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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)
Written by Teddy McRae, also Broadway (Dexter Gordon), Walkin’ the Blues (Willie Dixon) and You Showed Me the Way (Billie Holiday)
Part of The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1939-1940, also Fine and Mellow and I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Teddy McRae first appears on fono in 1962, 29 years before this song
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Teddy McRae
- Performed by
- Billie Holiday, Eddie Dougherty, Hot Lips Page, Jimmy McLin, Johnny Williams, Ken Kersey, Kenneth Hollon, Stanley Payne and Tab Smith
- Released on
- Classics
- Written by
- Teddy McRae
- Performed by
- Billie Holiday, Eddie Dougherty, Hot Lips Page, Jimmy McLin, Johnny Williams, Ken Kersey, Kenneth Hollon, Stanley Payne and Tab Smith
- Released on
- Classics
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Teddy McRae
Same label: Classics
Same release: The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1939-1940
Same writer: Teddy McRae
Same label: Classics
Same release: The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1939-1940
Same writer: Teddy McRae
Same label: Classics
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Billie Holiday
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Billie Holiday
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Eddie Dougherty
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Eddie Dougherty
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Hot Lips Page
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Hot Lips Page
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Jimmy McLin
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Jimmy McLin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Johnny Williams
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Johnny Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Ken Kersey
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Ken Kersey
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Kenneth Hollon
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Kenneth Hollon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Stanley Payne
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Stanley Payne
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Tab Smith
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was performed by Tab Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was written by Teddy McRae
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was written by Teddy McRae
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1939-1940
Why Did I Always Depend on You? is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1939-1940
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Classics is the label of the song Why Did I Always Depend on You?
Classics is the label of the song Why Did I Always Depend on You?
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Why Did I Always Depend on You? was released on 1991
Why Did I Always Depend on You? was released on 1991
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026