Baby Get Lost

"Baby Get Lost"
Song

"Baby Get Lost" is a July 1949 single by Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148).[1] This was her second number one on the R&B chart, where it stayed at the top for two weeks.[2] The B-side, "Long John Blues", made it to number three on the R&B chart soon after.

"Baby Get Lost" was also recorded by Billie Holiday, issued in September 1949 (Decca 24726) as the B-side to "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do".[3]

Queen Latifah covered the song on her jazz album, The Dana Owens Album.

The song was written by Leonard Feather, but credited to Billy Moore, Jr.[4]

References

  1. Mercury Records Discography - 1948
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 611.
  3. Billie Holiday Vinyl Discography. Archived 2010-07-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. "Article by Steven Lasker". Ladyday.net. Retrieved 2012-01-15.


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