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T-070.064.807-2 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC, JASRAC
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Although Count Basie held a copyright interest in "Good Bait", he probably had little or nothing to do with the actual composition. The song was apparently written by Dameron well before he joined the Basie band. Lyrics (by Dameron?) were probably added later and start with: "Keep it in mind, advice is cheap and fate is sometimes unkind [...] if you're in to tempting fate then use good bait. A fish gotta swim ..."
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Title Performer Release date Info
i 1946 First recording on January 9, 1945
First release
i April 1954
i Good Bait Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists October 1954 Unverified
i 1955
i 1957
i 1958
i January 1959
i 1959
i 1960
i 1961
i 1961 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i Good Bait Tadd Dameron Band (Tadd Dameron) 1962 Unverified
i 1963
i 1963
i 1970
i 1973
i 1973
i November 1977 Released more than 10 years after its recording
Live
i 1978
i 1978
i 1978
i 1979 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i 1982
i Good Bait Thomas Stabenow, Johannes Faber, Jörg Reiter, Michael Kersting (Michael Kersting, Thomas Stabenow) 1982 Unverified
i 1983
i 1985
i 1986
i 1986
i 1986
i 1987
i 1987 Medley
i 1988
i 1988
i 1988
i 1989
i 1990
i 1991
i 1991
i Good Bait Jeri Brown with Fred Hersch 1991 Unverified
i 1992
i 1993
i 1993
i 1993
i 1993
i 1993
i 1994
i 1994
i 1995
i 1995 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i 1996
i 1996
i 1997
i 1998
i February 26, 1999 Live
i August 1999
i 1999
i 1999
i Good Bait The Jazz Tribe 1999 Unverified
i 2000
i 2000
i Good Bait Count Basie Orchestra 2000 Unverified
i 2001
i 2001
i 2001
i 2002
i 2002
i July 8, 2003
i 2003
i 2005
i Good Bait Eugene Chadbourne 2005 Unverified
i November 2006
i 2006
i Good Bait John Adams [US2] 2006 Unverified
i October 2007
i 2007
i January 1, 2008
i October 14, 2008
i Good Bait Mike Melito 2008 Unverified
i 2009
i 2010 Live
i 2010
i October 10, 2011
i 2011
i 2011
i 2011 Live
i January 31, 2014
i 2015
i April 6, 2016 Live
i June 2016
i March 2017
i February 5, 2021 Live
i Good Bait Tettero November 2021 Unverified