I'll Always Love My Mama

"I'll Always Love My Mama"
Single by The Intruders
from the album Save the Children
Released	1973
Genre	R&B, soul
Writer(s)	Gamble & Huff McFadden & Whitehead (co-writers)
The Intruders singles chronology
"(Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner" (1972) "I'll Always Love My Mama (Part 1)" (1973) "I Wanna Know Your Name" (1973)

"I'll Always Love My Mama" is a 1973 single by the Philly soul group The Intruders. Released from their album Save the Children, it is a song commonly played on Mother's Day.^[1]

Written by Gamble & Huff and co-written by McFadden & Whitehead, the song reached #36 on the pop chart and #6 on the R&B charts in the summer of 1973. It was recorded as a long LP track, which was broken down into Parts 1 and 2 for the single release. The song was inspired by Kenny Gamble's mother, Ruby, who died in 2012. It was used during the credits of The Simpsons episode "Moe Letter Blues".^[2]

References

1. The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, p. 464
2. Morrison, John F. (March 16, 2012). "Ruby Gamble, an inspiration behind her famous son, dies at 96". Philly.com. Retrieved May 13, 2013.