YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO
From the film "Something To Shout About" (1943)
(Cole Porter)
Dinah Shore (with Paul Wetstein's Orch.) - 1942
Gordon Jenkins & His Orch. (vocal: Six Hits & A Miss) - 1942
Janet Blair & Don Ameche (Film Soundtrack) - 1943
Perry Como (Radio Transcription) - 1943
Noel Coward - 1945
Helen Merrill - 1954
Frank Sinatra - 1957
The Smart Set - 1958
Benny Goodman Sextet - 1958
Anita O'Day (with Billy May & His Orch.) - 1959
Johnny Mathis - 1959
Sid Bass & His Orch. - 1959
Bobby Darin - 1960
Jo Stafford - 1960
The Coasters - 1960
Nina Simone - 1960
Ray Conniff Singers - 1961
Gene Ammons - 1962
Nancy Wilson - 1963
Ella Fitzgerald - 1964
Julie London (with Bobby Troup Quintet) - 1964
Cilla Black - 1965
Vera Lynn - 1966
Mel Tormé & George Shaearing - 1982
Billy Eckstine with Benny Carter - 1986
Max Bygraves - 1989
Dionne Warwick - 1990
Andy Bey - 1996
John Barrowman - 2004
Vicky Mountain - 2005
Alexis Cole - 2010
Also recorded by:
Addison Bailey Trio; Ambrose& His Orch. with Anne Shelton:
Chet Atkins; Chet Baker; Tony Bennett; Polly Bergen;
Ruby Braff; Dave Brubeck; Charlie Byrd; Frank Chacksfield;
Buddy Clark; Petula Clark; Rosemary Clooney; Bing Crosby;
Jimmy Dorsey; Percy Faith; Jane Froman; Erroll Garner;
Stephane Grappelli; Stan Getz; Coleman Hawkins; Dick Haymes;
Joe Henderson; Shirley Horn; Leslie Hutchinson; Dick Hyman;
Joni James; Jeanne Johnstone; Stan Kenton; Ben E. King;
Eartha Kitt; Lee Konitz; Frankie Laine; Steve Lawrence;
Jack Lemmon; Keiko Lee; Geoff Love; Carmen McRae; Lita Roza;
Sarah McKenzie; Liza Minnelli; Dudley Moore; Gerry Mulligan;
Maureen O'Hara; 101 Strings Orch.; Patti Page; Art Pepper;
Bud Powell; André Previn; Johnnie Ray; Rita Reys; Diane Schuur;
Jimmy Roselli; Sarah Vaughan .............. and many pthers.
It's not that you're fairer
As a lot of girls just as pleasin'
That I doff my hat as a worshipper at your shrine
It's not that you're rarer
Than asparagus out of season
No, my darling, this is the reason
Why you've got to be mine
You'd be so nice to come home to
You'd be so nice by the fire
While the breeze on high sang a lullaby
You'd be all that I could desire
Under stars chilled by the winter
Under an August moon burning above
You'd be so nice, you'd be paradise
To come home to and love
(Orchestral Interlude)
Under stars chilled by the winter
Under an August moon burning above
You'd be so nice, you'd be paradise
To come home to and love
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ANNE SHELTON sang a slightly different opening verse
in her recording with Bert Ambrose and His Orch.:
It's not that you're handsome
Or that other men aren't as pleasing
That I bend my knee as a worshipper at your shrine
You're not worth a ransom
Like asparagus out of season
No, my darling, this is the reason
Why you've got to be mine
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2011)
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(Updated by Mel Priddle - January 2013)
