"I'll Be Home" is a 1955 song that was written by Ferdinand Washington and songwriter, Stan Lewis.
[2] Both the Flamingos and the Pat Boone versions feature a spoken recitation of the Bridge section.
The song was released on Chess' Checker Records subsidiary in January 1956, with The Flamingos version going to No.
5 on Billboard's R&B chart,[3] its sales greatly overshadowed by the Pat Boone version released the same month.
[5] Overseas, it was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart, spending five weeks at No.