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" | |
|---|---|
| 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
Slim Whitman featured a version on his hit 1977 album Home on the Range.
References
- ^ 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.
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- 1952: "Here in My Heart" – Al Martino
- 1953: "I Believe" – Frankie Laine
- 1954: "Secret Love" – Doris Day
- 1955: "Rose Marie" – Slim Whitman
- 1956: "I'll Be Home" – Pat Boone
- 1957: "Diana" – Paul Anka
- 1958: "Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley
- 1959: "Living Doll" – Cliff Richard (UK)
- 1960: "It's Now or Never" – Elvis Presley
- 1961: "Wooden Heart" – Elvis Presley
- 1962: "I Remember You" – Frank Ifield (UK)
- 1963: "She Loves You" – The Beatles (UK)
- 1964: "Can't Buy Me Love" – The Beatles (UK)
- 1965: "Tears" – Ken Dodd (UK)
- 1966: "Green, Green Grass of Home" – Tom Jones (UK)
- 1967: "Release Me" – Engelbert Humperdinck (UK)
- 1968: "Hey Jude" – The Beatles (UK)
- 1969: "Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies
- 1970: "The Wonder of You" – Elvis Presley / "In the Summertime" – Mungo Jerry (UK)
- 1971: "My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison (UK)
- 1972: "Amazing Grace" – Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (UK)
- 1973: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
- 1974: "Tiger Feet" – Mud (UK)
- 1975: "Bye Bye Baby" – Bay City Rollers (UK)
- 1976: "Save Your Kisses for Me" – Brotherhood of Man (UK)
- 1977: "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" – Wings (UK)
- 1978: "Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring" – Boney M.
- 1979: "Bright Eyes" – Art Garfunkel
- 1980: "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – The Police (UK)
- 1981: "Tainted Love" – Soft Cell (UK) / "Don't You Want Me" – The Human League (UK)
- 1982: "Come On Eileen" – Dexys Midnight Runners (UK)
- 1983: "Karma Chameleon" – Culture Club (UK)
- 1984: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" – Band Aid (UK)
- 1985: "The Power of Love" – Jennifer Rush
- 1986: "Don't Leave Me This Way" – The Communards (UK)
- 1987: "Never Gonna Give You Up" – Rick Astley (UK)
- 1988: "Mistletoe and Wine" – Cliff Richard (UK)
- 1989: "Ride on Time" – Black Box
- 1990: "Unchained Melody" – The Righteous Brothers
- 1991: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams
- 1992: "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
- 1993: "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" – Meat Loaf
- 1994: "Love Is All Around" – Wet Wet Wet (UK)
- 1995: "Unchained Melody" – Robson & Jerome (UK)
- 1996: "Killing Me Softly" – Fugees
- 1997: "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John (UK)
- 1998: "Believe" – Cher
- 1999: "...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears
- 2000: "Can We Fix It?" – Bob the Builder (UK)
- 2001: "It Wasn't Me" – Shaggy featuring Rikrok (UK)
- 2002: "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" – Will Young (UK)
- 2003: "Where Is the Love?" – Black Eyed Peas
- 2004: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" – Band Aid 20 (UK)
- 2005: "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" – Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay (UK)
- 2006: "Crazy" – Gnarls Barkley
- 2007: "Bleeding Love" – Leona Lewis (UK)
- 2008: "Hallelujah" – Alexandra Burke (UK)
- 2009: "Poker Face" – Lady Gaga
- 2010: "Love the Way You Lie" – Eminem featuring Rihanna
- 2011: "Someone like You" – Adele (UK)
- 2012: "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra
- 2013: "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
- 2014: "Happy" – Pharrell Williams
- 2015: "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson (UK) featuring Bruno Mars
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- 2017: "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran (UK)
- 2018: "One Kiss" – Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa (UK)
- 2019: "Someone You Loved" – Lewis Capaldi (UK)
- 2020: "Blinding Lights" – The Weeknd
- 2021: "Bad Habits" – Ed Sheeran (UK)
- 2022: "As It Was" – Harry Styles (UK)
- 2023: "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus
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