1983 Patti Austin & James Ingram – Baby, Come To Me (US:#1 UK:#11)

“Baby, Come to Me“ is a classic love ballad written by Rod Temperton (formerly of Heatwave) for a male-female duet. The original version, performed by Patti Austin and James Ingram, and produced by Quincy Jones, appears on Austin’s 1981 album, Every Home Should Have One. When first released as a single, it had minor chart success in the spring 1982, spending one month on the pop singles chart and peaking at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. It did, however, reach number 11 in the UK.

Later that year, it gained new exposure as the romantic theme song for Luke Spencer, a leading character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. ABC received so many inquiries about the song that Warner Brothers decided to re-release “Baby, Come to Me” as a single in October. It then spent seven more months on the chart, reaching number one on the Hot 100 for two weeks, and also hit number one Adult Contemporary charts in early 1983.

Album

Every Home Should Have One is a studio album by R&B/jazz singer Patti Austin. Released on Qwest Records in 1981, it includes the number-one hit duet with James Ingram, “Baby Come to Me”, and the title track, “Every Home Should Have One”, which peaked at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. She also scored […]

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Musicians

Bass	Eddie Watkins Jr
Drums	JR Robinson
Guitar	Steve Lukather
Keyboards	Greg Phillinganes
Synthesizer	Greg Phillinganes
Synthesizer	David Foster
Synthesizer	Rod Temperton
Synthesizer	Michael Boddicker
Percussion	Paulinho Da Costa
Vocals	James Ingram
Vocals	Patti Austin

Produced By

Quincy Jones

Songwriter

Rod Temperton

Charts

US: #1
UK: #11