Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy)
1962 · Scepter 1233 · USA
- Artist
- Valli
- Title
- Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy)
- Release
- Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy) / Jimmy's in a Hurry
- Year
- 1962
- Label
- Scepter # 1233
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Luther Dixon, Florence Green, Kay Rogers, Bob Elgin
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Girl Group · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The song Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy) (Valli) (Scepter Records # 1233) Answer to the The Shirelles - Soldier Boy "Greenberg wasn't above trying to cash in on a big hit, either. After the Shirelles topped the charts with "Soldier Boy" (Scepter 1228) in the spring of 1962, Scepter tried a single by the Soldier Boys ("I'm Your Soldier Boy," Scepter 1230), and a related single by Valli ("Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy)", Scepter 1233), but the public wasn't having any ersatz Shirelles. They wanted the real thing".1 Vietnam War: Soul, Gospel, & Funk SongsSources1Both Sides Now Publications↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
The song Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy) (Valli) (Scepter Records # 1233) Answer to the The Shirelles - Soldier Boy "Greenberg wasn't above trying to cash in on a big hit, either. After the Shirelles topped the charts with "Soldier Boy" (Scepter 1228) in the spring of 1962, Scepter tried a single by the Soldier Boys ("I'm Your Soldier Boy," Scepter 1230), and a related single by Valli ("Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy)", Scepter 1233), but the public wasn't having any ersatz Shirelles. They wanted the real thing".1Sources1Both Sides Now Publications↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Scepter Records 1233 A, red label; "Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy)" (Luther Dixon, Florence Green, Kay Rogers, Bob Elgin), 2:59, Ludix Publ. (BMI); "Scepter Music Inc., New York, N.Y." [From the record sleeve and labels]