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"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1943 film Something to Shout About, where it was introduced by Janet Blair and Don Ameche. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1943 but lost[3] to "You'll Never Know".

"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
Single by Dinah Shore
Published	October 5, 1942 (1942-10-05) by Chappell & Co., Inc., New York[1]
Released	November 20, 1942 (1942-11-20)
Recorded	July 30, 1942 (1942-07-30)[2]
Venue	Something to Shout About 1943
Genre	Popular music, Musical film, Pop standard
Length	2:51
Label	Victor 20-1519
Songwriter(s)	Cole Porter

Other recordings

• Dinah Shore had a hit with the song at the time of its introduction.[3][4]
• The Coasters – One by One (1960)[5]
• Harry Connick Jr. (2019)
• Al Cohn and Zoot Sims – You 'n' Me (1960)
• Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)
• Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney recorded the song for their radio show in 1958[6] and it was released on the album Bing & Rosie – The Crosby-Clooney Radio Sessions (2010).[7]
• Joey DeFrancesco – Singin' and Swingin' (1999)[3]
• Jim Hall with Chet Baker and Paul Desmond – Concierto – (1975)[3]
• Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster – Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)[3]
• Cannonball Adderley - Compact Jazz - Capitol - (1955)[3]
• Dick Hyman and Randy Sandke – Now & Again (2004)[3]
• Lee Konitz – Motion (1961)[3]
• Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown – Helen Merrill (1954)[3]
• Art Pepper – Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)[3]
• Nina Simone – Nina Simone at Newport (1960)[3]
• Jo Stafford with Ben Webster – Jo + Jazz (1960)[3]
• Julie London - Julie...At Home (1960)[8]
• Jacky Terrasson - Push (2010)
• Xiu Xiu - Nina (2013)
• Marisa Anderson, Tara Jane O'Neil (2020)
• Bernie Dresel - The Pugilist (2021)

References

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