Artist: Shirelles
Author: Gerry Goffin/Carole King
Label: Scepter
Year: 1960
With author Carole King on piano, who wrote it for Johnny Mathis. As Columbia A&R-man Mitch Miller declined it, the song went to the smaller Scepter label. At first The Shirelles declined it too. They thought it sounded too white for a girl group. Still it became their first n°1 US, triggering the re-release of their earlier single Dedicated To The One I Love (see there). In fact The Shirelles became the first girl group with a n°1 US, Will You Love Me Tomorrow the first n°1 US for writing duo Goffin/King.
Covers:
John E. Holiday [answer song: Yes, I Will Love You Tomorrow]
Four Seasons [as Will You Still Love Me]
Carole King [author on Tapestry, with James Taylor and Joni Mitchell]
Roberta Flack [as Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow]
Dave Mason [as Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow]
Dionne Warwick [backing vocals by The Shirelles as Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow]
Bee Gees [on Carole King tribute Tapestry Revisited]
Amy Winehouse [in film Bridget Jones - The Edge Of Reason as Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow]
The ultimate pop song, if you look at all these covers.
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Arnold Rypens
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