<P> "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 . </P> <P> The song has been covered by a large number of musicians and has become a jazz standard . The first hit version was Bessie Smith's 1923 recording, which stayed on four weeks on the charts peaking at No. 6 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Bessie Smith (1923) </Li> <Li> Clarence Williams' Blue Five (1927) </Li> <Li> George Thomas with McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1930) </Li> <Li> The Mills Brothers (1932) </Li> <Li> Django Reinhardt (1937) </Li> <Li> Lionel Hampton (1938) </Li> <Li> Louis Armstrong (1939) </Li> <Li> Count Basie Orchestra (1944) </Li> <Li> Bing Crosby with Eddie Heywood, recorded August 9, 1945 . </Li> <Li> Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (1945) </Li> <Li> Jo Stafford with the Nat King Cole Trio (1946) </Li> <Li> Sidney Bechet & His Feetwarmers (1949) </Li> <Li> Ray Charles (1952) </Li> <Li> Jack Teagarden (1954) </Li> <Li> Frank Sinatra - included in his album Where Are You? (1957) </Li> <Li> Louis Prima with Keely Smith (1957) </Li> <Li> Billie Holiday (1959) </Li> <Li> Ricky Nelson (1960) </Li> <Li> Della Reese (1960) </Li> <Li> Ella Fitzgerald on her 1961 Verve release Ella in Hollywood </Li> <Li> Sam Cooke (1962) </Li> <Li> Sarah Vaughan (1962) </Li> <Li> Al Hirt (1962) on his album, Horn A-Plenty </Li> <Li> Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) </Li> <Li> Dean Martin in his album Dream with Dean (1964) </Li> <Li> Gloria Lynne (1965) </Li> <Li> Julie London - Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (1967) </Li> <Li> Coco Briaval (France 1999 album Minor Swing) </Li> <Li> David Sanborn - Only Everything (2010) </Li> <Li> Elisabeth Bougerol (2011) with The Hot Sardines Band </Li> <Li> Kathy Hampson's New Elastic Band </Li> <Li> Leon Redbone </Li> </Ul> <Li> Bessie Smith (1923) </Li>

Billie holiday baby won't you please come home