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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 performed by Rosemary Clooney and originally released in 1951. It was written by Ross Bagdasarian and his cousin, Armenian-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan, while driving across New Mexico in the summer of 1939. The melody is based on an Armenian folk song. The lyrics reference traditional Armenian customs of inviting over relatives and friends and providing them with a generously overflowing table of fruits, nuts, seeds, and other foods.
It was not performed until the 1950 off-Broadway production of The Son. The song did not become a hit until the release of Clooney's recording. It was probably Saroyan's only effort at popular songwriting, and it was one of Bagdasarian's few well-known works that was not connected to his best-known creation, Alvin and the Chipmunks. Bagdasarian, as David Seville, went on to much fame with the #1 hit "The Witch Doctor" and his Chipmunks recordings.
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