"Come Back Baby" is a slow blues song written and recorded by the blues singer and pianist Walter Davis in 1940.[1]
Ray Charles's version, with the title "Come Back" and with songwriting credited to Charles, was released as the B-side to Charles's 1954 single, "I Got a Woman". The song received airplay and peaked at number four on the R&B singles chart. It later appeared as "Come Back Baby" on his 1957 album Ray Charles, with songwriting still credited to Charles.
Bert Jansch covered the song on his 1967 album Nicola.
Aretha Franklin later covered the song in a faster-paced version in 1967, featured on her Lady Soul album. Footage of Franklin recording the song can be found on a PBS documentary about her life. Franklin included a live recording on the album Aretha in Paris (1968).
Love Sculpture covered the song in 1967, on their Blues Helping album.
Hot Tuna covered the song on their 1970 debut album Hot Tuna.
Plume Latraverse's 1978 album All Dressed includes a French language version of the song, with an entirely different set of lyrics, called "Cobaye Blues". It is erroneously credited as a 1928 song.
Pinetop Perkins and Hubert Sumlin covered the song on their 1998 album Legends.
