Don't Be a Baby, Baby

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"Don't Be a Baby, Baby"
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Single by The Mills Brothers
Released1946
Length2:59
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Howard Steiner, Buddy Kaye

"Don't Be a Baby, Baby" is a song written by Howard Steiner and Buddy Kaye, performed by The Mills Brothers, and released on the Decca label (catalog no. 18753-A). It peaked at No. 3 on Billboard magazine's race records chart and spent eight weeks on that chart. [1] It also reached No. 12 on the pop chart. It was ranked No. 15 on the Billboard's year-end list of the most played race records of 1946. [2]

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References

  1. Joel Whitburn (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Record Research, Inc. p. 292. ISBN   0-89820-068-7.
  2. "Year's Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 4, 1947. p. 54.