Baby Dear

"Baby Dear" is a Dixieland tune composed by Thamon Hayes & Benny Moten. It was first recorded by Bennie Moten with the Kansas City Orchestra for Okeh Records in 1924,^[1]^[2] and later by Mary Lou Williams and her Kansas City Seven. Both records are available on YouTube:

Bennie Moten: [2]
Mary Lou Williams: [3]

References

^ "The Red Hot Jazz Archive". Archived from the original on 2003-08-03. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
^ Catalogue of Copiright Entries, third series, [1].

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[1] "The Red Hot Jazz Archive". Archived from the original on 2003-08-03. Retrieved 2016-07-27.

[2] Catalogue of Copiright Entries, third series, [1].

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