In 1971, Carole King, who composed the music of the song, recorded a version of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" for her second studio album Tapestry, with Joni Mitchell and James Taylor performing background vocals on separate audio channels.
The Satintones' versions are included in the box set The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 1: 1959–1961.Ĭarole King version Background Eventually, it was withdrawn and replaced with a different song. Following a threat of litigation, later pressings of the record included proper credit. The Satintones, an early Motown group, also recorded an answer song called "Tomorrow and Always," which used the same melody as the original but initially neglected to credit King and Goffin. 3 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. 126 among Rolling Stone 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This version of the song, with session musicians Paul Griffin on piano and Gary Chester on drums, as of 2009 was ranked as the 162nd greatest song of all time, as well as the best song of 1960, by Acclaimed Music. 1 in the United States, the song also reached No. However, Owens recalled on Jim Parsons's syndicated oldies radio program, Shake Rattle Showtime, that some radio stations had banned the record because they had felt the lyrics were too sexually charged. She relented after a string arrangement was added.
When first presented with the song, lead singer Shirley Owens (later known as Shirley Alston-Reeves) did not want to record it, because she thought it was "too country". The single's first pressing was labeled simply "Tomorrow", then lengthened later. In 1960, the American girl group the Shirelles released the first version of the song as Scepter single 1211, with " Boys" on the B-side. It has since been recorded by many other artists including a 1971 version by co-writer Carole King. The song was the first by a black all- girl group to reach number one in the United States. It was recorded in 1960 by the Shirelles at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. " Will You Love Me Tomorrow", sometimes known as " Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", is a song with words by Gerry Goffin and music composed by Carole King.
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