I'll Always Love You (The Spinners song)

"I'll Always Love You" is a song co-written by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter and produced by Stevenson and Hunter as a single for The Spinners on the Motown Records label. The single became the Detroit-reared group's first charting single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 (and their third charting hit over all). The song was a top 40 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, on which it peaked at number 35.[1] On the Billboard R&B singles chart, "I'll Always Love You" peaked at number 8.[2][3] The song featured lead vocals by the group's main lead singer, Bobby Smith.

"I'll Always Love You"
Single by The Spinners
from the album The Original Spinners
B-side"Tomorrow May Never Come"
ReleasedJune 4, 1965
Recorded1965; Hitsville USA (Studio A)
(Detroit, Michigan)
GenreSoul, R&B, Pop
Length2:42
LabelMotown Records
M 1078
Songwriter(s)

    William "Mickey" Stevenson

    Producer(s)
    The Spinners singles chronology
    "Sweet Thing"
    (1964)    		 "I'll Always Love You"
    (1965)    		 "Truly Yours"
    (1966)

    Credits

    Charts
    Chart (1965) Peak
    position
    US Billboard Hot 100 35
    US Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles (Billboard) 8

    References
    1. Carolina Beach Music
    2. The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 5: 1965 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
    3. "US Charts > The Spinners". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-18.


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