"Everybody Loves My Baby", also known as "Everybody Loves My Baby, but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me", is a popular and

jazz standard Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive lis ...

song A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetitio ...

composed by

Spencer Williams Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1965) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs " Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "I've Found a New B ...

in 1924. Lyrics were written by Jack Palmer. One important early recording was by the young

Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...

with Clarence Williams' Blue Five on November 6, 1924, New York, NY. Released as a single: "Everybody Loves My Baby (but My Baby Don't Love Nobody But Me)" (Palmer, Jack; Williams, Spencer) aster S-72-959-B– Okeh 8181. Featuring: Williams, Clarence (Piano, Director); Taylor, Eva (Vocal); Armstrong, Louis (Cornet); Thompson, Aaron (Trombone); Bailey, Buster (Soprano Saxophone); and Christian, Buddy (Banjo). Before this recording, Armstrong won a vaudeville night at the Roseland Ballroom singing and playing this tune. Another popular recording in 1925 was by Aileen Stanley. The song remained popular for decades and continues to be performed regularly in the 21st century.

Other notable recordings

*The

Boswell Sisters The Boswell Sisters were an American close harmony singing trio of the jazz and swing eras, consisting of three sisters: Martha Boswell (June 9, 1905 – July 2, 1958), Connie Boswell (later spelled "Connee", December 3, 1907 – October 11, ...

recorded a version of this song for Brunswick Records (catalog no. 6271) on February 24, 1932. *

Fats Waller Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz pi ...

- recorded for RCA Victor (catalog No. 20-2217A) (1940). *

Hoosier Hot Shots The Hoosier Hot Shots were an American quartet of musicians who entertained on stage, screen, radio, and records from the mid-1930s into the 1970s. The group formed in Indiana where they performed on local radio before moving to Chicago and a n ...

- recorded on August 6, 1940 for Okeh Records (catalog no. 06017). This was a top-ten country hit in 1941. *

Glenn Miller Alton Glen Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band founder, owner, conductor, composer, arranger, trombone player and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the United States Arm ...

and the AAFTC Orchestra released the song as V-Disc 223A in July 1944. * Firehouse Five Plus Two - recorded October 8, 1949 for Good Time Jazz (catalog No. 5). *

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...

recorded the song for his

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and it was broadcast on October 25, 1953 and subsequently released on the album ''Bing in Dixieland'' (2012). *

Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, " Sent ...

recorded a short version for the 1955 film '' Love Me or Leave Me'' * Chris Barber's Jazz Band - included in the album ''Chris Barber Plays'' (1955). *Louis Armstrong - for ''Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography'' (1956). *

Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the 1950s songs". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performe ...

- for her album ''

Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller ''Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller'' is a seventh studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the Emarcy label, and reissued by Verve Records in 1990 as ''The Fats Waller Songbook''. In the album Washington covers 1 ...

'' 1957. *

The Mills Brothers The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed the Four Mills Brothers, and originally known as the Four Kings of Harmony, were an American jazz and traditional pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies an ...

- ''The Mills Brothers Sing Beer Barrel Polka and Other Golden Hits'' (1962). * The Temperance Seven recorded a version for the 1962 film '' It's Trad, Dad!''. * Vic Damone - ''My Baby Loves to Swing'' (1963). *

Al Hirt Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album '' Honey in the Horn'' (1963), and for the them ...

released a version on his 1964 album, ''

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''. *King Richard's Fluegel Knights - a "now-sound" instrumental that peaked at Easy Listening position #11 in 1967. That recording was also used as the theme for the syndicated television program ''

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''. *

Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List ...

sang it on her 1967 CBS TV special ''The Belle of 14th Street'' and it was also recorded for a Columbia Records release. However, due to the poor critical and public response to the show, the album was never released. *

Julie Andrews Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Fi ...

sang a short version as part of a medley of songs from the era in concert in 1977, which is included on the Japanese-released RCA LP ''An Evening with Julie Andrews'' which, as of this writing, has never been released on CD. *Brazilian vocal trio Cluster Sisters recorded a version of this song on their debut album in 2015. *

The Hot Sardines The Hot Sardines is an American jazz band formed in New York City in 2007 by artistic director, singer, and writer Elizabeth Bougerol and artistic director, actor and pianist Evan Palazzo. The Sardines emphasize both authenticity and irreverence ...

recorded a live version of this song on their album "Welcome Home, Bon Voyage" in 2019

In popular culture

The opening phrases of the song's lyrics are featured in a fine early

Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hug ...

poem, "The Cat and the Saxophone, 2am" (1926), about a couple's interactions at a jazz club in the 1920s. It is sung in Series 3, Episode 1 of '' Jeeves and Wooster''. It is played in the background of the film ''Cat's Meow'', which tells the story of the mysterious death of

Thomas H. Ince Thomas Harper Ince (November 16, 1880 – November 19, 1924) was an American silent film - era filmmaker and media proprietor. Ince was known as the "Father of the Western" and was responsible for making over 800 films. He revolutionized the mot ...

aboard the yacht of

William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Sr. (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboya ...

. It is sung onstage in Season 4, Episode 7 of ''

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''.

Grammar notes

The song is often sung by a woman about her man, but the lyrics are adaptable enough that either a man or a woman may sing it. The song title (more specifically, the

double negative A double negative is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence. Multiple negation is the more general term referring to the occurrence of more than one negative in a clause. In some languages, ...

grammatically corrected "...but my baby loves nobody but me" in some

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versions) has frequently led teachers and students of predicate logic to jestingly accuse the song's narrator of

narcissism Narcissism is a self-centered personality style characterized as having an excessive interest in one's physical appearance or image and an excessive preoccupation with one's own needs, often at the expense of others. Narcissism exists on a co ...

: The first half of the title, "everybody loves my baby," implies "my baby loves my baby." The second half, "my baby loves nobody but me" (formally, "if I am not a given person, then my baby does not love that person"), is logically equivalent to "if my baby loves a given person, then I am that person." The latter statement implies "if my baby loves my baby, then I am my baby." From "if my baby loves my baby, then I am my baby" and "my baby loves my baby" it

follows Follows is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dave Follows (1941–2003), British cartoonist * Denis Follows (1908–1983), British sports administrator * Geoffrey Follows (1896–1983), British colonial administrator * Megan ...

that "I am my baby."An alternative route changes the order of the contrapositive and the instantiation: As above, "everybody loves my baby" implies that "my baby loves my baby." As for the second half of the title, "if I am not a given person, my baby does not love that person" implies "if I am not my baby, then my baby does not love my baby." The latter is logically equivalent to "if my baby loves my baby, then I am my baby." From "if my baby loves my baby, then I am my baby" and "my baby loves my baby" it

that "I am my baby." Again, universe of discourse is restricted to persons. (Throughout the above, the universe of discourse is restricted to persons.)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Everybody Loves My Baby 1924 songs 1920s jazz standards Songs written by Spencer Williams Songs written by Jack Palmer (composer) Doris Day songs Al Hirt songs Louis Armstrong songs Okeh Records singles

Other notable recordings

In popular culture

Grammar notes

See also

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