I'll Never Be Free

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"I'll Never Be Free"
Single by Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford
A-side "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own"
Released July 1950
Genre Country
Length2:38
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s) Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss
Kay Starr singles chronology
"Bonaparte's Retreat"
(1950)
"I'll Never Be Free"
(1950)
"Mama Goes Where Papa Goes (Or Papa Don't Go Out Tonight)"
(1950)
Tennessee Ernie Ford singles chronology
"The Cry of the Wild Goose"
(1950)
"I'll Never Be Free"
(1950)
"Cincinnati Dancing Pig"
(1950)

"I'll Never Be Free" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss and performed by Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford. It reached #2 on the U.S. country chart and #3 on the U.S. pop chart in 1950. [1]

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