| "I'm So Young" | ||||
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| Single by the Students | ||||
| B-side | "Every Day of the Week” | |||
| Released | May 1958 | |||
| Genre | Doo-wop | |||
| Length | 2:31 | |||
| Label | Checker | |||
| Songwriter(s) | William H. "Prez" Tyus, Jr. | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Coe | |||
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"I'm So Young" is a song written by William H. "Prez" Tyus, Jr., of Cincinnati, Ohio. First recorded by the Students, the song has received cover versions by Rosie and the Originals, the Del-Vikings, Benjy Ferree, the Beach Boys, Naomi Wilson, and, as "So Young," by the Ronettes, Antony and the Johnsons, and the Devil Dogs.
While still in high school, Tyus wrote the songs "I'm So Young" and "Every Day of the Week" and gave them to a local African-American vocal group called the D'Italians. Once a recording contract with Checker Records was secured, the group changed its name to the Students, and it was under this name that Tyus's two doo-wop songs were recorded.[1] On May 29, 1961, the Students original of "I'm So Young" on Argo Records, reached No. 26 on the US Billboard R&B chart.[2]
- ^ The Students - Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic
- ^ "*STUDENTS (2) - doo-wop". Doo-wop.blogg.org. Retrieved December 23, 2019.