# Need suggestions for jazz song 'baby mix' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439 "2010-11-21T15:31:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/1 "2010-11-21T15:31:26Z")
A friend of mine is having a baby in a few weeks and I want to put together a mix… what I’m looking for is jazz standards that evoke a baby/child sort of feeling. Not necessarily children’s songs… a slam dunk perfect example is [“Cuddle Up A Little Closer”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmmoaY3HSjE) . Or something like “Button Up Your Overcoat”. You know what I mean… the way adult lovers of the 1940’s apparently liked to regard each other as children in that infantile way that nowadays we’d only consider suitable for someone actually under the age of 5. Kid-friendly jazz songs are good too, if you can think of any… something fun or silly or nonsense along the lines of 'Jeepers Creepers" or “Who’s Your Little Who-zis” Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/2 "2010-11-21T16:20:05Z")
Here’s a few suggestions. Obviously since they are standards you’ll find multiple versions, but I tried to include well-known artists. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday One For My Baby (And One More For the Road) - Billie Holiday Someone to Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald Just Squeeze Me (But Don’t Tease Me) - Ella Fitzgerald My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Ella Fitzgerald Lullaby of Birdland - Ella Fitzgerald I’ve Found a New Baby - Sonny Rollins Little Girl Blue - Nina Simone Baby Won’t You Please Come Home - Louis Armstrong In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Johnny Hartman Everybody Loves My Baby - Bing Crosby ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/3 "2010-11-21T19:04:49Z")
Get Bonnie Raitt’s version of “Baby Mine” (from the Disney tribute album _Stay Awake_). Not strictly jazz, but lovely. Oh, and I’m going to move this to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/4 "2010-11-21T19:08:24Z")
[Jazz Playground](http://www.putumayo.com/en/putumayo_kids_catalog_item.php?album_id=1004) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/5 "2010-11-21T23:25:26Z")
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/6 "2010-11-21T23:30:28Z")
My Baby Just Cares for Me ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/7 "2010-11-22T06:05:35Z")
Sondheim’s _Children Will Listen. Kids,_ from “Bye Bye Birdie.” \*Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody. \*The Beatles’ _Cry Baby Cry._ The Supremes’ _Baby Love Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby_ ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/8 "2010-11-22T06:17:42Z")
The works of [Helen Kane](http://www.amazon.com/Boop-Boop---Doop-Girl-Helen-Kane/dp/B002BK3KUO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1290406360&sr=1-1) might be the sort of thing you’re looking for. She sang in a high, babyish voice and used the phrase “boop-oop-a-doop.” Betty Boop was based on her. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/9 "2010-11-22T13:56:04Z")
Great suggestions… keep 'em coming! ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-jazz-song-baby-mix/561439/10 "2010-11-23T11:35:26Z")
Back in the day Disney used jazz musicians quite well- think the Aristocats, Cinderella, the Jungle Book, Dumbo- all have nice songs that kids like. Irishbaby is particularly found of “Bibidi Bobidi Boo” and “Everybody wants to be a cat”. She seems amused by scat. Louis Armstrong has such a warm comforting voice- she loves him. _La Vie en Rose_, _Stardust_ and _When You’re Smiling_ are big hits with her.