God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday Song) - Notable Cover Versions

Notable Cover Versions

"God Bless the Child"
Single by The Simpsons
from the album The Simpsons Sing the Blues
Released 1991
Format CD single
Recorded 1990
Genre Jazz
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Producer John Boylan, Bryan Loren, DJ Jazzy Jeff
The Simpsons singles chronology
"Deep, Deep Trouble"
(1991)		 "God Bless the Child"
(1991)		 "Spider Pig"
(2007)
  • Frankie Laine (1949)
  • Gene Ammons (1958)
  • Stanley Turrentine (1960)
  • Eric Dolphy (1960)
  • Carmen McRae (1961)
  • Anita O'Day (1961)
  • Lou Rawls (recorded: February 5, 1962 for the album Stormy Monday)
  • Aretha Franklin (1962 for her album The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin)
  • Judy Henske (1963)
  • Stevie Wonder (1968)
  • Fifty Foot Hose (1968)
  • Jimmie Rodgers (1968)
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969)
  • Billy Eckstine and Linda Ronstadt, duet (1969)
  • Liza Minnelli (1969 live version, 1971 studio version)
  • Richie Havens (1972)
  • Diana Ross (1972)
  • Tom Browne (1981)
  • Dave Van Ronk (1982)
  • Ella Fitzgerald (1982)
  • Keith Jarrett (1983)
  • Billy MacKenzie (Associates (duo))(1984)
  • Crystal Gayle (1985)
  • Steve Miller (1988)
  • David Peaston (1989)
  • The Simpsons (Lisa Simpson/voice actor Yeardley Smith) The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990)
  • Freddie Hubbard (1991) as heard on Bolivia_(album)
  • Barbra Streisand (1991)
  • Diane Schuur (1992)
  • Eva Cassidy (1992)
  • Tony Bennett (1995)
  • Vanita Harbour (General Hospital soundtrack) (1998)
  • Jamie Cullum (1999)
  • Michael Bolton (2003)
  • Ruthie Foster (2004)
  • Mikalah Gordon (2005)
  • Theresa Sokyrka (2005)
  • Nnenna Freelon (2005)
  • Gladys Knight (2006)
  • Eva Avila (2006)
  • LaKisha Jones (2007)
  • Jill Scott (2007)
  • Moby (2007)
  • Laura White (2008)
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater (2010)
  • Haley Reinhart (2011)
  • Gregory Porter (sung a cappella on his 2012 album Be Good)
  • and others.

It also inspired a children's picture book. It was included on the album The Simpsons Sing the Blues, performed by Lisa Simpson (Yeardley Smith); this version was released as a single, the third from the album. Tony Bennett recorded the song as an overdubbed "duet" with Holiday for his 1997 album Tony Bennett on Holiday. Tricky released a version of the song on Angels with Dirty Faces (1998), retitled as "Carriage for Two". Referenced in the bible in Matthew 25:29 KJV {For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.} In 1999, House producer Alex Gopher sampled parts of the first verse for his track "the Child".

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