I'm So Thankful

{{short description|1965 song by The Ikettes}}

{{Infobox song

| cover = I'm So Thankful - Ikettes 1965.jpg

| type = Single

| artist = The Ikettes

| album = Soul The Hits

| B-side = Don't Feel Sorry For Me

| released = August 1965

| genre = Soul, Pop

| length = 2:40

| label = Modern Records

| writer = Marc Gordon, Frank Wilson

| prev_title = (He's Gonna Be) Fine, Fine, Fine

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = (Never More) Lonely For You

| next_year = 1966

}}

"I'm So Thankful" is a song written by Marc Gordon and Frank Wilson, and released by The Ikettes on Modern Records in 1965.{{Cite magazine|date=August 14, 1965|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-08-14.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=16}} It was the fourth single from The Ikettes' debut album Soul The Hits, and became their second R&B hit of the year following "Peaches 'N' Cream."

Critical reception

The record was chosen as Cash Box's (August 7, 1965) Pick of the Week:

The Iketters are a cinch to create a tremendous sales-stir with this in both the pop and r&b markets. The top lid here, "I'm So Thankful" a slow-shufflin' romantic ode about a love-sick gal who is on cloud nine since she met the fella of her dreams. Undercut, "Don’t Feel Sorry Me," is a hard-driving blues twister about a jilted lass who claims happy that her romance went kaput.{{Cite journal|date=August 7, 1965|title=Record Reviews: Pick of the Week|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-08-07.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=16}}

Chart performance

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!Chart (1965)

!Peak
position

US Billboard Hot 100{{Cite magazine|date=November 13, 1965|title=Hot 100 / Top Selling Rhythm & Blues Singles|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-11-13.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=30, 58}}

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US Billboard R&B Singles

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US Cash Box Top 100{{Cite journal|date=November 6, 1965|title=Cash Box Top 100|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-11-06.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=4}}

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US Cash Box Top 50 R&B{{Cite journal|date=October 23, 1965|title=Top 50 In R&B Locations|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-10-23.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=36}}

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US Record World 100 Top Pops{{Cite journal|date=November 6, 1965|title=100 Top Pops/Top 40 R&B|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/60s/65/RW-1965-11-06.pdf|journal=Record World|pages=19, 23}}

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US Record World Top 40 R&B

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References