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"Now or Never" is a jazz song written by singer Billie Holiday, and composer Curtis Reginald Lewis.[2][1]

"Now or Never"
Single by Billie Holiday
A-side	Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)[1]
Recorded	September 30, 1949
Genre	Jazz
Length	2:32
Label	Decca
Songwriter(s)	Billie Holiday Curtis Reginald Lewis

Recording session

Studio Session No. 63, New York City, September 30, 1949, Sy Oliver and His Orchestra (Decca), with Bernie Privin (trumpet), Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince (alto saxophone), Artie Drellinger, Pat Nizza (tenor saxophone), Billy Kyle (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Joe Benjamin (bass), Jimmy Crawford (drums), and Billie Holiday (vocal).

Notable cover versions

• Nnenna Freelon (2005)[3]

References

External links

• The Unofficial Billie Holiday Website

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