
Homer and Jethro and June Carter released by RCA Victor (peaked at No. Lynn Garland and Frank Loesser (credited as Lynn & Frank Loesser) released by Mercury Records. 17 on Billboard 's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records chart (lasting seven weeks on the latter chart) in mid 1949) 9 on Billboard 's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart and at No. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan recorded on April 28 and released by Decca Records (peaked at No. Doris Day and Bob Hope radio performance from The Bob Hope Show. Bing Crosby and James Stewart, abbreviated radio performance with Stewart taking the "mouse" part, from The Bing Crosby – Chesterfield Show released on The Bing Crosby Christmas Gift Collection. 17 on Billboard 's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart in mid 1949) 13 on Billboard 's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records chart (lasting ten weeks on the chart), and at No. 12 on Billboard 's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart, at No. Don Cornell and Laura Leslie with the Sammy Kaye orchestra recorded on April 12 and released by RCA Victor (peaked at No. In at least one published version the tempo of the song is given as "Loesserando", a humorous reference to the composer's name. In the film Neptune's Daughter, the song is first performed by Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams, then with a comic parody twist by Betty Garrett and Red Skelton: this time the man wants to leave and the woman is the host and wants him to stay. The lyrics consist of the host trying to convince the guest that she should stay for a romantic evening because he fears her getting too cold outside, despite the fact that she feels she should return home to her concerned family and neighbors. Every line in the song features a statement from the guest followed by a response from the host. The song is a call and response duet between two people, a host (called "Wolf" in the score, usually performed by a male singer) and a guest (called "Mouse", usually performed by a female). The song won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Garland was furious: "I felt as betrayed as if I'd caught him in bed with another woman." Īccording to Esther Williams, the producers of Neptune's Daughter planned to use a different Frank Loesser song, (I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China, but studio censors thought it was too suggestive and replaced it with "Baby." Parties were built around our being the closing act." In 1948, after years of performing the song, Loesser sold it to MGM for the 1949 romantic comedy Neptune's Daughter. We got invited to all the best parties for years on the basis of 'Baby.' It was our ticket to caviar and truffles. Garland has written that after the first performance, "We became instant parlor room stars. They sang the song to indicate to guests that it was time to leave. In 1944, Loesser wrote "Baby, It's Cold Outside" to sing with his wife, Lynn Garland, at their housewarming party in New York City at the Navarro Hotel. 7.1 Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé versionĭuring the 1940s, whenever Hollywood celebrities with vocal talents attended parties, they were expected to perform songs.
6.12.2 Brett Eldredge and Meghan Trainor version.6.12.1 Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé version.6.11 John Legend and Kelly Clarkson version.6.10 Brett Eldredge and Meghan Trainor version.6.9 Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé version.6.8 Kelly Clarkson and Ronnie Dunn version.6.5 Willie Nelson and Norah Jones version.6.3 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan version.
6.2 Ray Charles and Betty Carter version.