-08-19Don't ExplaincoverLucia Cadotsch, Otis Sandsjö & Petter Eldh4:26
2020Don't ExplaincoverRegener Pappik Busch4:20
Don't ExplaincoverSandy Graham4:44
Don't ExplainBillie Holiday3:23
Don't ExplaincoverHerbie Hancock feat. Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan4:52
Don't ExplaincoverYvonne Walter?:??
Don't Explaincover and liveChristine Sullivan5:43
Don't ExplainChet Baker3:28
Don't ExplainDexter Gordon6:07
Don't ExplainDexter Gordon6:09
Don't ExplainAnita O’Day3:13
Don't ExplainDexter Gordon6:05
Don't ExplainDexter Gordon6:07
Don't ExplainDexter Gordon6:06
Don't ExplainDexter Gordon6:08
Don't ExplainBillie Holiday3:26
Don't ExplainBillie Holiday3:25
Don't ExplainDexter Gordon6:05
Don't ExplainDexter Gordon6:07
Don't ExplainDexter Gordon6:08
Don't ExplainCarmen McRae4:09
Don't ExplainBillie Holiday2:54
Don't ExplainBillie Holiday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra2:57
Don't ExplainBillie Holiday3:23
Don't ExplainBillie Holiday3:21
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