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Released on MCA Soundtracks, also Ya Ya (Lee Dorsey), Teen Angel (Mark Dinning) and The Lost World: Main Theme, The Lost World (John Williams)
Written by Luther Dixon, also Boys (The Beatles), Baby It’s You (Carpenters) and Blue Holiday (Aretha Franklin)
Written by Bob Elgin, also Come Tomorrow (Manfred Mann), Avec une poignée de terre (Johnny Hallyday) and As Long as I Have You (Roger Daltrey)
Written by Kay Rogers, also Avec une poignée de terre (Johnny Hallyday), Runnin’ Out of Fools (Aretha Franklin) and Chained to a Memory (Dusty Springfield)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Luther Dixon wrote 26 songs on fono
Luther Dixon’s most frequent co-writer is Willie Denson (3 songs together)
Luther Dixon first appears on fono in 1957, 32 years before this song
Bob Elgin first appears on fono in 1961, 28 years before this song
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Bob Elgin, Florence Greenberg, Kay Rogers and Luther Dixon
- Performed by
- The Shirelles
- Released on
- MCA Soundtracks
- Written by
- Bob Elgin, Florence Greenberg, Kay Rogers and Luther Dixon
- Performed by
- The Shirelles
- Released on
- MCA Soundtracks
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Luther Dixon
Same writer: Bob Elgin
Same writer: Kay Rogers
Same label: MCA Soundtracks
Same writer: Luther Dixon
Same writer: Kay Rogers
Same label: MCA Soundtracks
Same writer: Luther Dixon
Elsewhere
Sources (8)
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1MusicBrainz Soldier Boy was performed by The Shirelles
Soldier Boy was performed by The Shirelles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Soldier Boy was written by Bob Elgin
3MusicBrainz Soldier Boy was written by Florence Greenberg
Soldier Boy was written by Florence Greenberg
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Soldier Boy was written by Kay Rogers
5MusicBrainz Soldier Boy was written by Luther Dixon
6MusicBrainz Soldier Boy is part of the release Born on the Fourth of July: Motion Picture Soundtrack Album
Soldier Boy is part of the release Born on the Fourth of July: Motion Picture Soundtrack Album
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz MCA Soundtracks is the label of the song Soldier Boy
MCA Soundtracks is the label of the song Soldier Boy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Soldier Boy was released on 1989