"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

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You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Written: 1942	Words and Music by: Cole Porter	Written for: Something To Shout About (movie, 1943)
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Helen Merrill

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"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To"

with Torre Zito, piano; Ned Mahn, bass; Terry Clarke, drums.
The most often collected recording of Merrill singing
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" can be found on the album
Helen Merrill American Songbook Series Cole Porter and
Rodgers and Hammerstein
(probable track date: 1954; above CD released 2009).

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About Movie Something to Shout About / Origins of the Song

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Credits

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Helen Merrill: bopisthejazz

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"You'd Be So Nice
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