Can't We Be Friends?

~ Recording by The Mose Allison Trio

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.12Can't We Be Friends?4:25Mose AllisonI Love the Life I LiveThe Mose Allison TrioAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CL 1565
1.12Can't We Be Friends?4:25The Mose Allison TrioI Love the Life I LiveThe Mose Allison TrioAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 57880
1.7Can’t We Be Friends4:28Mose AllisonPiano Jazz & Boogie WoogieVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 491241 2
4.17Can't We Be Friends4:26Mose AllisonSeven Classic AlbumsMose AllisonAlbum + Compilation
Real Gone (UK budget label active 2010–2015, issued mainly compilations of public domain music)RGJCD472
3.22Can’t We Be Friends4:30Mose AllisonThe Complete Recordings 1957-1962 - Eleven Classic AlbumsMose AllisonAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-04-06
EnlightmentEN5CD9036

Relationships

double bass [bass]:Bill Crow (on 1960-09-09)
drums (drum set):Gus Johnson (drums) (on 1960-09-09)
piano and lead vocals:Mose Allison (on 1960-09-09)
recording of:Can’t We Be Friends? (on 1960-09-09: cover)

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)