Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You

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"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You"
Single by The King Cole Trio
A-side "I Realize Now"
Released 1944
Recorded30 November 1943
Studio C.P. MacGregor, Hollywood [1]
Length2:54
Label Capitol Records
Songwriter(s) Andy Razaf, Don Redman
Producer(s) Johnny Mercer
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]

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King Cole Trio recording

Nat King Cole's King Cole Trio recorded the song on November 30, 1943, during a three-hour recording session at C.P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood. "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes," and "Jumpin' at Capitol" were recorded during the same session, produced by Johnny Mercer and engineered by John Palladino. [1] The single peaked at number 20 on the national charts and was the group's final number 1 on the 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 .

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