You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, written in 1938 for the Warner Brothers movie Hard to Get, released November 1938, in which it was sung by Dick Powell.
The biggest-selling hit version was recorded by Bing Crosby, with Bob Crosby and his orchestra while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by Tommy Dorsey and Russ Morgan. It was also revived by Bobby Darin in 1961, reaching the charts again that year. The song has been recorded by many other artists and is considered a popular standard. It was used frequently in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, also produced by Warner Brothers, under the musical direction of Carl W. Stalling.
Recorded versions
- Russ Morgan and his orchestra
- Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake 7 with vocal by Edythe Wright
- Blue Barron and his orchestra
- Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby and his orchestra
- Chick Bullock
- Dorothy Carless and Sam Costa in February 1939, released by Regal Zonophone.
- Robert Clary
- Perry Como
- Bobby Darin
- Joe Loss & his Band with vocal by Chick Henderson
- The Dave Clark Five. Their version peaked at number thirty-five and was their seventeenth and final Top 40 hit In Canada the song reached number thirty-seven.
- Johnny Mercer
- Red Norvo and his orchestra
- Bob Smith and the Herman Chittison Trio
- Sung on Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show by Sharon, Lois & Bram with Jayne Eastwood
- A cover by Dr. John appears during the end credits of The Little Rascals.