"Here Comes My Baby" is a song co-written and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Dottie West Dorothy Marie Marsh West (October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most in ...

. It was released in June 1964 as the first single and title track from the album '' Here Comes My Baby''. West wrote the song with her then-husband Bill.

History

"Here Comes My Baby" was the first song to be written and made famous by

. In 1964, Dottie West was trying to make it big in Nashville. She released a single the previous year called "Let Me off at the Corner," which made the Top 40. She also recorded another with

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called "Love Is No Excuse," which became a hit after his death in 1964. She had just received a recording contract with RCA Victor and decided that she would write her own song and release it as a

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. The song was written in one day, according to West, who wrote along with her husband Bill West, and she then recorded it in Nashville. Nobody expected the success the song would bring in 1964. The song made it to number 10 on the Billboard country charts that year, making the song a national hit for West. That year, West won a BMI award for writing "Here Comes My Baby." The next year, West made history when the song won her a Grammy for ''

Best Female Country Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West. The award has had several minor name changes: *From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female *In 1 ...

''. West not only became the first person to win this type of

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, but also became the first female

singer to ever win a Grammy award. (The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences introduced the country categories to the Grammy Awards that year.) Because of the success of the song, West got a spot on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, and the song became one of West's signature songs of her career. It has been made a standard to record in

Cover versions

Since its original release, "Here Comes My Baby" has been recorded by over 100 artists, including Lynn Anderson from the album " Songs That Made Country Girls Famous" (1970), Dean Martin,

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and a 1965 Perry Como version produced by

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Charts

Anita Perras version

Canadian country music artist

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covered the song on her 1989 album ''Touch My Heart''. Her version was released as a single in 1990 and peaked at number 9 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Here Comes My Baby (Dottie West Song) 1964 songs 1964 singles 1990 singles Dottie West songs Dean Martin songs Anita Perras songs RCA Records singles Songs written by Dottie West