B-side ”Everyday of the Week” | Recorded 1958 Length 2:31 | |
Label Checker Records #902, Note Records, #10012 | ||
"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, and, as "So Young," by the Ronettes, Antony and the Johnsons, and the Devil Dogs.
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While still in high school, Tyus wrote the songs "I'm So Young" and "Everyday 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.
The Beach Boys version
The Beach Boys recorded the song for their 1965 album The Beach Boys Today!. Its backing track was recorded on January 18, 1965 with vocal overdubs following one day later. An earlier version, recorded on September 9, 1964, was released as a bonus track in a 1990 CD reissue of the album.
Personnel
Sourced from Musician's Union AFM contract sheets and surviving session audio, documented by Craig Slowinski.