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"Good Morning Heartache" (Decca Records
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
) is a song written by Irene Higgenbotham
Irene Higgenbotham

Irene Higginbotham was an United States songwriter and concert pianist. Famously known for co-writing the Billie Holiday's song "Good Morning Heartache" ....
, Ervin Drake
Ervin Drake

Ervin Drake is an American songwriter. Born in New York City, he was active in the United States throughout much of the '40s, '50s and '60s as a composer of pop and jazz numbers....
, and Dan Fisher. Originally recorded by jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 singer Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter.Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing....
 on January 22, 1946.

Recording session
Bill Stegmeyer and his Orchestra (Decca
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
 Session #54) New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, January 22, 1946: with Gordon ‘Chris’ Griffin (trumpet), Joe Guy (trumpet) Bill Stegmeyer
Bill Stegmeyer

Bill Stegmeyer was an American jazz clarinetist and arranger.Stegmeyer attended Transylvania College from 1934 to 1936, and following his studies played with Austin Wylie , Glenn Miller , and Bob Crosby ....
 (alto saxophone), Hank Ross (tenor saxophone), Bernie Kaufman (tenor saxophone), Armand Camgros (tenor saxophone), Joe Springer (piano), Tiny Grimes
Tiny Grimes

Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes was an American jazz and Rhythm and blues guitarist. He was a member of the Art Tatum Trio from 1943 to 1944, was a backing musician on recording sessions by Charlie Parker and others, and later led his own bands....
 (guitar), John Simmons (bass), Sidney Catlett (drums), Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter.Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing....
 (vocal) + 4 strings

Notable cover versions
A partial list includes:





The song was also revived by pop singer Diana Ross
Diana Ross

Diane Ernestine "Diana" Ross is a recording artist, actress, and entertainer. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes before leaving for a solo career in the beginning of 1970....
 when she covered Holiday in the biopic, Lady Sings the Blues, in 1972.






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"Good Morning Heartache" (Decca Records
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
) is a song written by Irene Higgenbotham
Irene Higgenbotham

Irene Higginbotham was an United States songwriter and concert pianist. Famously known for co-writing the Billie Holiday's song "Good Morning Heartache" ....
, Ervin Drake
Ervin Drake

Ervin Drake is an American songwriter. Born in New York City, he was active in the United States throughout much of the '40s, '50s and '60s as a composer of pop and jazz numbers....
, and Dan Fisher. Originally recorded by jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 singer Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter.Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing....
 on January 22, 1946.

About the songwriters


  • Irene Higgenbotham
    Irene Higgenbotham

    Irene Higginbotham was an United States songwriter and concert pianist. Famously known for co-writing the Billie Holiday's song "Good Morning Heartache" ....
     (1918-1988) was a songwriter
    Songwriter

    File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
     and pianist
    Pianist

    A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
    , and joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1944.


  • Ervin Drake
    Ervin Drake

    Ervin Drake is an American songwriter. Born in New York City, he was active in the United States throughout much of the '40s, '50s and '60s as a composer of pop and jazz numbers....
     (born April 3, 1919) songwriter
    Songwriter

    File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
     and inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
    Songwriters Hall of Fame

    The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond....
     in 1983. Joining the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1958.


  • Dan Fisher (1920-2001) was a songwriter
    Songwriter

    File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
    , author
    Author

    An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
    , producer and publisher. Joining American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1953.


Recording session


Bill Stegmeyer and his Orchestra (Decca
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
 Session #54) New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, January 22, 1946: with Gordon ‘Chris’ Griffin (trumpet), Joe Guy (trumpet) Bill Stegmeyer
Bill Stegmeyer

Bill Stegmeyer was an American jazz clarinetist and arranger.Stegmeyer attended Transylvania College from 1934 to 1936, and following his studies played with Austin Wylie , Glenn Miller , and Bob Crosby ....
 (alto saxophone), Hank Ross (tenor saxophone), Bernie Kaufman (tenor saxophone), Armand Camgros (tenor saxophone), Joe Springer (piano), Tiny Grimes
Tiny Grimes

Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes was an American jazz and Rhythm and blues guitarist. He was a member of the Art Tatum Trio from 1943 to 1944, was a backing musician on recording sessions by Charlie Parker and others, and later led his own bands....
 (guitar), John Simmons (bass), Sidney Catlett (drums), Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter.Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing....
 (vocal) + 4 strings

Notable cover versions


A partial list includes:

  • Joe Williams
    Joe Williams (jazz singer)

    Joe Williams was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singing a mixture of blues music, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards....
     (1955)
  • Dinah Washington
    Dinah Washington

    Dinah Washington was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the "Queen of the Blues"....
     (1959)
  • Sam Cooke
    Sam Cooke

    Samuel Cook, better known as Sam Cooke, was an United States gospel music, R&B, soul music, and popular music singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur....
     (1959)
  • Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald

    Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
     (1961)
  • Etta James
    Etta James

    Etta James is an American blues, soul music, rhythm and blues, rock & roll, gospel and jazz singer and songwriter. James is the winner of four Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards....
     (1962)
  • Billy Eckstine
    Billy Eckstine

