Wonderful Baby

"Wonderful Baby"
Single by Don McLean
from the album Homeless Brother
B-side"Birthday Song"
ReleasedJune 1975
GenrePop
Length2:00
LabelUnited Artists
SongwriterDon McLean
ProducerJoel Dorn
Don McLean singles chronology
"If We Try"
(1973)		 "Wonderful Baby"
(1975)		 "Crying"
(1981)

"Wonderful Baby" is a song written and originally recorded by Don McLean. It is a track on his album, Homeless Brother, and a tribute to Fred Astaire. The single peaked at number ninety-three on the Billboard Hot 100 and became McLean's second and last number one on the Easy Listening chart. "Wonderful Baby" also reached number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.

Record World said that "Portraying heaven as a place where soaring cherubs count their digits, McLean performs a top 40 lullabye which should fly higher than any since 'Vincent.'"

Chart performance

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 93
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 94

Cover versions

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 166.
  2. 1 2 "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  3. ↑ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. April 5, 1975. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1975-05-31. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. ↑ The Complete London Sessions - Fred Astaire, Review and track listing, AllMusic