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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Nick Kenny, also Gone Fishin’ (Louis Armstrong), Love Letters in the Sand (Pat Boone) and Drop Me Off in Harlem (Ella Fitzgerald)
Part of The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 4: 1937, also A Sailboat in the Moonlight (Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra), Moanin' Low and Foolin’ Myself
Written by Charles Kenny, also Gone Fishin’ (Louis Armstrong), Love Letters in the Sand (Pat Boone) and Laughing at Life (take 1) (Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Charles Kenny’s most frequent co-writer is Nick Kenny (4 songs together)
Charles Kenny first appears on fono in 1951, 37 years before this song
Nick Kenny first appears on fono in 1951, 37 years before this song
Credits
All 13 credits
- Written by
- Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny and Norman Ellis
- Performed by
- Allan Reuss, Billie Holiday, Cootie Williams, Cozy Cole, Harry Carney, John Kirby, Johnny Hodges and Teddy Wilson
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny and Norman Ellis
- Performed by
- Allan Reuss, Billie Holiday, Cootie Williams, Cozy Cole, Harry Carney, John Kirby, Johnny Hodges and Teddy Wilson
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Nick Kenny
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 4: 1937
Same writer: Nick Kenny
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 4: 1937
Same writer: Nick Kenny
Same writer: Charles Kenny
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Carelessly was performed by Allan Reuss
2MusicBrainz Carelessly was performed by Billie Holiday
Carelessly was performed by Billie Holiday
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Carelessly was performed by Cootie Williams
Carelessly was performed by Cootie Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Carelessly was performed by Cozy Cole
5MusicBrainz Carelessly was performed by Harry Carney
Carelessly was performed by Harry Carney
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6MusicBrainz Carelessly was performed by John Kirby
7MusicBrainz Carelessly was performed by Johnny Hodges
Carelessly was performed by Johnny Hodges
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Carelessly was performed by Teddy Wilson
Carelessly was performed by Teddy Wilson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Carelessly was written by Charles Kenny
10MusicBrainz Carelessly was written by Nick Kenny
11MusicBrainz Carelessly was written by Norman Ellis
12MusicBrainz Carelessly is part of the release The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 4: 1937
Carelessly is part of the release The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 4: 1937
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Carelessly
Columbia is the label of the song Carelessly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Carelessly was released on 1988