Billie holiday mother-in-law song
Your Mother's Son-In-Law
song
"Your Mother's Son-In-Law" is a song written by Alberta Nichols and Mann Holiner that was recorded by Billie Holiday with a band led by Benny Goodman on 27 November It was Holiday's first recording. It was produced by John Hammond. The song was recorded in three takes, and Holiday was paid $35 (equivalent to $ in ) for her performance.[2]
Holiday was initially nervous as she prepared to make her first recording. The singer Ethel Waters was present in the studio, which further increased her anxiousness.[2] Waters had recorded in the same studio earlier in the day with the same band.[3] Holiday was also intimidated by the presence of the famous vaudevillian Buck Washington who played the piano on the recording. Buck encouraged her to sing, telling her that she wouldn't want "all these people" to think that she was a 'square'.[4] The song was recorded in a key that Holiday was uncomfortable with and at a Billie Holiday - Your Mother's Son-In-Law Lyrics |.