"I Promise to Remember" is a song written by

Jimmy Castor James Walter Castor (January 23, 1940 – January 16, 2012) was an American funk, R&B, and soul musician. He is credited with vocals, saxophone and composition. He is best known for songs such as "It's Just Begun", " The Bertha Butt Boogie", an ...

and Jimmy Smith and performed by

Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers The Teenagers are an American music group, most noted for being one of rock music's earliest successes, presented to international audiences by DJ Alan Freed. The group, which made its most popular recordings with young Frankie Lymon as lead s ...

featuring Jimmy Wright and His Orchestra. It reached #10 on the US R&B chart and #57 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart in 1956. The song was featured on their 1956 album, ''

The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon ''The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon'' is the only album by The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon and was released in 1956. The album featured five singles with all singles charting on at least one chart and one single's B-side, " Who Can Ex ...

''. The single's B-side, " Who Can Explain?", reached #7 on the US R&B chart.

Other versions

The Jimmy Castor Bunch James Walter Castor (January 23, 1940 – January 16, 2012) was an American funk, R&B, and soul musician. He is credited with vocals, saxophone and composition. He is best known for songs such as "It's Just Begun", "The Bertha Butt Boogie", an ...

released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1972 single "

Troglodyte (Cave Man) "Troglodyte (Cave Man)", originally released as "Troglodite", is a 1972 novelty funk song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. In the US, it peaked at No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''Billboard'' ranked it ...

". It was featured on their album, ''

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''.

References

1956 songs 1956 singles The Teenagers songs Gee Records singles {{1950s-single-stub