I'll Be Home
# I'll Be Home

"I'll Be Home" is a 1955 song that was written by Ferdinand Washington and songwriter, Stan Lewis.

## 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, its sales greatly overshadowed by the Pat Boone version released the same month.

## Pat Boone version

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. Overseas, it was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart, spending five weeks at No. 1, 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.

