Comin' Home Baby

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"Comin' Home Baby"
Length2:40
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Bob Dorough, Ben Tucker
Mel Tormé singles chronology
"Her Face"
(1961)
"Comin' Home Baby"
(1962)
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"
(1963)

"Comin' Home Baby" is a song originally written as an

Ben Tucker and first recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet in 1961, and shortly thereafter by Herbie Mann. Lyrics were added by Bob Dorough, and the vocal version became a US Top 40 hit for American jazz singer Mel Tormé
in 1962. The song has since been covered numerous times.

Original instrumental recordings

The tune was first recorded by the

Ben Tucker.[1] The original musicians were Frank Haynes (tenor saxophone), Bill Hardman
(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

1963 Grammy Awards.[8]

Michael Bublé version

"Comin' Home Baby"
Acid Jazz
Length3:27
Label143, Reprise
Songwriter(s)Bob Dorough, Benjamin M. Tucker
Michael Bublé singles chronology
"
It Had Better Be Tonight
"
(2007)
"Comin' Home Baby"
(2008)
"Haven't Met You Yet"
(2009)
Licensed audio
"Comin' Home Baby (with Boyz II Men)" on
YouTube

"Comin' Home Baby" was recorded by Canadian crooner

Grammy Award-winning vocal harmony group Boyz II Men
. No video was filmed for the song, and there was little to no promotion, causing the release to not appear in any major charts worldwide. The digital download package features a new remix of the track from Frank Popp. A physical version of the single was also made available in Germany.

Track listing

  • German CD single
  1. "Comin' Home Baby" (Frank Popp Remix) - 3:09
  2. "Comin' Home Baby" (Album Version) - 3:27

References

  1. ^ "The Dave Bailey Quintet - 2 Feet In The Gutter". JAZZDISCO.org. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  2. ^ Herbie Mann, At the Village Gate, Allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014
  3. ^ Bob Dorough, "Comin' Home Baby", at Jazz.com Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2014
  4. ^ George Hulme, Mel Tormé: a discography, p.2.44 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2014
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  7. ^ Comin' Home Baby! at Allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014
  8. ^ Grammy awards 1963 Archived 2016-12-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2014