I Will (Dick Glasser song)

"I Will"
Single by Vic Dana
B-side "Proud"
Released 1962
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Traditional Pop
Length 2:29
Label Dolton
Writer(s) Dick Glasser
"I Will"
Single by Dean Martin
from the album Houston
B-side "You're the Reason I'm In Love"
Released 1965
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Traditional Pop
Length 2:20
Label Reprise
Writer(s) Dick Glasser
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen

"I Will" (released b/w "I Catch Myself Crying", Liberty 55707) is a song written by Dick Glasser, which he released in June 1964 under the pseudonym Dick Lory.[1]

The song was first a hit for Vic Dana in 1962, whose version spent 9 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 47,[2] while reaching No. 12 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.[3][4]

Billy Fury released a version in 1964, which spent 12 weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, reaching No. 14.[5]

In 1965, Dean Martin released a version, which spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 10,[6] while reaching No. 3 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[7][8] No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[9] and No. 11 on Canada's "R.P.M. Play Sheet".[10]

Ruby Winters released a version in 1977, which spent 13 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 4.[11]

Christy Moore recorded it on his 2009 album "Listen". Brazilian rock singer Raul Seixas has a Portuguese version on his 1968 debut album Raulzito e os Panteras.

References

  1. Dick Lory - I Will, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  2. Vic Dana - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  3. Vic Dana - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  4. "Billboard Music Week Easy Listening", Billboard, May 5, 1962. p. 32. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  5. Billy Fury - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  6. Dean Martin - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  7. Dean Martin - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  8. "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard, December 12, 1965. p. 20. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  9. CHUM Hit Parade - Week of December 20, 1965 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2006). Chart No. 458. CHUM. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  10. "R.P.M. Play Sheet", RPM, Volume 4, No. 17, December 20, 1965. Accessed August 15, 2016.
  11. Ruby Winters - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed August 15, 2016.
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