"I'll Never Be Free" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss and performed by Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford. It reached #2 on the U.S. country chart and #3 on the U.S. pop chart in 1950.^[1]

• Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald released a version of the song which reached #7 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1950.^[2]
• Annie Laurie and Paul Gayten and His Orchestra released a version of the song which reached #4 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1950.^[3]
• Dinah Washington released a version of the song which reached #3 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1950.^[4]
• Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra released a version of the song which reached #8 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1951.^[5]
• LaVern Baker and Jimmy Ricks released a version of the song which reached #103 on the U.S. pop chart in 1961.^[6]
• Starr re-released a version of the song as a solo sing which reached #94 on the U.S. pop chart in 1961.^[7]
• Johnny and Jonie Mosby released a version of the song as a single in 1969 which #26 on the U.S. country chart.^[8]
• Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius released a version of the song as a single in 1978 which reached #11 on the U.S. country chart.^[9]

• The Skylarks released a version of the song as a single in 1950, but it did not chart.^[10]
• Janis Martin released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1957 single "Love and Kisses".^[11]
• Johnnie Ray released a version of the song on his 1957 EP The Big Beat.^[12]
• Lillie Bryant released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1959 single "Smoky Gray Eyes (Stroll Smoky)".^[13]
• Chris Connor released a version of the song on her 1959 EP Pop Goes Chris in Witchcraft.^[14]
• Joanie Sommers released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1960 single "One Boy".^[15]
• Roy Hamilton released a version of the song as a single in 1961, but it did not chart.^[16]
• Jimmy Norman released a version of the song as a single in 1961, but it did not chart.^[17]
• Kelly Gordon released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1963 single "A Phonograph Record".^[18]
• Pat Boone and Shirley Boone released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1964 single "Side by Side".^[19]
• Mel Carter released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1964 single "The Richest Man Alive".^[20]
• Bill Pursell released a version of the song as a single in 1964, but it did not chart.^[21]
• Van Morrison released a duet version of the song (with daughter Shana Morrison) in 1995 as part of the Days Like This album.