"I'll Be Home" is a 1955 song that was written by Ferdinand Washington and songwriter, Stan Lewis.[2]
| "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 |
Both the Flamingos and the Pat Boone versions feature a spoken recitation of the Bridge section.
Flamingos version
editThe 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
edit| "I'll Be Home" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Pat Boone | |
| from the album Pat Boone | |
| B-side | "Tutti Frutti" |
| Released | January 1956 |
| Recorded | December 1955 |
| Label | Dot |
| Songwriter(s) | Ferdinand Washington, Stanley Lewis |
| Producer(s) | Randy Wood |
Pat Boone recorded the song in December, 1955 with producer Randy Wood for Dot Records. Boone's version was released as a single with "Tutti Frutti" as the B-side in January, 1956. Boone's version peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard chart.[5] Overseas, it was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart, spending five weeks at No. 1,[2][6] and 24 weeks on the charts altogether. It was the best-selling single of 1956 in the United Kingdom.
Other versions
editSlim Whitman featured a version on his hit 1977 album Home on the Range.
References
edit- ^ Cohodas, Nadine (2000). Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records. St. Martin's Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780312284947.
- ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 25. 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.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 59–60. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.59-60&rft.edition=19th&rft.pub=Guinness World Records Limited&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-904994-10-5&rft.aulast=Roberts&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:I'll Be Home" class="Z3988">
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