Baby Face (song)

"Baby Face"
Single by Jan Garber
Released1926
Composer(s)Harry Akst
Lyricist(s)Benny Davis
"Baby Face"
Single by Little Richard
from the album Little Richard
B-side"I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo)"
ReleasedJuly 1958
StudioJ&M Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana
GenreRock & Roll
LabelSpecialty
Producer(s)Robert "Bumps" Blackwell
Little Richard singles chronology
"Ooh! My Soul"
(1958) 		"Baby Face"
(1958) 		"She Knows How to Rock/Early One Morning"
(1959)
"Baby Face"
Single by Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps
from the album Babyface
B-side"Baby Face (Special Long Version)"
ReleasedOctober 1975
Recorded1975
GenreDisco
Length3:13 (single version); 6:50 (album version)
LabelWing and a Prayer Record Label Co.

"Baby Face" is a popular Tin Pan Alley jazz song. The music was written by Harry Akst, with lyrics by Benny Davis, and the song was published in 1926.

The first recording of it was by Jan Garber and his Orchestra, featuring lyricist Benny Davis singing the chorus only. The record was a number one hit in 1926.

The first full version of the song sung on record was released later that same year by Whispering Jack Smith, backed on piano by Arthur Johnston. Smith sang in a half-talking style and started the first verse with "baby cheeks" instead of the familiar "rosy cheeks." He started the second verse with "When you were just a baby, and that's not so long ago."[1]

  1. ^ "Baby Face", Jack Smith, Victor Records release no. 20229, recorded September 22, 1926