I'll Be Home
| "I'll Be Home" | |
|---|---|
| Single by The Flamingos | |
| B-side | "Need Your Love" |
| Released | January 1956 |
| Recorded | October 1955 |
| Studio | Chess (Chicago)[1] |
| Label | Checker 830 |
| Songwriter(s) | Ferdinand Washington, Stanley Lewis |
"I'll Be Home" is a 1955
song that was written by Ferdinand Washington and songwriter, Stan Lewis.[2]
Flamingos version
The Flamingos first recorded the song in October, 1955 at Chess' rudimentary office studio at 4750 South Cottage Grove using just two microphones and a tape recorder, then later at Universal Recording Corporation. Leonard Chess chose to release the less-polished version, recorded at Chess. The song was released on Chess' Checker Records subsidiary in January, 1956, with The Flamingos version going to No. 5 on Billboard's R&B chart,[3] its sales greatly overshadowed by the Pat Boone version released the same month.[4]
Pat Boone version
| "I'll Be Home" | |
|---|---|
Pat Boone | |
| B-side | "Tutti Frutti" |
| Released | January 1956 |
| Recorded | December 1955 |
| Label | Dot |
| Songwriter(s) | Ferdinand Washington, Stanley Lewis |
| Producer(s) | Randy Wood |
Other versions
Slim Whitman featured a version on his hit 1977 album Home on the Range.
References
- ISBN 9780312284947.
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 207.
- ^ Goldberg, Marv. "The Flamingos". Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks. Marv Goldberg. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 75.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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