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| "Come On-a My House" | ||||
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| Single by Rosemary Clooney | ||||
| B-side | "Rose of the Mountain"[1] | |||
| Released | 1951 | |||
| Recorded | June 6, 1951[1][2] | |||
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| Length | 2:02 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ross Bagdasarian, William Saroyan | |||
| Producer(s) | Mitch Miller | |||
| Rosemary Clooney singles chronology | ||||
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"Come On-a My House" is a song written by Ross Bagdasarian and William Saroyan and originally released by Rosemary Clooney in 1951. Cousins Bagdasarian, a songwriter, and Saroyan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, wrote the song while driving across New Mexico in the summer of 1939. The melody is based on an Armenian folk song, and the lyrics reference traditional Armenian customs of hospitality.
The song was first performed during a 1950 off-Broadway production of The Son, and did not become a hit until the release of Clooney's recording. It is Saroyan's only known effort at popular songwriting and one of Bagdasarian's few successes from prior to his adopting the stage name David Seville, under which he found success with the song "Witch Doctor" and as the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
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