Nat King Cole & Ida JAMES " Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby " !!!

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  • Опубліковано 5 лип 2009
  • RARE OLDIES SOUNDIES WITH MR NAT KING COLE & MISS IDA JAMES ! Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres. He was the first black American to host a television variety show and has maintained worldwide popularity over 40 years past his death; he is widely considered one of the most important musical personalities in United States history.
    You can watch all my rare oldies soundies on :www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vb... or www.myspace.com/swingcocktail ! Many thanks , NICKY .

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  • @darwinlucero8423
    @darwinlucero8423 4 роки тому +400

    I realize Tom sings this song in one episode.

    • @gnr4018
      @gnr4018 4 роки тому +1

      I meet this song before with glenn miller but i see t&j when i was a child and today i realize is the same song i loved that episode haha

    • @gnr4018
      @gnr4018 4 роки тому

      chris. s the version is by glenn miller is in Spotify

    • @SirDiamondNips
      @SirDiamondNips 3 роки тому +1

      @@chris.s7147 try searching for Ira "Buck" Woods. Literally every classic singer covered the song.

    • @clarkelaidlaw1678
      @clarkelaidlaw1678 3 роки тому

      I find myself playing his trio recordings much more than the later ones,which often were too heavily orchestrated for my liking.He was,I think ,the finest accompanist to the voice of all time.simply a genius on the piano.

    • @BrynhurstSixOwe
      @BrynhurstSixOwe 3 роки тому

      Yeah, but the ORIGINAL was sung Ira "Buck" Woods. 💯
      ua-cam.com/video/yx7wowknWMc/v-deo.html

  • @bridgeman11
    @bridgeman11 2 роки тому +38

    I'm so glad for the invention of UA-cam that we can access these treasures.

    • @pborgia1
      @pborgia1 Рік тому +1

      Absolutely, we are blessed with having the technology that gives us the opportunity to see the efforts of these master artists of the past despite the fact that they are long since dead. Just think, until the advent of film and recording past artists were just legends who over time melted into the memory of the population eventually to be forgotten. Now we also have UA-cam to bring the past artists to life again.

    • @wowalamoiz9489
      @wowalamoiz9489 5 місяців тому +1

      I imagine that at least a few times, a piece of media must have been forgotten by all that viewed it, and later uploaded here.

  • @dagoelius
    @dagoelius 8 років тому +302

    Nat was known worldwide for his smooth vocals but such a damn fine underrated pianist.

    • @blackmetalgran7279
      @blackmetalgran7279 7 років тому +7

      Yes, that piano break kicked it and I was wowed.

    • @camerond47
      @camerond47 7 років тому +10

      The late Oscar Peterson said the same thing about NKC. And Oscar was no joke.

    • @NotHarpoGroucho
      @NotHarpoGroucho 7 років тому +1

      dagoelius He was also an amazing trumpet player

    • @mommasyoutubechannel3464
      @mommasyoutubechannel3464 Рік тому +1

      @@camerond47 RAMONE he say LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO THE RADTIOR SPRINGS TALENT SHOW TONIGHT🌃 THE JUDGES ARE CEILA MAE AND MIKE AND SULLEY CARRIE WILLIAMS THEY WILL CHOOSE LITTLE BLUE OF ENDLESS ALPHABET HE AND VAMPIRNA THEY PLAY THE CELLO AND PIANO FOR THE SONG

  • @dme1016
    @dme1016 6 років тому +455

    When Nat moved into an all-white area of LA, his racist neighbors said they didn't want any "undesirables" moving in. Nat said something to the effect of, "Well if I see any, I'll let you know". Great comeback.

    • @tankhalffull
      @tankhalffull 4 роки тому +23

      Yep.. this is exactly what he said.. I soooo love Nat.. if there were one person I could meet, it would be Nat.., such a gentleman, such a talent.. the greatest voice of our time..

    • @tankhalffull
      @tankhalffull 4 роки тому +13

      @@shaise Stop my friend.., it's not white people, it's ignorance that drives racism.., God Bless..

    • @jamirimaj6880
      @jamirimaj6880 4 роки тому +29

      ironic since those "undesirables" were already in front of Nat's face lol

    • @tankhalffull
      @tankhalffull 4 роки тому

      @@jasm760 sad isn't it..

    • @Packetrackit
      @Packetrackit 3 роки тому +1

      That’s crazy, cuz I’m watching love craft country and them colored folk jus moved to a white neighborhood and they throw a party and jam to this, and u see lawns of white folk That have the undesirables not welcome yard sign

  • @TheReneex
    @TheReneex 5 років тому +56

    Tom & Jerry brought me here!

