God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)

"God Bless the Child"
Single by Billie Holiday
B-side"Solitude"
Released1942
RecordedMay 9, 1941[1]
StudioColumbia 7th Ave, New York City[1]
GenreJazz
Length2:57
LabelOkeh
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Edward B. Marks Music
Billie Holiday singles chronology
"Strange Fruit"
(1939) 		"God Bless the Child"
(1942) 		"Good Morning Heartache"
(1946)

"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.

Holiday's version of the song was honored with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1976.[2] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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  2. ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". GRAMMY.org. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-26.