It's Almost Tomorrow

"It's Almost Tomorrow"
Single by The Dream Weavers
B-side"You've Got Me Wondering"
Released1955
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:48
LabelDecca (US)
Brunswick (UK)
Songwriter(s)Lyrics: Wade Buff
Music: Gene Adkinson

"It's Almost Tomorrow" is a 1955 popular song with music by Gene Adkinson and lyrics by Wade Buff.[1] The song was actually written in 1953, when Adkinson and Buff were in high school. Hit versions were released in 1955 by The Dream Weavers, Jo Stafford, David Carroll, and Snooky Lanson.

The song reached No. 6 on the Cash Box Top 50, in a tandem ranking of The Dream Weavers, Jo Stafford, David Carroll, Snooky Lanson, and Lawrence Welk's versions, with The Dream Weavers and Jo Stafford's versions marked as bestsellers,[2] while reaching No. 4 on Cash Box's chart of "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", in the same tandem ranking.[3] The song also reached No. 4 on Billboard's Honor Roll of Hits, with The Dream Weavers and Jo Stafford's versions listed as best sellers.[4]

The song was ranked No. 36 on Billboard's ranking of "1956's Top Tunes", based on the Honor Roll of Hits.[5]

  1. ^ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 23–4. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ "The Nation's Top 50", Cash Box, January 21, 1956. p. 28. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", Cash Box, January 28, 1956. p. 4. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Honor Roll of Hits", Billboard, January 21, 1956. p. 28. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "1956's Top Tunes", Billboard, December 29, 1956. p. 32. Retrieved April 29, 2018.