  • @tegknox2694
    @tegknox2694 4 місяці тому +3

    I'm here because TCM almost reduced my TV to ashes with this red-hot video. Nat King Cole & Ida James are great singing together.

  • @asiamc.291
    @asiamc.291 2 роки тому +15

    just found out Ms. Ida James is my great Aunt ! I've be researching my grandfather Roland James of Son and Sonny & stumbled upon this gem

  • @bigeman25
    @bigeman25 3 роки тому +59

    Seeing Ms. James for the first time, she was a beauty.

  • @HennyKravitz_94
    @HennyKravitz_94 6 років тому +48

    Tom Killed It.

  • @milagrosgranados1316
    @milagrosgranados1316 5 років тому +47

    I love this song ever since I saw Tom and Jerry. The beat is so groovy in the Tom and Jerry version it’s more upbeat but other than that a beautiful classic.

  • @waynebrasler
    @waynebrasler 12 років тому +69

    This indeed is Nat's voice at the age of 18. Part of it is his youth, part of it the microphone used for recording the pre-recordings for this film, which brought out the higher tones in vocals.

  • @johnzaq1543
    @johnzaq1543 10 років тому +143

    The guitarist is Oscar Moore, he was in the trio from 1937-1947. A very talented guitarist and the star, IMO.
    I like the tom& Jerry version cause it swings

    • @renaissanceman165
      @renaissanceman165 8 років тому +16

      Everybody likes the Tom and Jerry version. First time I heard it was watching the cartoon short. I liked it immediately, so I was elated as an adult to find that Nat covered this classic with the trio!

    • @aliyyahlunsford5923
      @aliyyahlunsford5923 5 років тому +3

      Sorry sweetie! The guitarist was a very handsome and young undiscovered George Benson!

    • @milagrosgranados1316
      @milagrosgranados1316 5 років тому

      johnzaq1
      Me too it’s more upbeat

    • @mhkuntug
      @mhkuntug 3 роки тому

      Yeah they should make a swing cover

  • @motorock
    @motorock 12 років тому +40

    Was there a cooler man than Nat King Cole? Nat had a voice like satin, and had a ton of class to boot. Ida James is a total babe as well!

  • @AuroraAdams
    @AuroraAdams 12 років тому +106

    Wow, what an unusual voice Ida James had! Don't think they make voices like that these days :-)

    • @tishholley-howse9662
      @tishholley-howse9662 3 роки тому +12

      Actually… Fantasia sounds a bit like her! Great voice!💖

    • @oGKiidNoVa
      @oGKiidNoVa 2 роки тому +5

      @@tishholley-howse9662 good parallel! they do sound similar to me as well!

    • @Dogking71
      @Dogking71 2 роки тому +3

      Michel'le

    • @matthewanthony4606
      @matthewanthony4606 2 роки тому +3

      She kinda looks like Lisa turtle lol

    • @Propanus
      @Propanus Рік тому +3

      I realise I'm late to this but she sounds a tiny bit like Minnie ripperton.

  • @YannahYahyel
    @YannahYahyel Рік тому +13

    She is absolutely breathtaking 😍😘

  • @janettucker3196
    @janettucker3196 3 роки тому +15

    Nat Cole is as usual playing his effortless smooth jazz piano the whole time he sings, looks at the camera and looks at her. He is the epitome of cool.

  • @FairwayJack
    @FairwayJack Рік тому +2

    Nat King Cole ... the best friend a song ever had (Jack Benny)

  • @ananya1721
    @ananya1721 2 роки тому +9

    Ida James can melt the whole room..🥰❤

  • @foorwq7816
    @foorwq7816 4 роки тому +3

    When ever I hear anybody say these words, Tom comes to mind. I cant escape it, ha ha ha.....! me and my 5 year old always have a good time watching that episode.

  • @edwinhumbertoarcehernandez2437
    @edwinhumbertoarcehernandez2437 8 років тому +108

    tom and jerry great yeeaaaa

  • @feliperamirez6319
    @feliperamirez6319 2 роки тому +12

    Tom & Jerry was influenced by this beautiful piece of talent .

  • @thomasvanhorne4796
    @thomasvanhorne4796 10 років тому +18

    WOW, that was very, very good. Go
    Ida James.

  • @ronrico1945
    @ronrico1945 8 років тому +30

    This is such an incredible video. The sweet voice of Ida James coupled with the smooth and mello voice of Nat King Cole, make this a video treasure. Sadly there are only two Cole/James videos that I know of, even though I believe the trio backed up other Ida James recordings.

