It'll Be Me (Jerry Lee Lewis song)

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"It'll Be Me"
Single by Jerry Lee Lewis
A-side "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On"
Released April 1957 (1957-04)
Format 7" single
Genre Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length 2:44
Label Sun
Writer(s) Jack Clement
Producer(s) Sam Phillips, Jack Clement
Jerry Lee Lewis chronology
"Crazy Arms"
(December 1956)		 "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On"
(April 1957)		 "Great Balls of Fire"
(November 1957)

"It'll Be Me" is a song written by Jack Clement, first released in April 1957 by Jerry Lee Lewis, as B-side to his single "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" (Sun 267). A cover version by Cliff Richard reached no.2 on the UK singles chart in 1962.

Jerry Lee Lewis

The song was written by Clement with the intention that it be the follow-up A-side to Jerry Lee Lewis' first local hit, "Crazy Arms". According to Clement, "We were working on a song I'd written called "It'll Be Me", and I was in the control room and getting tired of it, so I went out there and said, 'Why don't we get off of this? We'll come back to it later, Jerry. Let's cut something else...'." Band member J. W. Brown suggested that Lewis play another song that had been going down well in live performances, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On". When the single was released, "It'll Be Me" was used as the B-side.[1]

Another (slower and shorter) version of the song, from a later recording session, was released in May 1958 on his first album Jerry Lee Lewis.

Cliff Richard and the Shadows

"It'll Be Me"
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds with Cliff Richard
B-side "Since I Lost You"
Released August 1962 [2]
Format 7" single
Recorded EMI's Abbey Road
Genre Rock and roll
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Jack Clement
Producer(s) Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"I'm Lookin' Out the Window/Do You Want to Dance"
(1962)		 "It'll Be Me/Since I Lost You"
(1962)		 "The Next Time/Bachelor Boy"
(1962)

Cliff Richard and the Shadows released their version as the A-side of a single in August 1962. It reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart[3] and was a top ten hit in several other countries.

Chart performance

Chart (1962) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 2
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5][6] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 8
Denmark (Tracklisten)[6][8] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[9][10] 2
Israel[11] 2
Hong Kong[12] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[14] 2
South Africa (SARMDA)[15][16][11] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 5

Other versions

Tom Jones recorded two studio versions of the song, one for his album Country, the other with Jools Holland (Tom Jones & Jools Holland album, 2004). Other versions are by Deep Purple, The Move, Johnny Cymbal, Les Carle, Bobby Vee, Johnny Winter, Paul Rishell and Janis Martin.

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.cliffrichardsongs.com/crworks6.php
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  4. ↑ "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
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  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Cliff Richard & The Shadows – It'll Be Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
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  9. ↑ The official Irish charts listed "It'll Be Me" for one week only, at number 10, in its inaugural publication, 10 October 1962. Because this is after it had peaked in the existing charts, the chart peak at number 2 in the Evening Herald (1 week, September 21) and Billboard (2 weeks), has been used instead. Note, the Billboard publication lags 3 or 4 weeks behind the Irish official chart (probably reasonable in 1962).Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Cliff Richard & The Shadows – It'll Be Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  14. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Cliff Richard & The Shadows – It'll Be Me". VG-lista.
  15. ↑ Courtesy South African Record Manufacturers' and Distributors' Assn.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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