Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You

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"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You"
The King Cole Trio
singles chronology
"Straighten Up and Fly Right"
(1944)
"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You"
(1944)
"The Frim-Fram Sauce"
(1946)

"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" is a 1929 song written by Andy Razaf and Don Redman. It was recorded by the Redman-led McKinney's Cotton Pickers on Victor on November 5, 1929, as "Gee, Ain't I Good to You."[2]

King Cole Trio recording

Harlem Hit Parade.[3] The A-side
of the song, "I Realize Now" peaked at number 9 on the Harlem Hit Parade. It is usually played in E flat.

Other notable recordings

Other notable recordings of the song include versions by: Lou Rawls, Fats Waller, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Phineas Newborn Jr.,Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Clark, Art Blakey, Ray Charles, Kenny Burrell, Diana Krall, John Scofield, Lyle Lovett, The Coasters,[4] Bill Wurtz,[5] T-Bone Walker, Dr John and Geoff Muldaur.[6][7] As well as, Deana Martin recorded "Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You" on her 2013 album, Destination Moon. In 2015, Matt Dusk and Margaret recorded a version for their album, Just the Two of Us.

Popular culture

References

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  2. ^ "McKinney's Cotton Pickers". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 126.
  4. ^ Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?, Jazz Standards.com
  5. ^ Wurtz, Bill (July 4, 2014). "jazz america". Billwurtz.com.
  6. ^ "Dave van Ronk & Geoff Muldaur Live Review". Mnblues.com.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)