Lady in Satin is a 1958 album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday and featuring bandleader Ray Ellis. Ellis said of the album in 1997:

''I would say that the most emotional moment was her listening to the playback of "I'm a Fool to Want You". There were tears in her eyes...After we finished the album I went into the control room and listened to all the takes. I must admit I was unhappy with her performance, but I was just listening musically instead of emotionally. It wasn't until I heard the final mix a few weeks later that I realized how great her performance really was.

Track listing

1. “I'm a Fool to Want You” (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) 3:23
2. “For Heaven's Sake” (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) 3:26
3. “You Don't Know What Love Is” (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) 3:48
4. “I Get Along Without You Very Well” (Hoagy Carmichael) 2:59
5. “For All We Know” (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) 2:53
6. “Violets for Your Furs” (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) 3:24
7. “You've Changed” (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) 3:17
8. “It's Easy to Remember” (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) 4:01
9. “But Beautiful” (w. Johnny Burke, m. Jimmy Van Heusen) 4:29
10. “Glad to Be Unhappy” (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) 4:07
11. “I'll Be Around” (Alec Wilder) 3:23
12. “The End of a Love Affair” Version (Edward Redding) 4:46
13. “I'm a Fool to Want You” 3:24
14. “I'm a Fool to Want You” 3:23
15. The End of a Love Affair: The Audio Story 9:49
16. “The End of a Love Affair” 4:46

Music samples

1958 albums | Billie Holiday albums