"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

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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].