Good Morning Heartache

Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake and Dan Fisher wrote the song, and Holiday recorded it on 22 January 1946 at Decca session 54. Bill Stegmeyer and his Orchestra played, with four strings added. The trumpeters were Chris Griffin and Joe Guy, with Joe Springer on piano, Tiny Grimes on guitar, John Simmons on bass and Sidney Catlett on drums.

It failed to chart, but she kept singing it in live performances, and three live recordings are known. In 1946 Metronome warned that there was a danger her present formula would wear thin, but said that so far it was wearing well. The song appears on the 1956 album Lady Sings the Blues, and Billboard noted it favorably. Diana Ross recorded it for the 1972 film, and her version reached number 20 on the R&B chart and number 34 on the pop chart.