You're So Fine (The Falcons song)

"You're So Fine"
"You're So Fine"
Single by The Falcons
B-side	"Goddess of Angels"
Released	1959
Recorded	1959
Genre	R&B
Length	2:30
Label	Unart
Songwriter(s)	Lance Finney, Willie Schofield, Bob West
The Falcons singles chronology

"You're So Fine" is the title of a popular song performed by The Falcons.[1]

Background

The song was released as a single in 1959 and reached number seventeen on the US Billboard chart.[2]

Chart (1959)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	17
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Sides[3]	2

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.[4]
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.

Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 51 - The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. [Part 7] : UNT Digital Library" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
Bill Dahl. "The Falcons | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 196.
Pickett, Wilson, The Exciting Wilson Pickett, Atlantic #8129, released 1966. Notes from Atlantic CD released 1993

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