  • @BlkboyShino9696
    @BlkboyShino9696 Рік тому

    This is so beautiful I’m glad black folks had this experience back then because these are the moments I want to share with my kids one day ❤ thank you so much for the black community of the past ❤❤❤

  • @geegames6834
    @geegames6834 5 років тому +103

    Damn she pretty

    • @Wowitzkay
      @Wowitzkay 5 років тому +6

      Shadow Games That lady probably dead or old as fuck

    • @joshlewis5065
      @joshlewis5065 4 роки тому +1

      .....pretty dead

    • @xlastxonex666
      @xlastxonex666 4 роки тому +2

      @@Wowitzkay Shiet... we all gotta die sometime.

    • @DurandMj
      @DurandMj 4 роки тому +1

      @@xlastxonex666 We'll be back, John 5:28-29..

    • @xlastxonex666
      @xlastxonex666 4 роки тому +1

      @@DurandMj SMFH... Your point?

  • @jijiachkar9247
    @jijiachkar9247 8 років тому +46

    1946 tom and jerry

  • @davetinoco
    @davetinoco Місяць тому

    Imagine if they just knew that their music was being played worldwide on the internet still a century later

  • @WoogieBoogie96
    @WoogieBoogie96 3 роки тому +1

    This is so incredibly entertaining. I wish there were more than just two videos by Ms James and Nat! I have watched them many times and love them more each time I view.

  • @vaishak007acharya
    @vaishak007acharya 4 роки тому

    So lovely, simply one of the best.

  • @averagevotersmith3326
    @averagevotersmith3326 5 років тому

    Nat King Cole is awesome & Ida James was so beautiful. I love this short!

  • @marcusrogers9441
    @marcusrogers9441 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful

  • @lugcastillo
    @lugcastillo Рік тому

    My favorite Tom and Jerry episode ❤️! I can be angry at the world, and all I have to do is see Tom sing that tune, and all is good 👍 😂!

  • @gregparsons6867
    @gregparsons6867 12 років тому +4

    I just got all my grandfather 16mm films, and this one of many musicals, that i have.
    Nice own a copy.

    • @timarleygraham
      @timarleygraham 7 років тому

      Greg Parsons wassup Hun, what's the name of the musical ?

  • @BrianKiprop-my4op
    @BrianKiprop-my4op 4 місяці тому

    Tom wow..... Am able to see this song

  • @LouiseDavies-nx9pm
    @LouiseDavies-nx9pm 4 місяці тому

    Nat King Cole and Ira James are Fantastic.

  • @williamlincoln6354
    @williamlincoln6354 9 років тому +4

    Magnificent. good post.

  • @blackbutterfly4739
    @blackbutterfly4739 3 роки тому +2

    She's stunning 😌😍

  • @Akashsahadotin
    @Akashsahadotin 3 роки тому

    This is the best version!!

  • @georgec.6871
    @georgec.6871 3 роки тому

    She was an angel! - Miss Ida James!
    And young Nat King Cole - he was the greatest!

  • @wowalamoiz9489
    @wowalamoiz9489 5 місяців тому

    Can't say i much like this rendering.

  • @mranderson4096
    @mranderson4096 5 місяців тому

    Thank you Tom and Gerry

  • @superluminal89
    @superluminal89 6 років тому +16

    Close your eyes, and she sounds like Eartha Kitt.

  • @edgarearly4203
    @edgarearly4203 Рік тому +1

    Changing her name to Ida James, she was a singer, actress, and bartender at Harlem’s Sugar Hill Cafe. Her sugary sweet voice was a great contrast when singing with Nat King Cole and his band.

  • @jazzpianoman01
    @jazzpianoman01 Рік тому +2

    In addition to a smooth vocalist Nat was a supreme pianist.

  • @luismantaras6460
    @luismantaras6460 5 років тому

    My father had this beautiful film in 16 mm. Thanks for the memories!

  • @arnettasavage9071
    @arnettasavage9071 Рік тому +2

    Wow, what a beautiful voice. I wonder shy haven't I heard of her.

  • @madameweasel
    @madameweasel 14 років тому +4

    I have this on 16mm film, nice condition too. Gives me heart palpitations every time I watch it. I was wondering who this lovely lady was as Ive never heard this version anywhere else. Thank-you so much for posting it!!

  • @pammwilliamsful
    @pammwilliamsful 4 місяці тому

    Such class and elegance ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @MusicaMercy
    @MusicaMercy 2 роки тому

    I love this song!

