Dinah Washington - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Roulette Records 1962)

"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. 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 No. 6. Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Dinah's accompanied by Don Costa and his Orchestra. Recorded in New York, May-August 1962. Baby won't you please come home? Cause your daddy's all alone I have tried in vain Never no more to call your name When you left you broke my heart Because I never thought we'd part Every hour in the day you will hear me say "Baby come home" Baby won't you please come home? Because your daddy's so alone I have tried in vain Never no more to ever call your name When you left you broke my heart Because I never thought we'd part Every hour in the day you will hear me say "Baby come on home", daddy needs baby Baby won't you please come home?