I Want You to Be My Baby

About I Want You to Be My Baby

"I Want You to Be My Baby" is a jump blues song written by Jon Hendricks for Louis Jordan whose recording - made 28 May 1953 - was an R&B hit that autumn. In the summer of 1955 "I Want You to Be My Baby" was remade as the debut disc by comedy musical act Lillian Briggs resulting in an expedient cover version by veteran vocalist Georgia Gibbs: producers Hugo & Luigi had Gibbs fly in from her Massachusetts home to New York City on Wednesday 3 August 1955 to cut "I Want You to Be My Baby" that same afternoon; New York City disc jockeys were provided with acetates of the Gibbs' version by the following morning with regular jockey copies being shipped out Friday 5 August 1955. Neither version of the song would reach the Top Ten: Gibbs' version had the higher chart peak at #14 but it was the rough voiced Briggs - whose version peaked at #18 - who had the million seller. Ellie Greenwich, who as a teenager saw Lillian Briggs sing her hit at Alan Freed's rock and roll shows, chose "I Want You to Be My Baby" as the song to launch her '60s career as a solo recording artist. Produced by Bob Crewe, Greenwich's version reached #83 in the spring of 1967 marking her only US chart appearance as a recording artist (apart from her singles with The Raindrops). She included the song on her 1968 debut solo album Ellie Greenwich Composes, Pruduces and Sings.  more »

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I, I want, I want you 
I want you to 
I want you to be 
I want you to be my baby 

Will, will you, will you please 
Will you please tell 
Will you please tell me 
If you're going to be my baby 

Listen to your mama 
And you never will regret it 
And if anybody wonders 
You can tell them that I said it 

The only thing I know is 
That I never can forget you 
I've been longing for you, baby 
Ever since the day I met you 

I got you where I want you 
And I'm never gonna let you 
Get away from me 

Hear what I tell you 
I'm the girl for you and so 
You'd better start to face it 
If you ever lose my love 
You know you never can replace it 

I think it's time for you to 
Start to give me some loving 
Carrying a torch for you 
That's hotter than an oven 

It's time for you to give me 
A little bit of loving, baby 
Hold me tight and do 
What I tell you 

I, I want, I want you 
I want you to 
I want you to be 
I want you to be my baby  

Will, will you, will you please 
Will you please tell 
Will you please tell me 
If you're going to be my baby 

Hear what I tell you 
I'm the girl for you and so 
You'd better start to face it 
If you ever lose my love 
You know you never can replace it 

I think it's time for you to 
Start to give me some loving 
Carrying a torch for you 
That's hotter than an oven 

It's time for you to give me 
A little bit of loving, baby 
Hold me tight and do 
What I tell you 

I, I want, I want you 
I want you to 
I want you to be 
Want you to be 
Want you to be 
Want you to be my baby

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Georgia Gibbs

Georgia Gibbs (August 17, 1919 – December 9, 2006) was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. Already singing publicly in her early teens, Gibbs first achieved acclaim (and notoriety) in the mid-1950s interpreting songs originating with the black rhythm and blues community and later as a featured vocalist on a long list of radio and television variety and comedy programs. Her key attribute was tremendous versatility and an uncommon stylistic range from melancholy ballad to uptempo swinging jazz and rock and roll. more »

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