You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
| "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Janet Blair and Don Ameche | |
| Published | 1943 |
| Writer | Cole Porter |
| Recorded by | Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker |
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1943 film Something to Shout About, where it was introduced by Janet Blair and Don Ameche. Dinah Shore had a major hit with the song at the time of its introduction. Diane Keaton performed the song in Woody Allen's movie Radio Days.
Notable recordings
- Six Hits and a Miss (1943)[1]
- Noël Coward - single (1945)
- Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (with Clifford Brown) (1954)
- Rita Reys - The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
- Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster/Oscar Peterson - Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
- Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
- Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)
- Chet Baker - Chet (1958/59)
- The Coasters - One By One (1960)[2]
- Nina Simone - Nina Simone at Newport (1960)
- Jo Stafford - Jo + Jazz (1960)
- Lee Konitz - Motion (1961)
- Nancy Wilson - Hollywood – My Way (1963)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella at Juan-Les-Pins (1964) with Tommy Flanagan on piano and Roy Eldridge on trumpet
- Julie London - By Myself (1965)
- Cilla Black - Cilla (1965)
- Jim Hall - Concierto (1975)
- Mel Tormé - An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982)
- Miki Matsubara - Blue Eyes (1984)
- Billy Eckstine/Helen Merrill - Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986)
- Susannah McCorkle - Easy to Love—The Songs of Cole Porter (1996)
- Andy Bey - Ballads, Blues & Bey (1996)
- John Barrowman - John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter (2004)
- Coco d'Or - Coco d'Or (2004)
- Beat Kaestli - Happy, Sad and Satisfied (2005)
- Tony DeSare - Last First Kiss (2007)
- Chris Gillespie - Portraits Of Porter (2013)
- Eltjo Haselhoff - Delovely Guitar (2007)
- Mika Nakashima - Eien no Uta (2007)
- Sarah Vaughan
References
- ↑ "Six Hits and a Miss Songs". Music VF. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ The Coasters, One By One Retrieved February 22, 2012
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