"It's Almost Tomorrow" is a 1955 popular song with music by

Gene Adkinson The Dream Weavers was an American popular music, vocal group, famous in the 1950s, formed at the University of Florida by Gene Adkinson (baritone and ukulele) and Wade Buff (lead vocals). Career The Dream Weavers consisted primarily of Gene Adkin ...

and lyrics by

Wade Buff The Dream Weavers was an American popular music, vocal group, famous in the 1950s, formed at the University of Florida by Gene Adkinson (baritone and ukulele) and Wade Buff (lead vocals). Career The Dream Weavers consisted primarily of Gene Adkin ...

. The song was actually written in 1953, when Adkinson and Buff were in high school. Hit versions were released in 1955 by

The Dream Weavers The Dream Weavers was an American popular music, vocal group, famous in the 1950s, formed at the University of Florida by Gene Adkinson ( baritone and ukulele) and Wade Buff (lead vocals). Career The Dream Weavers consisted primarily of Gene Adki ...

, Jo Stafford, David Carroll, and Snooky Lanson. The song reached No. 6 on the ''

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'' Top 50, in a tandem ranking of The Dream Weavers, Jo Stafford, David Carroll, Snooky Lanson, and Lawrence Welk's versions, with The Dream Weavers and Jo Stafford's versions marked as bestsellers, while reaching No. 4 on ''Cash Box''s chart of "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", in the same tandem ranking. The song also reached No. 4 on ''

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''s Honor Roll of Hits, with The Dream Weavers and Jo Stafford's versions listed as best sellers. The song was ranked No. 36 on ''Billboard''s ranking of "1956's Top Tunes", based on the Honor Roll of Hits.

The Dream Weavers version

The Dream Weavers, a singing group including writers Adkinson and Buff, recorded the most successful version of the song for

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(catalog number 29683). Their version first charted in ''Billboard'' on November 12, 1955, and reached No. 7 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes, No. 8 on ''Billboard''s Top 100, No. 8 on ''Billboard''s chart of Best Sellers in Stores, No. 10 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played by Jockeys,Most Played by Jockeys
, ''

'', December 10, 1955. p. 38. Retrieved April 8, 2018. and No. 9 on ''Cash Box''s chart of "The Ten Records Disk Jockeys Played Most This Week". The Dream Weavers' version also reached No. 1 on the UK's ''

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'' chart.

Jo Stafford version

Jo Stafford also released a hit version of the song in 1955 (

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catalog number 40595). Stafford's version reached No. 14 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes, No. 19 on ''Billboard''s Top 100, No. 25 on ''Billboard''s chart of Best Sellers in Stores, and No. 20 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played by Jockeys.

Other versions

Snooky Lanson released a version of the song in 1955, which reached No. 20 on ''Billboard''s Top 100,The Top 100
, ''

'', December 17, 1955. p. 58. Retrieved April 8, 2018. No. 20 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes, and No. 20 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played by Jockeys. David Carroll released a version of the song in 1955, with vocals by the

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Singers. Whitburn, Joel (1987) ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 57. Carroll's version reached No. 20 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played by Jockeys, and No. 34 on ''Billboard''s Top 100. In the UK, the song was

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by Mark Wynter in November 1963. It was released by Pye Records as catalogue number 7N15577. His cover version peaked at No. 12 on the UK's ''

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'' chart. Ronnie Dove recorded the song for his '' One Kiss for Old Times' Sake'' album for Diamond Records in 1965.

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released a version in 1965, which reached No. 93 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and No. 29 on ''Billboard''s Easy Listening chart.Top 40 Easy Listening
, ''

'', June 5, 1965. p. 4. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

References

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The Dream Weavers version

Jo Stafford version

Other versions

See also

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