You're So Fine (The Falcons song) explained

You're So Fine
Type:	single
Artist:	The Falcons
B-Side:	Goddess of Angels
Released:	1959
Recorded:	1959
Genre:	R&B
Length:	2:30
Label:	Unart
Next Title:	You're Mine
Next Year:	1959

"You're So Fine" is the title of a popular song performed by The Falcons.

Background

The song was released as a single in 1959 and reached number seventeen on the US Billboard chart.^[1]

Chart history

Chart (1959)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	17
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Sides^[2]	2

Covers

• Johnny Burnette's 1961 album Johnny Burnett featured the song.
• The song was recorded by Boz Scaggs for his 1965 album Boz.
• Wilson Pickett, who joined The Falcons a year after they recorded the song, used it as the B-side to his single version of "Land of a 1000 Dances", recorded in May 1966. His version was backed by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.^[3]
• Ike and Tina Turner included the song on the 1966 album River Deep - Mountain High, although the song was likely recorded prior to that year.
• A live version of the song was included as a bonus track on a rerelease of Grinderswitch's 1974 album Honest To Goodness.
• Tony Orlando used the song on his 1978 album Tony Orlando.
• Rita Coolidge covered the song on her 1978 album Love Me Again.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bill Dahl . The Falcons | Biography & History . . 2016-08-29.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 196.

3. Pickett, Wilson, The Exciting Wilson Pickett, Atlantic #8129, released 1966. Notes from Atlantic CD released 1993