"She Called Me Baby" is a country song written in 1961 by Harlan Howard which despite a number of recorded versions did not appear in the Top 20 of the C&W chart in Billboard until 1974 when a mid-60s recording by Charlie Rich was belatedly released to reach #1 C&W.[1] In its female version, "He Called Me Baby", the song was a Top Ten R&B hit for Candi Staton in 1971