I'll Never Be Free

• Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald released a version of the song which reached No. 7 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1950. • Annie Laurie and Paul Gayten and His Orchestra released a version of the song which reached No. 4 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1950. • Dinah Washington released a version of the song which reached No. 3 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1950. • Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra released a version of the song which reached No. 8 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1951. • LaVern Baker and Jimmy Ricks released a version of the song which reached No. 103 on the U.S. pop chart in 1961. • Starr re-released a version of the song as a solo sing which reached No. 94 on the U.S. pop chart in 1961. • Johnny and Jonie Mosby released a version of the song as a single in 1969 which No. 26 on the U.S. country chart. • Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius released a version of the song as a single in 1978 which reached No. 11 on the U.S. country chart. ==Other versions==

• The Skylarks released a version of the song as a single in 1950, but it did not chart. • Janis Martin released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1957 single "Love and Kisses". • Johnnie Ray released a version of the song on his 1957 EP The Big Beat. • Lillie Bryant released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1959 single "Smoky Gray Eyes (Stroll Smoky)". • Chris Connor released a version of the song on her 1959 EP Pop Goes Chris in Witchcraft. • Joanie Sommers released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1960 single "One Boy". • Roy Hamilton released a version of the song as a single in 1961, but it did not chart. • Jimmy Norman released a version of the song as a single in 1961, but it did not chart. • Kelly Gordon released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1963 single "A Phonograph Record". • Pat Boone and Shirley Boone released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1964 single "Side by Side". • Mel Carter released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1964 single "The Richest Man Alive". • Bill Pursell released a version of the song as a single in 1964, but it did not chart. • Van Morrison released a duet version of the song (with daughter Shana Morrison) in 1995 as part of the Days Like This album. ==References==