A Thousand Miles Away
| "A Thousand Miles Away" | |
|---|---|
| Single by The Heartbeats | |
| B-side | "Oh Baby Don't" |
| Released | 1957 (US) |
| Genre | Doo-wop |
| Length | 2:22 |
| Label | Roulette Records |
| Songwriter(s) | James Sheppard and William H. Miller |
"A Thousand Miles Away" is a 1956 song recorded by the American doo-wop group The Heartbeats. The song was written by James Sheppard and William H. Miller. The sequel, "Daddy's Home," also written by Sheppard and performed by his group Shep and the Limelites, was released in 1961. It did even better on the charts, reaching #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100.