My Baby Just Cares for Me

E396909
jazz standard song

"My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard best known for Nina Simone’s iconic 1958 recording, which showcases her distinctive vocal style and piano playing.

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My Baby Just Cares for Me canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithEra Great American Songbook ⓘ
surface form: Great American Songbook era
becameHitInDecade 1980s ⓘ
composer Walter Donaldson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
George Shearing ⓘ
Julie London ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich ⓘ
Michael Bublé ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1930 ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
hasCategory 1930s jazz standards ⓘ
songs with lyrics by Gus Kahn ⓘ
songs with music by Walter Donaldson ⓘ
hasInstrumentation voice and piano ⓘ
hasKey commonly performed in B-flat major ⓘ
hasMeter 4/4 time ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter My Baby ⓘ
surface form: my baby
includedInRepertoire jazz pianists ⓘ
jazz vocalists ⓘ
includedOnAlbum Little Girl Blue ⓘ
introducedInFilm Whoopee! ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme devoted romantic love ⓘ
lyricist Gus Kahn ⓘ
musicalForm 32-bar AABA form ⓘ
notableFor Nina Simone’s piano accompaniment ⓘ
Nina Simone’s vocal phrasing ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Nina Simone ⓘ
notableRecordingYear 1958 ⓘ
originalPerformer Eddie Cantor ⓘ
performancePractice often performed in small jazz combo settings ⓘ
recordLabelOfNotableRecording Bethlehem Records ⓘ
sawChartResurgenceCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectOf musicological analysis ⓘ
tempo medium swing ⓘ
usedInMedium television advertising ⓘ
writtenFor film Whoopee! ⓘ

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Nina Simone → notableWork → My Baby Just Cares for Me ⓘ
Eunice Kathleen Waymon → notableWork → My Baby Just Cares for Me ⓘ
Little Girl Blue → hasTrack → My Baby Just Cares for Me ⓘ
Little Girl Blue → notableTrack → My Baby Just Cares for Me ⓘ