Baby Won't You Please Come Home
| "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams | |
| Published | 1919 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Writer | Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams |
| Language | English |
"Baby Won't You Please Come Home" is a blues song written by Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams in 1919. The song's authorship is disputed; Warfield claims that he was the sole composer of the song.[1]
The song has been covered by a large number of musicians and has become a jazz standard. The first hit version was Bessie Smith's 1923 recording, which stayed on four weeks on the charts peaking at #6.[2]
Renditions
- Bessie Smith (1923)
- Clarence Williams' Blue Five (1927)
- George Thomas with McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1930)
- The Mills Brothers (1932)
- Django Reinhardt (1937)
- Lionel Hampton (1938)
- Louis Armstrong (1939)
- Count Basie Orchestra(1944)
- Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (1945)
- Jo Stafford with the Nat King Cole Trio (1946)
- Sidney Bechet & His Feetwarmers (1949)
- Ray Charles (1952)
- Jack Teagarden (1954)
- Albert Nicholas, clarinet, with The Big Chief Jazz Band. Recorded in Oslo August 29, 1955. Released on the 78 rpm record Philips P 53036 H
- Frank Sinatra (1957)
- Louis Prima with Kellie Smith (1957)
- Billie Holiday (1959)
- Ricky Nelson (1960)
- Della Reese (1960)
- Ella Fitzgerald on her 1961 Verve release Ella in Hollywood
- Sam Cooke (1962)
- Sarah Vaughan (1962)
- Al Hirt (1962) on his album, Horn A-Plenty[3]
- Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
- Dean Martin (1964)
- Gloria Lynne (1965)
- Julie London - Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (1967)
- Coco Briaval (France 1999 album Minor Swing)
- David Sanborn - Only Everything (2010)
- Elisabeth Bougerol (2011) with The Hot Sardines Band
- Leon Redbone
Notes
- ↑ David A. Jasen, Gene Jones: Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880–1930. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 0-415-97704-5
- ↑ Baby Won't You Please Come Home at jazzstandards.com - retrieved on 26 April 2009
- ↑ Al Hirt, Horn A-Plenty Retrieved April 8, 2013.
See also
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