The timeless Bobby Darin wrote and recorded "I'll Be There" as the B side to "Bill Bailey" in 1960. It barely broke into the top one hundred.

Liverpool group Gerry (Marsden) and the Pacemakers (Gerry's brother Fred Marsden, Les Chadwick and Les Maguire) recorded "I'll Be There" in 1964. The single cracked the American top fifteen and topped the Canadian charts in March of 1965. This 2008 re-mastered version features the seldom heard strings.