Can’t We Be Friends?

~ Recording by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
5.7Can’t We Be Friends?5:25Count Basie & His OrchestraThe Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His OrchestraCount Basie & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD10-149

Relationships

baritone saxophone:Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1959-12-30)
double bass:Eddie Jones (US jazz double bassist) (on 1959-12-30)
drums (drum set):Sonny Payne (on 1959-12-30)
guitar:Freddie Green (on 1959-12-30)
piano:Count Basie (pianist) (on 1959-12-30)
reeds:Marshall Royal (on 1959-12-30)
tenor saxophone:Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1959-12-30)
Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1959-12-30)
trombone:Henry Coker (jazz trombonist) (on 1959-12-30)
Al Grey (trombone) (on 1959-12-30)
Benny Powell (jazz trombonist) (on 1959-12-30)
trumpet:Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-12-30)
Thad Jones (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-12-30)
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-12-30)
Snooky Young (on 1959-12-30)
woodwind:Frank Wess (on 1959-12-31)
recording of:Can’t We Be Friends? (on 1959-12-30)

Can’t We Be Friends?

lyricist:Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:Kay Swift
publisher:Warner Bros. Music Corp.
later parody versions:Can’t We Be Friends (Sinatra / Fitzgerald parody)