| "Soldier Boy" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Shirelles | ||||
| from the album Baby It's You | ||||
| B-side | "Love Is a Swingin' Thing" | |||
| Released | March 1962 | |||
| Recorded | Bell Sound (New York City) | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | Scepter (Florence Greenberg-Owner) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Luther Dixon, Florence Greenberg | |||
| Producer(s) | Luther Dixon | |||
| The Shirelles singles chronology | ||||
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"Soldier Boy" is a song written by Luther Dixon and Florence Greenberg and made famous by the girl group the Shirelles. Released as a single in 1962, it met with great success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks.[1] Billboard ranked it as the No. 10 song for 1962.[2]