Comin' Home Baby
| "Comin' Home Baby" | ||||
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| Single by Mel Tormé | ||||
| from the album Comin' Home Baby! | ||||
| B-side | "Right Now" | |||
| Released | October 1962 | |||
| Recorded | September 13, 1962 | |||
| Genre | R&B, vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dorough, Ben Tucker | |||
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"Comin' Home Baby" is a song originally written as an instrumental by Ben Tucker and first recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet for their album 2 Feet in the Gutter in 1961, and shortly thereafter by Herbie Mann on his live album Herbie Mann at the Village Gate. Lyrics were added by Bob Dorough, and the vocal version became a US Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for American jazz singer Mel Tormé from his album Comin' Home Baby! in 1962. The song has since been covered numerous times.