Eileen Barton (November 24, 1924 – June 27, 2006) was an American singer best known for her 1950 hit song, "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake."

At age 14 she went on the Broadway stage as an understudy to Nancy Walker in Best Foot Forward,[4][9] followed by an appearance under her own name with Elaine Stritch in Angel in the Wings.

At age 15, she appeared as a guest singer on a Johnny Mercer variety series, leading to her being noticed by Frank Sinatra, who took her under his wing and put her in a regular spot on the CBS radio show that he hosted in the 1940s.

[4] She also appeared on her own and as a guest performer with such stars as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, and Danny Kaye.

[12] In 1954, she starred in The Eileen Barton Show,[13] a 13-episode transcribed program for the United States Marine Corps.

[16] She also appeared in 1961-62 as the "assistant mayor" of the TV game shows Video Village and Video Village, Jr..[17] Barton's first appearance on record was as part of a V-Disc 12" issued for servicemen, where she sang two cuts ("Great Day" and "Lover, Come Back").

She met success when she moved to National Records the following year and recorded "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" (written by Bob Merrill, Albert Hoffman and Al Trace; Trace used the pseudonym Clem Watts) and introduced it on Don McNeill's radio program, The Breakfast Club.

[19] She moved to Coral Records in 1951 and charted with some cover versions of songs that were bigger hits for other artists, such as "Cry", "Sway", "Pretend", and others.

[21] She divorced Lawrence Kane, a salesman and career criminal who was a suspect in the Zodiac Killer murders.