"Soldier Boy" is a beautiful song written by Luther Dixon and Florence Greenberg and made famous by the girl group The Shirelles.
It’s a very sentimental song about love and departure (going off to the army)

The Shirelles were an american vocal group popular in the late 1950s and early 60s, one of the first and most successful so-called “girl groups”
Both Lennon and McCartney had a big admiration for The Shirelles. They covered two of their tunes on their debut album "Please Please Me" : "Boys" and "Baby It’s You".
Also McCartney stated that "PS I Love You" was modeled after The Shirelles' "Soldier Boy" as a love letter being read out loud.

In this version I did some changes in the lyrics altering the gender pronouns (as Ringo did on "Boys") and also transported the song to G major to fit my vocal range (original is in Bb Major)
But I tried to keep the feel and instrumentation as close as posible to the original 1962 recording.
Hope you enjoy it!

Song: Soldier Boy
Artist: The Shirelles
Composer: Luther Dixon / Florence Greenberg
Released: 1962

Gear used:

AKG C414 XLS
Neumann TLM 102
Focusrite ISA One
UA Apollo Twin MKII
Presonus Eris E5 XT
Shure E2c In-Ear Monitor
Audio Technica ATH-M50

Software:

Logic Pro X
Final Cut Pro
UAD Plug-In Suite
Software Instrument for the Drums, Sax, Piano and Hammond parts