Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1196644 By Billie Holiday. By Arthur Herzog Jr. and Billie Holiday. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Blues,Jazz,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #795807. Published by John Fries (A0.1196644). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.   God Bless the Child is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. in 1939. In her autobiography Lady Sings the Blues, Holiday indicated that an argument with her mother over money led to the song. She stated that during the argument she said God bless the child that's got his own..

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.794109 By Billie Holiday. By Arthur Herzog Jr. and Billie Holiday. Arranged by Dave Gingras and John E. Dosher. Jazz. Score. 2 pages. DAVID LEE GINGRAS #6365989. Published by DAVID LEE GINGRAS (A0.794109). God Bless the Child is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. in 1939. It was first recorded on May 9, 1941, by Billie Holiday and released by the Okeh Records in 1942. This contemporary piano version features a root-based chord-blocking technique that John and I have used in many of our arrangements. We added a few left-hand fills for added interest and color. We hope you like it!

Brass Quintet Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1460761 By Billie Holiday. By Arthur Herzog Jr. and Billie Holiday. Arranged by Will Corbin. Blues,Jazz,Pop. 20 pages. Will Corbin #1039660. Published by Will Corbin (A0.1460761). Billie Holiday first recorded this song in 1941 (and a couple more times after that, in different settings). As the story goes, it was inspired when Holiday's mother refused her a loan with the words, God bless the child that's got his own. She and frequent collaborator Arthur Herzog Jr. then put the song together in 20. Or so the story goes. Whatever the case, this classic anthem, covered by just about every singer born since then, is in the Grammy Hall of Fame. It also helped win a Grammy for Album of the Year for Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968. They also performed it at Woodstock. This arrangement, for two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba (featuring the trombonist in the role of lead BS&T singer David Clayton-Thomas), is based on their treatment of Holiday's soulful tune.