  • @sand07228
    @sand07228 2 роки тому

    Best version. ❤

  • @bigbub5219
    @bigbub5219 2 роки тому

    Super nice. Great singers.

  • @jenniferj.5209
    @jenniferj.5209 4 роки тому +2

    Her voice is so cute

  • @tommiexander
    @tommiexander 13 років тому +2

    @GogolBordelloLover
    It said that this was in 1948, so Nat King Cole was 29. But to me he always looked older than he was. All through his life people thought he was older than he was. Not only just because he looked older, but also the way he carried himself. He was an old soul in a young body.

  • @matthewadams9025
    @matthewadams9025 3 роки тому +3

    She beautiful asf

  • @sweetlorraine57
    @sweetlorraine57 7 років тому +3

    j'adore !!!

  • @oskaveli662
    @oskaveli662 11 днів тому +1

    Greatest covers of all time:
    Whitney Houston: I will always love you
    Johnny Cash: Hurt
    Tom Cat: Is you is or is you ain't my baby

  • @theinstantnoodle9628
    @theinstantnoodle9628 4 роки тому +1

    Love, Nat King Cole.

  • @Yaya_Just_Visiting
    @Yaya_Just_Visiting Рік тому

    BTW I really really like this song

  • @HelloKittykat21
    @HelloKittykat21 2 роки тому

    Everytime I see this clip of the beautiful Ida I can't help but think that Nina Ricci has a similar face and eyes - both gorgeous ladies.

  • @Thenettis
    @Thenettis Рік тому

    Smh…. This makes me want to cry😢

  • @Goraine
    @Goraine 3 роки тому +1

    Wow that lady is angelic

  • @banq0o
    @banq0o 10 років тому

    thanks for upload, respect! 8-)

  • @yousony
    @yousony 13 років тому +1

    I was so surprised when I heard her voice :O amazing !!

  • @averagevotersmith3326
    @averagevotersmith3326 6 років тому +1

    Classic!

  • @pareshdas9880
    @pareshdas9880 2 роки тому +1

    I'm here because TOM💖

  • @m.chelle247
    @m.chelle247 4 роки тому

    I miss you Grandma. : )

  • @kelvinspicy1994
    @kelvinspicy1994 2 роки тому

    Wow Ida James was a looker😍😍😍😍😍

  • @cobrakainevereverdies6940
    @cobrakainevereverdies6940 Рік тому

    *Tom still sings it the best*

  • @dontpls-hw2hp
    @dontpls-hw2hp Рік тому +1

    Ohh tommy 😢

  • @marcoevans2155
    @marcoevans2155 Рік тому

    I must sample that voice. Hers!

  • @lindalvamarques55
    @lindalvamarques55 3 роки тому

    Is my music favority and 1944 1937

  • @pepperwilliams4428
    @pepperwilliams4428 7 років тому

    This is the way this song is supposed to be sung!

  • @pauljeavons4350
    @pauljeavons4350 3 роки тому +2

    What talent back then. Seems to be totally lost now. Today they need technology to perform "live " .

  • @aleksandar.tasevski
    @aleksandar.tasevski 2 роки тому

    Tom and Jerry RULZ! 😍😍😍

  • @Andrey-wz9lz
    @Andrey-wz9lz 6 років тому +11

    here are the lyrics
    I got a gal who's always late
    Any time we have a date
    But I love her
    Yes I love her
    I'm gonna walk right up to her gate
    And see if I can get it straight
    'Cause I want her
    I'm gonna ask her
    Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
    The way you're actin' lately makes me doubt
    Yous is still my baby-baby
    Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out
    A woman is a creature that has always been strange
    Just when you're sure of one
    You find she's gone and made a change
    Is you is or is you ain't my baby
    Maybe baby's found somebody new
    Or is my baby still my baby true?
    Is you is or is you ain't my baby
    Maybe baby's found somebody new
    Or is my baby still my baby true?

  • @LukeTheGhostKiller
    @LukeTheGhostKiller 3 роки тому

    🎶 _Bah-doodoo dah-looloo deh-looloo DOE-DAH_ 🎶

  • @billylilis5609
    @billylilis5609 2 роки тому

    I'm waitiing for the pallaloodeyyloodeydaw like Tom version

  • @rondmc44
    @rondmc44 5 років тому +4

    Damn, Ida James was fine!

  • @Hashgelic
    @Hashgelic 4 роки тому

    ✨✨✨✨✨golden.

  • @joe7777b
    @joe7777b Рік тому

    Louis Jordan and Billy Austin wrote this song!

  • @BarekHalfhand
    @BarekHalfhand 3 роки тому

    I'm going to have to look into Ida James...

