| "I'll Be Home" | |
|---|---|
| Single byThe Flamingos | |
| B-side | "Need Your Love" |
| Released | January 1956 |
| Recorded | October 1955 |
| Studio | Chess (Chicago)[1] |
| Label | Checker 830 |
| Songwriters | Ferdinand Washington, Stanley Lewis |
"I'll Be Home" is a 1955song that was written by Ferdinand Washington and songwriter,Stan Lewis.[2]
Both the Flamingos and the Pat Boone versions feature a spoken recitation of the Bridge section.
The Flamingos first recorded the song in October 1955 atChess' rudimentary office studio at 4750 South Cottage Grove using just two microphones and a tape recorder, then later atUniversal 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 onBillboard'sR&B chart,[3] its sales greatly overshadowed by the Pat Boone version released the same month.[4]
| "I'll Be Home" | |
|---|---|
| Single byPat Boone | |
| from the albumPat Boone | |
| B-side | "Tutti Frutti" |
| Released | January 1956 |
| Recorded | December 1955 |
| Label | Dot |
| Songwriters | Ferdinand Washington, Stanley Lewis |
| Producer | Randy Wood |
Pat Boone recorded the song in December 1955 with producerRandy Wood forDot Records. Boone's version was released as a single with"Tutti Frutti" as theB-side in January 1956. Boone's version peaked at No. 5 on the USBillboard chart.[5] Overseas, it was a number one hit in theUK 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.
Slim Whitman featured a version on his hit 1977 albumHome on the Range.
