Candy Sweet

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"Candy Sweet"
Single by Pat Boone
B-side "Delia Gone"
ReleasedJuly 18, 1960
Recorded1960
Genre Pop
Length2:05
Label Dot
Composer(s) Winfield Scott
Pat Boone singles chronology
"Spring Rain"
(1960)
"Candy Sweet"
(1960)
"Dear John"
(1960)

"Candy Sweet" is a song by Pat Boone that reached number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. [1]

Contents

Track listing

7" single (Dot 45-16122, 1960) [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Candy Sweet" Winfield Scott 2:05
2."Delia Gone" Caperton Henley 3:05

Charts

Chart (1960)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [1] 72

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pat Boone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. "Pat Boone - Candy Sweet". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2023-01-04.