The Ronettes ~ So Young

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The Ronettes ~ "I'm So Young"
Label of "I'm So Young" 45 - Checker Records
Single by The Students
B-side "”Every Day of the Week”"
Released on Note, May 1958; on Checker, August 1958
Recorded 1958
Genre Doo-wop
Length 2:31
Label Checker Records #902, Note Records, #10012
Songwriter(s) William H. "Prez" Tyus, Jr.
Producer(s) Jimmy Coe
The Students singles chronology
"I'm So Young"
(1958) "My Vow to You"
(1959)
"I'm So Young" is a song written by William H. "Prez" Tyus, Jr., of Cincinnati, Ohio. First recorded by the Students, the song has received cover versions by Rosie and the Originals, the Del-Vikings, Benjy Ferree, the Beach Boys, Naomi Wilson, and, as "So Young," by the Ronettes, Antony and the Johnsons, and the Devil Dogs.

While still in high school, Tyus wrote the songs "I'm So Young" and "Every Day of the Week" and gave them to a local African-American vocal group called the D'Italians. Once a recording contract with Checker Records was secured, the group changed its name to the Students, and it was under this name that Tyus's two doo-wop songs were recorded.
On May 29, 1961, the Students original of "I'm So Young" on Argo Records, reached No. 26 on the US Billboard R&B chart.
New York City
Note, May 1958; on Checker, August 1958
Recorded 1958
Genre Doo-wop
Length: 2:31