Comin' Home Baby
"Comin' Home Baby" | ||||
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R&B, vocal jazz | ||||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bob Dorough, Ben Tucker | |||
Mel Tormé singles chronology | ||||
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"Comin' Home Baby" is a song originally written as an
Original instrumental recordings
The tune was first recorded by the
(trumpet), Billy Gardner (piano), Ben Tucker (bass), and Dave Bailey (drums).The tune was then recorded six weeks later by Herbie Mann, live at the Village Gate, with Tucker again on bass. Mann's recording, produced by Nesuhi Ertegun and released by Atlantic Records in 1962, became popular and drew wider attention to the tune.[2]
Mel Tormé version
Tucker then persuaded his friend, lyricist Bob Dorough (later of Schoolhouse Rock! fame), to write a lyric for the tune, and producer Nesuhi Ertegun persuaded singer Mel Tormé, who had recently joined the Atlantic label, to record it. Tormé was initially reluctant to record the song, and later wrote that: "It was a minor-key blues tune with trite repetitious lyrics and an 'answer' pattern to be sung by the Cookies, a girl trio that had once worked for Ray Charles".[3] The recording took place in New York City on 13 September 1962.[4]
Despite Tormé's reservations, his version of the song, with an
Michael Bublé version
"Comin' Home Baby" | ||||
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Acid Jazz | ||||
Length | 3:27 | |||
Label | 143, Reprise | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bob Dorough, Benjamin M. Tucker | |||
Michael Bublé singles chronology | ||||
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Licensed audio | ||||
"Comin' Home Baby (with Boyz II Men)" on YouTube |
"Comin' Home Baby" was recorded by Canadian crooner
Track listing
- German CD single
- "Comin' Home Baby" (Frank Popp Remix) - 3:09
- "Comin' Home Baby" (Album Version) - 3:27
References
- ^ "The Dave Bailey Quintet - 2 Feet In The Gutter". JAZZDISCO.org. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
- ^ Herbie Mann, At the Village Gate, Allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014
- ^ Bob Dorough, "Comin' Home Baby", at Jazz.com Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2014
- ^ George Hulme, Mel Tormé: a discography, p.2.44 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2014
- ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
- ^ Comin' Home Baby! at Allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014
- ^ Grammy awards 1963 Archived 2016-12-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2014