"Wonderful Baby"
Single by Don McLean
from the album Homeless Brother
B-side"Birthday Song"
ReleasedJune 1975
GenrePop
Length2:00
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Don McLean
Producer(s)Joel 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.[1] "Wonderful Baby" also reached number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[2]

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.'"[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [2] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 93
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] 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. ^ a b "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

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