"Come Back Baby" is a slow blues song written and recorded by the blues singer and pianist Walter Davis in 1940.

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's version, with the title "Come Back" and with songwriting credited to Charles, was released as the B-side to Charles's 1954 single, " I Got a Woman". The song received airplay and peaked at number four on the R&B singles chart. It later appeared as "Come Back Baby" on his 1956 album ''

'', with songwriting still credited to Charles.

Other renditions

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recorded in early 1950. *

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and

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recorded multiple versions. *

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included a version on his Tribute to Uncle Ray album in 1962. *

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recorded a version in 1962 with

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accompanying on harmonica. *

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, accompanying himself on guitar, included it on his 1963 Folkways recording ''

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''. *

Bert Jansch Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter ...

covered the song on his 1967 album ''Nicola''. *

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later covered the song in a faster-paced version in 1967, featured on her ''

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'' album. Footage of Franklin recording the song can be found on a

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documentary about her life. Franklin included a live recording on the album '' Aretha in Paris'' (1968). * Love Sculpture covered the song in 1967, on their ''Blues Helping'' album. *Hot Tuna covered the song on their 1970 debut album

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. * Plume Latraverse's 1978 album ''

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'' includes a French language version of the song, with an entirely different set of lyrics, called "Cobaye Blues". It is erroneously credited as a 1928 song. *Pinetop Perkins and Hubert Sumlin covered the song on their 1998 album Legends. * Eric Clapton covered the song on his 2001 album '' Reptile''. *

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also covered the song on his 2007 album ''Stars in My Crown''''. *

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covered the song on his 2011 album ''Roots'', featuring

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(from

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) on organ. * Pat Donohue (member of The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on NPR's ''

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'') covered the song on his 2011 album ''Nobody's Fault.''

Credits

Ray Charles version

*Lead vocal and piano by Ray Charles *Instrumentation by the Ray Charles Orchestra *Produced by

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Aretha Franklin version

*Lead vocals and piano by Aretha Franklin *Background vocals by

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and Carolyn Franklin *Instrumentation by the Muscle Shoals orchestra *Produced by Jerry Wexler 1954 singles Ray Charles songs Aretha Franklin songs {{R&B-song-stub