Diana Ross version

The song was revived by R&B/soul singer Diana Ross, when she portrayed Holliday in the biopic, Lady Sings the Blues, in 1972, starring with Billy Dee Williams. Released as a single later on that year to promote the movie, Ross brought jazz back to the pop and R&B audiences, sending it to numbers 20 and 34 on the R&B and Pop charts respectively.[5]
Notable cover versions

A partial list includes:

Joe Williams (1955)
Dinah Washington (1959)
Sam Cooke (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald (1961)
Etta James (1962)
Billy Eckstine (1969)
Diana Ross (1972)
Johnny Mathis (1973)
Hank Crawford (1973)
Natalie Cole (1976)
Rosemary Clooney (1978)
Carmen McRae (1980)
George Shearing (1982)
Freddie Jackson (1985)
Ruth Brown (1989)
McCoy Tyner (1991)
Miki Howard (1992)
Johnny Adams (1993)
Diana Ross (1993)
Gladys Knight (1995)
Tony Bennett (1996)
Sheryl Crow (1998)
Diane Schuur (1999)
Ol' Dirty Bastard (1999)
Mel Torme (2002)
Alicia Keys (2003)
Chris Botti (2005)
Gretchen Wilson (2005)
Gladys Knight (2006)
Sy Smith (2006)
Jill Scott (2007)
Dee Dee Bridgewater (2010)


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