Personnel: Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet); Russ Freeman (piano, celeste); James Bond, Carson Smith (bass); Peter Littman, Lawrence Marable, Bob Neel (drums).Rerded at the Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, California on July 23 & 30, 1956; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California on February , 1954.Includes liner notes by Richard Brock Gerlad Heard.Few musicians were such a double threat as Chet Baker; he uld blow a ol trumpet, croon a lazy ballad or a bouncing stard with the best of them.His butter-smooth voice is featured here on his first session for Riverside, CHET BAKER SINGS IT ULD HAPPEN TO YOU.Of urse, the great old chestnut in the title is not the only gem ntained herein-Baker also swings sings such great Rogers Hart songs as "Do It the Hard Way, " My Heart Stood Still, " "Dancing on the Ceiling."Hearing the mbination of Baker's lazy West ast swing the driving push of his East ast sidemen on tempo numbers like "You're Driving Me Crazy" or "My Heart Stood Still" is an undoubted treat, but it's smoky ballads such as "I'm Old Fashioned" the swaying title track that win the most points.For lovers of great old songs sung with feeling, CHET BAKER SINGS IT ULD HAPPEN TO YOU is hard to beat.