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I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra

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  • 1972
  • 2:53
  • 112 BPM · C major

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  1. Written by Harold Arlen, also Last Night When We Were Young (Frank Sinatra), One for My Baby (Frank Sinatra) and I’ve Got the World on a String (Frank Sinatra)

  2. Released on Classics, also Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra), Muggles (Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra) and Solo Flight (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)

  3. Produced by Milt Gabler, also Lover Man (Billie Holiday), Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday) and Caldonia (Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five)

  4. Recorded at Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio, also Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday) and Fine and Mellow

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Credits

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Written by
Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler
Produced by
Milt Gabler
Performed by
Billie Holiday, Eddie Dougherty, Frankie Newton, Jimmy McLin, Johnny Williams, Kenneth Hollon, Sonny White, Stanley Payne and Tab Smith
Part of
The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1939-1940
Recorded at
Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio
Released on
Classics

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  1. 1MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Billie Holiday

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Billie Holiday

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Eddie Dougherty

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Eddie Dougherty

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  3. 3MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Frankie Newton

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Frankie Newton

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Jimmy McLin

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Jimmy McLin

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Johnny Williams

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Johnny Williams

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Kenneth Hollon

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Kenneth Hollon

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Sonny White

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Sonny White

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Stanley Payne

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Stanley Payne

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Tab Smith

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Tab Smith

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was produced by Milt Gabler

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was produced by Milt Gabler

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was written by Harold Arlen

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was written by Harold Arlen

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was written by Ted Koehler

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was written by Ted Koehler

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1939-1940

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1939-1940

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  14. 14MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was recorded at Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was recorded at Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  15. 15MusicBrainz Classics is the label of the song I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

    Classics is the label of the song I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

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  16. 16MusicBrainz I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was released on 1972

    I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was released on 1972

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026