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Soldier Boy (song)

"Soldier Boy"
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
"Baby It's You"
(1962)
"Soldier Boy"
(1962)
"Welcome Home, Baby"
(1962)
"Baby It's You"
(1962)
"Soldier Boy"
(1962)
"Welcome Home, Baby"
(1962)

"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.



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