Signed to Decca in 1944 to record one of her biggest hits, “Lover Man,” a song written especially for her, she continued recording for Decca throughout the '40s, finally gaining the musical respect she so deserved. During this time she recorded some of her best material, including "Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do," “Good Morning Heartache,” "Them There Eyes," and "Crazy He Calls Me." The '40s marked the height of her stardom, but also the beginning of her untimely demise and in 1947 she was sentenced to prison for heroin possession. Despite this, these recordings represent some of her best work, and therefore some of the best music ever recorded in the genre. Holiday had finally climbed the ladder to success, and she got there not because she played by the rules, but precisely because she always refused to.

Billie Holiday Lady Day Track Listing

1. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)
2. No More
3. That Ole Devil Called Love
4. Don't Explain
5. You Better Go Now
6. What Is This Thing Called Love
7. Good Morning Heartache
8. No Good Man
9. Big Stuff
10. Baby I Don't Cry Over You
11. I'll Look Around
12. The Blues Are Brewin'
13. Guilty
14. Deep Song
15. There Is No Greater Love
16. Easy Living
17. Solitude
18. Weep No More
19. Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys
20. I Loves You Porgy
21. My Man (Mon Homme)
22. 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
23. Baby Get Lost
24. Keeps On A-Rainin'
25. Them There Eyes
26. Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)
27. Do Your Duty
28. You Can't Lose A Broken Heart (with Louis Armstrong)
29. Now Or Never
30. You're My Thrill
31. Crazy He Calls Me
32. Please Tell Me Now
33. Somebody's On My Mind
34. God Bless The Child
35. This Is Heaven To Me