Yes sir, that's my baby
Yes Sir, That's My Baby is a song that Walter Donaldson (music) and Gus Kahn (lyrics) wrote and released in 1925.
Genesis of the song
When Gus Kahn visited Eddie Contor in Greak Neck (Long Island), he played with a wind-up toy pig that belonged to a daughter of Cantor. The rhythm of the toy gave the songwriter the idea for the opening sequence of the song Yes Sir, That's My Baby , written in E major ; Walter Donaldson added the other music (in the form AABA ), which is minimalist. Each A section of the chorus only plays within two notes; the harmonies are simple too, as are the lyrics.
First recordings
The song had great success in the United States with covers by Eddie Cantor, Lillian Roth , Gene Austin and Ben Bernie . The first musicians to record the song from 1925 onwards included Ace Brigode & His Fourteen Viginians, the studio formation Varsity Eight (around Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey , Adrian Rollini and Stan King ), The Georgia Melodians , Sara Martin , Blossom Seeley and Coon- Sanders Original Nighthawks Orchestra , in Berlin Bela Dajos and Bernard Etté , in London Jean Wiener and Clément Doucet .
Later cover versions
The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 281 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz . a. by Harry Reser , Nat King Cole, and Etta Jones . Yes sir, that's my baby