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Originally Posted by Raine
^ forgot Billie Holiday
Otherwise your list is pretty accurate.
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Well, it wasn't my list. I just copied/pasted it from another board. The original poster could give you reasons for not including Billie Holiday, I don't know what they are, though. If you want Billie, I'd go for either the Complete Commodore Master Takes or the Complete Decca Recordings. Those are both cheap (1 and 2 discs, respectively), but aren't greatest hits compilations, so you won't suffer any overlap later. If you want more (emphasis on more, these boxes are really big, so I guess only if you really love Billie), go for the Complete Verve Recordings and/or Complete Columbia Recordings.
P.S. The Commodore CD has Strange Fruit, considered by many to be her signature song, and signature or otherwise one of the saddest/most depressing songs ever.