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Dear One (Larry Finnegan song)

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B-side
  
"Candy Lips"

Genre
  
Pop

Label
  
Old Town 1113

Released
  
December 1961

Length
  
2:58

Writer(s)
  
Larry Finnegan, Vincent Finneran

"Dear One" is a song written by Larry Finnegan and Vincent Finneran and performed by Finnegan. It reached #1 in Australia and #11 in the United States in 1962.

The song was produced by Old Town Records owner Hy Weiss.

The song ranked #17 on Australia's Top 25 songs of 1962 and #79 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 songs of 1962.

Finnegan released a follow-up record to the song, "Dear One, Part Two", as a single in April 1964, but it did not chart.

Other versions

  • Darrell McCall released a version of the song as a single in 1962.
  • Rex Gildo released a version of the song as a single in Germany in 1965 entitled "Leider, Leider".
  • Rauli Badding Somerjoki released a version of the song as a single in Finland in 1982 entitled "Rakas Lurjus".

    • References

    Dear One (Larry Finnegan song) Wikipedia
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