    William Clarence ?Billy? Eckstein was an American singer of ballads and bandleader of the Swing Era. Eckstine's smooth baritone and distinctive vibrato broke down barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original bop big-band, then as the first romantic black male in popular music....
     (1969)
  • Diana Ross
    Diana Ross

    Diane Ernestine "Diana" Ross is a recording artist, actress, and entertainer. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes before leaving for a solo career in the beginning of 1970....
     (1972)
  • Johnny Mathis
    Johnny Mathis

    Johnny Mathis is an United States singer of popular music.One of the last in a long line of traditional male vocalists who emerged before the 1960s, Mathis concentrated on romantic jazz and pop standards for the adult contemporary audience through to the 1980s....
     (1973)
  • Hank Crawford
    Hank Crawford

    Bennie Ross "Hank" Crawford, Jr. was an United States rhythm and blues, hard bop, jazz-funk, soul jazz alto saxophonist, arranger and songwriter....
     (1973)
  • Natalie Cole
    Natalie Cole

    Natalie Maria Cole is an influential United States singer-songwriter and performer who has won ten Grammy Awards. She achieved success in her early career as an R&B star, but smoothly changed her repertoire toward a more jazz orientated musical style in the early 1990s....
     (1976)
  • Rosemary Clooney
    Rosemary Clooney

    Rosemary Clooney was an United States singer and actor. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers "Botch-a-Me " , "Mambo Italiano ", and "This Ole House", songs which tended to obscure her talents as a jazz vocalist....
     (1978)
  • Carmen McRae
    Carmen McRae

    Carmen Mercedes McRae was an United States jazz singer, composer, pianist, and actress. Considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and her ironic interpretations of song lyrics that made her memorable....
     (1980)
  • George Shearing
    George Shearing

    Sir George Shearing Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom jazz pianist who, during the 1950s, had a popular Jazz group for MGM Records and Capitol Records....
     (1982)
  • Freddie Jackson
    Freddie Jackson

    Freddie Jackson is an United States soul music singer. He was an important figure in Rhythm and blues during the 1980s and early 1990s. Among his well-known hit record are "Rock Me Tonight ," "Jam Tonight," "Do Me Again," and "You are My Lady."...
     (1985)
  • Ruth Brown
    Ruth Brown

    Ruth Brown was an United States Rhythm and blues singer, and actress noted for bringing a popular music style to rhythm and blues in a series of hit songs for fledgling Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and " He Treats Your Daughter Mean." For these contributions, Atlantic became known as "The house t...
     (1989)
  • McCoy Tyner
    McCoy Tyner

    Alfred McCoy Tyner is a jazz piano from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career....
     (1991)
  • Miki Howard
    Miki Howard

    Miki Howard is an African-American singer and actor who had a string of Top 40 hit record in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The daughter of gospel music singer Josephine Howard of The Caravans, and Clay Graham of Pilgrim Jubilees, Howard was discovered by Rhythm and blues group Side Effect at age 16....
     (1992)
  • Johnny Adams
    Johnny Adams

    Johnny Adams was an United States blues singer from New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana.Adams was known as "The Tan Canary" for the amazing range of his singing human voice and his gospel influenced style....
     (1993)
  • Gladys Knight
    Gladys Knight

    Gladys Maria Knight, "The Empress of Soul," is an United States R&B/soul music singer-songwriter, Actor, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author....
     (1995)
  • Tony Bennett
    Tony Bennett

    Tony Bennett is an United States singer of traditional pop music, pop standards and jazz.Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age....
     (1996)
  • Sheryl Crow
    Sheryl Crow

    Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an United States singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock music, country music, pop music and folk music, into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards....
     (1998)
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard
    Ol' Dirty Bastard

    Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard . He was one of the founding members of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
     (1999)
  • Mel Torme
    Mel Tormé

    Melvin Howard Torm? , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known as one of the great jazz singers. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books....
     (2002)
  • Chris Botti
    Chris Botti

    Christopher Stephen Botti or Chris Botti [BOH-tee] is an American trumpeter and composer. Born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon, he spent two years of his childhood growing up in Italy....
     (2005)
  • Gretchen Wilson
    Gretchen Wilson

    Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts....
     (2005)
  • Alicia Keys
    Alicia Keys

    Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American contemporary R&B and soul music singer-songwriter, pianist, cello and actor....
     (2006)
  • Jill Scott
    Jill Scott

    'Jill Scott' is an United States soul music and contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, poet, and actor. In 2007, Scott made her theatrical debut in the films Hounddog and in Tyler Perry's feature film, Why Did I Get Married? That same year her third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol....
     (2007)


  • and others


The song was also revived by pop singer Diana Ross
Diana Ross

Diane Ernestine "Diana" Ross is a recording artist, actress, and entertainer. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes before leaving for a solo career in the beginning of 1970....
 when she covered Holiday in the biopic, Lady Sings the Blues, in 1972. Released as a single later on that year to promote the movie, the song brought Ross another trip to the top forty on the Billboard charts reaching number eight on the pop chart.

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