The Early Years

~ Release by Chet Baker (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: My Funny Valentine
▶ CD 2: Imagination
▼ CD 3: Bea's Flat
#TitleRatingLength
1Band Aid
recording of:
Band Aid
composer:
Russ Freeman (pianist)
2:48
2Bea's Flat
recording of:
Bea’s Flat
composer:
Russ Freeman (pianist)
3:02
3Moon Love
instrumental recording of:
Moon Love (on 1953-10-03)
lyricist:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer)
arranger:
André Kostelanetz (conductor)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
is based on:
Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
3:19
4Happy Little Sunbeam
recording of:
Happy Little Sunbeam
composer:
Russ Freeman (pianist)
2:44
5I Fall in Love Too Easily
recording of:
I Fall in Love Too Easily
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
AF Encore Fund LLC, Applause and Encore Music, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:07
6Winter Wonderland
recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
3:21
7The Thrill Is Gone
recording of:
The Thrill Is Gone (Henderson/Brown song, first performed in 1931)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
recording of:
The Thrill Is Gone (1951 blues song)
writer:
Roy Hawkins (in 1951) and Rick Darnell (in 1951)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Grosvenor House Music, Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc., Pamco Music Inc., Powerforce Music and Sounds Of Lucille, Inc.
2:52
8Headline
recording of:
Headline
composer:
Jack Montrose
3:09
9Bockanal
recording of:
Bockhanal
composer:
Jack Montrose
2:59
10Ergo
3:10
11A Dandy Line
recording of:
A Dandy Line
composer:
Jack Montrose
2:50
12Pro Defunctus
recording of:
Pro Defunctus
lyricist and composer:
Jack Montrose
3:27
13Little Old Baby
recording of:
Little Old Lady
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter) and Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
2:50
14Moonlight Becomes You
recording of:
Moonlight Becomes You
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1942)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
2:56
15Goodbye
recording of:
Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
Devalbo Inc, La Salle Music Publishers, Inc., LaSalle Music, MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Peermusic (UK) Limited, Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3:48
16I Married an Angel
recording of:
I Married an Angel
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
I Married an Angel (full musical)
3:38
17Love Walked In
recording of:
Love Walked In
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1938)
part of:
The Goldwyn Follies
3:00
18A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet
recording of:
A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet
composer:
Jack Montrose
2:37
19You Better Go Now
recording of:
You Better Go Now
writer:
Irvin Graham and Bickley Reichner
publisher:
Chappell Music, Inc. (publisher)
3:08
20Why Shouldn't I
recording of:
Why Shouldn’t I?
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
3:38
21Trickleydidlier
recording of:
Trickleydidlier
composer:
Shorty Rogers (trumpet)
2:42
22I'm Through With Love
recording of:
I’m Thru With Love
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Fud Livingston and Matty Malneck
publisher:
Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, Inc. (pre‐MGM/UA Entertainment Co. era, 1924–1981) (on 1931-04-17)
2:41
23You Don't Know What Love Is
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-12-31)
producer:
Richard Bock (record producer)
bass:
Joe Mondragon (on 1953-12-31)
cello:
Victor Gottlieb (on 1953-12-31)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1953-12-31)
piano:
Russ Freeman (pianist) (on 1953-12-31)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1953-12-31)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1953-12-31)
viola:
Lou Kievman (violist) (on 1953-12-31) and Paul Robyn (on 1953-12-31)
violin:
Sam Cytron (on 1953-12-31), Jacques Gasselin (on 1953-12-31), George Kast (on 1953-12-31), Eudice Shapiro (Violinist) (on 1953-12-31), Paul Shure (on 1953-12-31) and Felix Slatkin (on 1953-12-31)
cover recording of:
You Don’t Know What Love Is (on 1953-12-31)
lyricist and composer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
33:32
24What a Difference a Day Made
recording of:
What a Diff’rence a Day Made
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
María Grever
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Estate of Stanley Adams, Maurice Music, Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Stanley Adams Music, Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC and Zomba Golden Sands Enterprises, Inc.
is based on:
Cuando vuelva a tu lado
2:42
25Love
recording of:
Love
writer:
Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
2:35
26I Love You
recording of:
I Love You (Mexican Hayride musical)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
2:49
▶ CD 4: Chet Sings