"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" is a
popular
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song written by
Cole Porter for the 1943 film ''
Something to Shout About'', where it was introduced by
Janet Blair
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and
Don Ameche. The song was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1943 but lost
to "
You'll Never Know
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".
Other recordings
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Dinah Shore
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had a hit with the song at the time of its introduction.
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Helen Merrill
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with
Clifford Brown – ''Helen Merrill'' (1954)
*
Cannonball Adderley - ''Compact Jazz'' -
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- (1955)
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Art Pepper – ''
Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section'' (1957)
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Coleman Hawkins
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and
Ben Webster
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A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...
– ''
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster'' (1957)
*
Frank Sinatra - ''
A Swingin' Affair!'' (1957)
*
Bing Crosby and
Rosemary Clooney recorded the song for their
radio show in 1958 and it was released on the album ''Bing & Rosie – The Crosby-Clooney Radio Sessions'' (2010).
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Nina Simone
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– ''
Nina Simone at Newport'' (1960)
*
Jo Stafford
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with Ben Webster – ''
Jo + Jazz'' (1960)
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Al Cohn
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and
Zoot Sims
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– ''You 'n' Me'' (1960)
*
Julie London - ''
Julie...At Home'' (1960)
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The Coasters
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– ''One by One'' (1960)
The Coasters, ''One By One''
Retrieved February 22, 2012
* Lee Konitz – ''Motion
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'' (1961)Paul Desmond
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– '' Concierto'' – (1975)Joey DeFrancesco
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– ''Singin' and Swingin' '' (1999)Jacky Terrasson
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Terrasson's mother is African-American from Georgia, and his father is French. From his parents he heard classical music as a child. He began piano lesson ...
- '' Push'' (2010)
* Xiu Xiu
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- '' Nina'' (2013)
* Harry Connick Jr. (2019)
* Marisa Anderson, Tara Jane O'Neil (2020)
* Bernie Dresel - '' The Pugilist'' (2021)
References
1942 songs
1943 singles
Songs written for films
Songs written by Cole Porter
Dinah Shore songs
The Coasters songs
Nina Simone songs
Jo Stafford songs
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