"Soldier Boy" | ||||
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Single by The Shirelles | ||||
from the album Baby It's You | ||||
B-side | "Love Is a Swingin' Thing" | |||
Released | March 1962 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Recorded | Bell Sound Studios, New York | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 2:42 | |||
Label | Scepter (Florence Greenberg-Owner) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Luther Dixon, Florence Greenberg | |||
The Shirelles singles chronology | ||||
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"Soldier Boy" is a song written by Luther Dixon and Florence Greenberg. The song was released as a single by The Shirelles in 1962 and met with great success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100. The song's lyrics are a profession of the singer's love for the titular soldier boy in which she promises to remain true to him while he's away.