Baby Won't You Please Come Home

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"Baby Won't You Please Come Home"
Song
Published1919
Genre Blues
Songwriter(s) Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams

"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. [1]

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The song has been covered by many musicians and has become a jazz standard. The first hit version was Bessie Smith's 1923 recording, which stayed on the charts for four weeks peaking at No. 6. [2]

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