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If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake

"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"
Song
Published 1950
Songwriter(s) Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill, Clem Watts
"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"
Single by Eileen Barton
B-side "Poco, Loco in the Coco"
Released 1950
Format
Recorded January 1950
Genre
Length 2:37
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Tom Dowd
Eileen Barton singles chronology
"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"
(1950)
"Dixieland Ball / Honey, Won't You Honeymoon With Me"
(1950)

"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" is a popular song written by Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill, and Clem Watts and published in 1950.

The best known version of the song was recorded by Eileen Barton in January 1950. The recording was released by National Records as catalog number 9103. When the song became too big a hit for National to handle, it arranged with Mercury Records to help with distribution. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 3, 1950 and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. The song was one of Tom Dowd's first hits as a producer.

In 1962, Barton's recording of the song was included in a list of 101 Perennial Singles Hits compiled by Billboard -- a group "For year-round programming by juke box operators and radio stations ... a catalog of standards that can provide consistent earnings for operators and a wealth of material for discussion by broadcasters."

Another version was recorded by Georgia Gibbs. The recording was made on February 16, 1950 and released by Coral Records as catalogue number 60169. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 17, 1950 and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at #21.

A British version was recorded by Dame Gracie Fields in 1950, and was used on a British television advertising campaign for Rightmove in 2007.

Another version was recorded by Betty Harris and a choir, with Art Mooney's Orchestra. The recording was made on February 15, 1950 and released by MGM Records as catalogue number 10660.


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