The first songs trumpeter Chet Baker recorded on which he sings were I Fall in Love Too Easily and The Thrill is Gone, in October 1953. What struck listeners then and now was his vulnerable articulation, the humid romanticism and relaxed androgyny of his voice. Previously, no male singer had approached vocalizing this way.
What made many of these vocal t…
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