# Dat Dere

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"'''Dat Dere'''" is a jazz song written by [Bobby Timmons](/source/Bobby_Timmons) that was recorded in 1960. Lyrics were written later by [Oscar Brown, Jr.](/source/Oscar_Brown)

== Recording and lyrics ==
The song was first recorded by Bobby Timmons in his debut album ''[This Here Is Bobby Timmons](/source/This_Here_Is_Bobby_Timmons)'' (January 1960), and shortly thereafter by the [Cannonball Adderley Quintet](/source/Cannonball_Adderley_Quintet) on the album ''[Them Dirty Blues](/source/Them_Dirty_Blues)'' (February 1960) and by [Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers](/source/Art_Blakey) on the album ''[The Big Beat](/source/The_Big_Beat_(Art_Blakey_album))'' (March 1960), with Timmons as pianist on both recordings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cannonball-adderley.com/329.htm|website=Cannonball Adderley.com|title=Them Dirty Blues|accessdate=March 17, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fielder |first=Christopher |url={{Allmusic|class=album |id=r783803 |pure_url=yes}} |title=The Big Beat - Art Blakey|publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref>

Oscar Brown Jr. wrote the lyrics later for his 1960 album ''Sin & Soul''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sin-soul-mw0000079685 |title= Oscar Brown, Jr.: Sin & Soul |publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |accessdate=June 15, 2019}}</ref> In 1962 [Sheila Jordan](/source/Sheila_Jordan) recorded the vocal version for her debut record ''[Portrait of Sheila](/source/Portrait_of_Sheila)''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/portrait-of-sheila-jordan-mw0000202415 |title= Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila |publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |accessdate=August 13, 2021}}</ref>  The song has since been recorded by dozens of performers in both vocal and instrumental versions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/224777/versions#nav-entity|website=SecondHandSongs|title=Dat Dere by Rickie Lee Jones|accessdate=March 17, 2023}}</ref> [Rickie Lee Jones](/source/Rickie_Lee_Jones) recorded a version for her 1991 album ''[Pop Pop](/source/Pop_Pop)''.<ref>{{cite book |title=CD Review |date=1991 |publisher=Stereophile |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0B09AQAAIAAJ |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:1960 songs
Category:Compositions by Bobby Timmons
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