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Шаблон:About Шаблон:Infobox song "I'll Be Home" is a 1955 song that was written by Ferdinand Washington and songwriter, Stan Lewis.[1]

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,[2] its sales greatly overshadowed by the Pat Boone version released the same month.[3]

Pat Boone version

Шаблон:Infobox song 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.[4] Overseas, it was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart, spending five weeks at No. 1,[1][5] 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

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Шаблон:UK best-selling singles (by year) 1952–1969

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