  • @speedstriker
    @speedstriker 5 років тому

    Ida is super cute in this video!

  • @KunauriKunu
    @KunauriKunu 5 років тому +1

    🙏💙

  • @jeanesingsjazz
    @jeanesingsjazz 10 років тому +4

    Ah, the under appreciated Oscar Moore!

  • @DINOLOVER6717
    @DINOLOVER6717 4 роки тому

    Man I like Louis Jordan but this is too smooth 🤗🤗🥰

  • @stylembonkers1094
    @stylembonkers1094 Рік тому

    When people ate home-cooked food at home and eating out was expensive and rare.

  • @vincefurbs
    @vincefurbs 4 роки тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @albertlewis8615
    @albertlewis8615 3 роки тому

    2021

  • @utkarshvivek9301
    @utkarshvivek9301 2 роки тому

    Who's here after Tom sings this in Tom And Jerry?

  • @ohger1
    @ohger1 10 років тому +41

    Just to add that Nat's voice during the Trio years is not very much like his later sound, such as the mid-late 50s. Some say it was his smoking habit that effected the change, but I disagree. Nat's voice simply matured, but his vocal style evolved more than his voice changed. I know lots of serious jazz fans lament that fact that Nat was such a good singer, because it took him away from his Jazz roots and his fabulous piano playing. But while I have many Trio recordings, I much prefer the later 50s Nat. In any case, just a stupendous talent that only appears when the stars align juuuuuuuuuuust right..

    • @renaissanceman165
      @renaissanceman165 9 років тому +2

      Absolutely agree! Nat's style evolved as more of a ballad singer, and stand up at the mike performer. Starting around the time of Nature Boy. His wife was very influential in that transition. Check out his biography Nat King Cole by author Epstein. Incidentally, if you listen to Nat's original recordings of his songs, his voice still had the lighter quality of his early trio recordings. Compare his three versions of The Christmas Song. His most popular being the 1961 version we all know. That was also the year Nat Re-recorded all his great hits in stereo, versions we are most familiar with.

    • @renaissanceman165
      @renaissanceman165 9 років тому +2

      So, yes! By 1960 Nat's voice had reached seasoned maturity naturally. However, that was evident by the late 1950s. As far as cigarettes, Nat felt as if smoking helped him reach his lower notes later in his career. However, he still wanted to kick the habit. Ciao

    • @renaissanceman165
      @renaissanceman165 9 років тому

      Absolutely agree! Nat's style evolved as more of a ballad singer, and stand up at the mike performer. Starting around the time of Nature Boy. His wife was very influential in that transition. Check out his biography Nat King Cole by author Epstein. Incidentally, if you listen to Nat's original recordings of his songs, his voice still had the lighter quality of his early trio recordings. Compare his three versions of The Christmas Song. His most popular being the 1961 version we all know. That was also the year Nat Re-recorded all his great hits in stereo, versions we are most familiar with.

    • @ohger1
      @ohger1 9 років тому +1

      renaissanceman165
      Read that biography a few years ago. Great read, very in depth.

    • @ohger1
      @ohger1 9 років тому +5

      renaissanceman165
      I know that Nat thought the ciggies helped his lower register (and that he would smoke several in a row before recording), but given that it took his life in his early 40s, I weep to wonder what more he could have done if not for those insidious bullets.. His voice was such that he could have sang for many more years. Sad and tragic.

  • @Yaya_Just_Visiting
    @Yaya_Just_Visiting Рік тому

    Ida James resembles Sanaa Lathan from Nappily Ever After

  • @nuk2173
    @nuk2173 4 роки тому +1

    Ty uncle Snoop 😏

  • @destroyeverything-_-479
    @destroyeverything-_-479 Рік тому

    MANN 😃Wow

  • @TIFF_666
    @TIFF_666 2 роки тому

    this song was used in tom and jerry scene bfr

  • @Enafa666
    @Enafa666 5 років тому

    2018 Anyone ?

  • @Commandotoad
    @Commandotoad Рік тому

    Brother proposed with this song

  • @jacksonliew9791
    @jacksonliew9791 6 років тому +1

    I can't imagine if that man sing like Tom.

  • @sandosproductions1446
    @sandosproductions1446 11 років тому +11

    Tom & Jerry. Lol

  • @xXbruteforceXx
    @xXbruteforceXx 11 років тому

    Yous!

  • @tommiexander
    @tommiexander 13 років тому

    @MrJulesNapier
    I don't think that it was the makeup that made him look older in films because in the book that I read about him, he was always told as a young teenager that he looked older than he was. And that was before he became famous.