I'm So Thankful

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"I'm So Thankful"
I'm So Thankful - Ikettes 1965.jpg
Single by The Ikettes
from the album Soul The Hits
B-side "Don't Feel Sorry For Me"
ReleasedAugust 1965
Genre Soul, Pop
Length2:40
Label Modern Records
Songwriter(s) Marc Gordon, Frank Wilson
The Ikettes singles chronology
"(He's Gonna Be) Fine, Fine, Fine"
(1965)		"I'm So Thankful"
(1965)		"(Never More) Lonely For You"
(1966)

"I'm So Thankful" is a song written by Marc Gordon and Frank Wilson, and released by The Ikettes on Modern Records in 1965. [1] It was the fourth single from The Ikettes' debut album Soul The Hits, and became their second R&B hit of the year following "Peaches 'N' Cream."

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Critical reception

The record was chosen as Cash Box's (August 7, 1965) Pick of the Week:

The Iketters are a cinch to create a tremendous sales-stir with this in both the pop and r&b markets. The top lid here, "I'm So Thankful" a slow-shufflin' romantic ode about a love-sick gal who is on cloud nine since she met the fella of her dreams. Undercut, "Don’t Feel Sorry Me," is a hard-driving blues twister about a jilted lass who claims happy that her romance went kaput. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1965)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 74
US Billboard R&B Singles [3] 12
US Cash Box Top 100 [4] 70
US Cash Box Top 50 R&B [5] 16
US Record World 100 Top Pops [6] 60
US Record World Top 40 R&B [6] 7

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References

  1. ↑ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard: 16. August 14, 1965.
  2. ↑ "Record Reviews: Pick of the Week" (PDF). Cash Box: 16. August 7, 1965.
  3. 1 2 "Hot 100 / Top Selling Rhythm & Blues Singles" (PDF). Billboard: 30, 58. November 13, 1965.
  4. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100" (PDF). Cash Box: 4. November 6, 1965.
  5. ↑ "Top 50 In R&B Locations" (PDF). Cash Box: 36. October 23, 1965.
  6. 1 2 "100 Top Pops/Top 40 R&B" (PDF). Record World: 19, 23. November 6, 1965.
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