The song was first recorded by Howard for his September 1961 album release Harlan Howard Sings Harlan Howard. The track was released as a single in January 1962 and became a breakout hit in Texas where, according to his widow Melanie Howard, Harlan Howard spent two weeks doing promotion before returning home to Nashville and refusing to do further promotion re his singing career as it interfered with his primary musical focus: songwriting.[1]
Charlie Rich Recordingedit
Charlie Rich recorded "She Called Me Baby" at one of a series of sessions produced by Chet Atkins at RCA Victor Studio in Nashville which occurred between March 1964 and February 1965.[2] Like many Atkins-produced tracks of this era, "She Called Me Baby" featured choral backing and strings, a style prominent on other Rich recordings of the time. Despite a number of recorded versions, "She Called Me Baby" did not appear in the Top 20 of the C&W chart in Billboard until 1974 when a mid-60s recording by Rich was belatedly released to reach #1 C&W.[3]
Rich's version of "She Called Me Baby" went unreleased as an album cut or single until after Rich had his star breakout in 1973, when he scored million-sellers with "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl." That run of success continued into 1974, when several of his older recordings made during his tenures at RCA, Mercury and Sun records — "She Called Me Baby" included — were released as singles to C&W radio.
Released in September 1974 — around the time his Epic single "I Love My Friend" was peaking in popularity — "She Called Me Baby" reached #1 on the Billboard C&W chart dated December 7, 1974. "She Called Me Baby" was Rich's fifth #1 C&W hit in 1974 alone and his seventh #1 C&W hit overall.[3]
Jan Howard - then married to Harlan Howard - recorded the first female version of the song: "He Called Me Baby" in a April 30, 1962 session at Columbia Recording Studio (Nashville);[2] the track was featured on Jan Howard's Sweet and Sentimental album released that October.
Patsy Cline recorded the song as "He Called Me Baby" in a February 1963 session at Columbia Recording Studio (Nashville). Cline had begun recording tracks for an album to be entitled Faded Love on February 4, 1963; "He Called Me Baby" was one of four tracks cut on February 7, 1963[2] in what would prove to be Cline's final recording session. After Cline's death on March 5, 1963 Decca Records elected not to release the Faded Love album instead including Cline's final tracks on two 1964 album releases, the second of which: the November 2, 1964 release That's How a Heartache Begins, featured "He Called Me Baby" which track had been given single release that September 19, to reach #23 on the C&W charts in December 1964, becoming Cline's final C&W Top 40 hit until 1980.
Three months after Cline's "He Called Me Baby" ended its run in the C&W Top 50 Carl Smith brought "She Called Me Baby" onto that chart for the first time; Smith's version - cut December 14, 1964 at Columbia Recording Studio (Nashville)[2] - rose as high as #32. "She Called Me Baby" next charted in November and December 1972 when Dick Curless took his version to #54 C&W.
In its female version, "He Called Me Baby", the song was a Top Ten R&B hit for Candi Staton in 1971. The track was includes in Staton's Stand By Your Man album and was cut at FAME Studios with studio owner Rick Hall producing - included a version of "He Called Me Baby" issued as a single concurrently with the album's release in December 1970. Staton's version of "He Called Me Baby" - which Harlan Howard's widow says the composer "loved"[1] - reached #9 R&B in February 1971, and also crossed over to the Hot 100 peaking at #52.[4]
Nancy Wilson remade "He Called Me Baby" for her 1975 album Come Get to This; released as a single the track reached #74 R&B.
Indie band One Eskimo sampled the Candi Staton version for their 2009 song "Kandi".
Referencesedit
^ ab"Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive Re-He Called Me Baby - Lefsetz Letter". Lefsetz.com. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
^ abcd"Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies". Countrydiscography.blogspot.com. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
^ abWhitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 289.
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 549.
^Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 203.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources She Called Me Baby news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message She Called Me Baby is a country song written in 1961 by Harlan Howard She Called Me Baby Single by Charlie Richfrom the album She Called Me BabyB side Ten Dollars and a Clean White Shirt ReleasedSeptember 1974Recorded1964 or 1965GenreCountryLength2 27LabelRCA Records 10062Songwriter s Harlan HowardProducer s Chet AtkinsCharlie Rich singles chronology I Love My Friend 1974 She Called Me Baby 1974 Something Just Came Over Me 1975 Contents 1 Background 2 Charlie Rich Recording 3 C amp W versions 4 R amp B versions 5 Chart performance 5 1 Patsy Cline 5 2 Carl Smith 5 3 Dick Curless 5 4 Charlie Rich 6 Samples 7 ReferencesBackground editThe song was first recorded by Howard for his September 1961 album release Harlan Howard Sings Harlan Howard The track was released as a single in January 1962 and became a breakout hit in Texas where according to his widow Melanie Howard Harlan Howard spent two weeks doing promotion before returning home to Nashville and refusing to do further promotion re his singing career as it interfered with his primary musical focus songwriting 1 Charlie Rich Recording editCharlie Rich recorded She Called Me Baby at one of a series of sessions produced by Chet Atkins at RCA Victor Studio in Nashville which occurred between March 1964 and February 1965 2 Like many Atkins produced tracks of this era She Called Me Baby featured choral backing and strings a style prominent on other Rich recordings of the time Despite a number of recorded versions She Called Me Baby did not appear in the Top 20 of the C amp W chart in Billboard until 1974 when a mid 60s recording by Rich was belatedly released to reach 1 C amp W 3 Rich s version of She Called Me Baby went unreleased as an album cut or single until after Rich had his star breakout in 1973 when he scored million sellers with Behind Closed Doors and The Most Beautiful Girl That run of success continued into 1974 when several of his older recordings made during his tenures at RCA Mercury and Sun records She Called Me Baby included were released as singles to C amp W radio Released in September 1974 around the time his Epic single I Love My Friend was peaking in popularity She Called Me Baby reached 1 on the Billboard C amp W chart dated December 7 1974 She Called Me Baby was Rich s fifth 1 C amp W hit in 1974 alone and his seventh 1 C amp W hit overall 3 C amp W versions edit He Called Me Baby Single by Patsy Clinefrom the album That s How a Heartache BeginsB side Won t You Come Home Bill Bailey ReleasedSeptember 19 1964RecordedFebruary 7 1963GenreCountryLength2 41LabelDecca 10062Songwriter s Harlan HowardProducer s Owen BradleyPatsy Cline singles chronology That s How a Heartache Begins 1974 He Called Me Baby 1964 Just a Closer Walk With Thee 1965 Jan Howard then married to Harlan Howard recorded the first female version of the song He Called Me Baby in a April 30 1962 session at Columbia Recording Studio Nashville 2 the track was featured on Jan Howard s Sweet and Sentimental album released that October Patsy Cline recorded the song as He Called Me Baby in a February 1963 session at Columbia Recording Studio Nashville Cline had begun recording tracks for an album to be entitled Faded Love on February 4 1963 He Called Me Baby was one of four tracks cut on February 7 1963 2 in what would prove to be Cline s final recording session After Cline s death on March 5 1963 Decca Records elected not to release the Faded Love album instead including Cline s final tracks on two 1964 album releases the second of which the November 2 1964 release That s How a Heartache Begins featured He Called Me Baby which track had been given single release that September 19 to reach 23 on the C amp W charts in December 1964 becoming Cline s final C amp W Top 40 hit until 1980 Three months after Cline s He Called Me Baby ended its run in the C amp W Top 50 Carl Smith brought She Called Me Baby onto that chart for the first time Smith s version cut December 14 1964 at Columbia Recording Studio Nashville 2 rose as high as 32 She Called Me Baby next charted in November and December 1972 when Dick Curless took his version to 54 C amp W The song has also been recorded as She Called Me Baby by Eddy Arnold Bobby Bare Glen Campbell Tennessee Ernie Ford Mickey Gilley Ferlin Husky Waylon Jennings John D Loudermilk Ernest Tubb and Sheb Wooley and as He Called Me Baby by Jessi Colter A Country Star is Born Skeeter Davis Bobbi Martin Melba Montgomery and Dinah Shore and Lee Ann Womack in 2017 R amp B versions edit He Called Me Baby entered the R amp B charts for the first time in December 1968 via a recording by Ella Washington made for Nashville based R amp B label Sound Stage 7 Recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals Washington s He Called Me Baby was only a moderate R amp B hit 38 but crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 77 and earned Washington a Grammy nomination for Best R amp B Performance Female In its female version He Called Me Baby the song was a Top Ten R amp B hit for Candi Staton in 1971 The track was includes in Staton s Stand By Your Man album and was cut at FAME Studios with studio owner Rick Hall producing included a version of He Called Me Baby issued as a single concurrently with the album s release in December 1970 Staton s version of He Called Me Baby which Harlan Howard s widow says the composer loved 1 reached 9 R amp B in February 1971 and also crossed over to the Hot 100 peaking at 52 4 Nancy Wilson remade He Called Me Baby for her 1975 album Come Get to This released as a single the track reached 74 R amp B Chart performance editPatsy Cline edit Chart 1964 PeakpositionU S Billboard Hot Country Singles 23Carl Smith edit Chart 1965 PeakpositionU S Billboard Hot Country Singles 32Dick Curless edit Chart 1972 PeakpositionU S Billboard Hot Country Singles 55Charlie Rich edit Chart 1974 PeakpositionU S Billboard Hot Country Singles 1U S Billboard Hot 100 47U S Billboard Easy Listening 5 41Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1Canadian RPM Top Singles 88Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 35Samples editIndie band One Eskimo sampled the Candi Staton version for their 2009 song Kandi References edit a b Lefsetz Letter Blog Archive Re He Called Me Baby Lefsetz Letter Lefsetz com 3 February 2010 Retrieved 2016 09 27 a b c d Praguefrank s Country Music Discographies Countrydiscography blogspot com 2013 10 02 Retrieved 2016 09 27 a b Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits 1944 2006 Second edition Record Research p 289 Whitburn Joel 2004 Top R amp B Hip Hop Singles 1942 2004 Record Research p 549 Whitburn Joel 2002 Top Adult Contemporary 1961 2001 Record Research p 203 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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