Four by Pat

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Four by Pat
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Released1957 (1957)
Label Dot
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Four by Pat is an EP by Pat Boone, released in 1957 on Dot Records. [1]

Contents

It contained four songs: "Technique", "Cathedral in the Pines", "Louella", and "Without My Love". [1]

In October–November 1957, the EP spent several weeks at number 2 of the Billboard 's Best Selling Pop EP's chart [A] , only prevented from topping the chart by Elvis Presley's Loving You. [2] [ better source needed ]

It also charted on Billboard's Best Played by Jockeys chart [3] and in September, before the addition of a separate EPs chart, it had charted at least as high as number 12 on the combined Best Selling Pop Albums chart. [4] [ better source needed ]

Track listing

7-inch EP (Dot DEP-1057, 1957) [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Technique"2:27
2."Cathedral in the Pines"2:11
3."Louella"1:39
4."Without My Love"2:21

Charts

Chart (1957)Peak
position
Billboard Best Selling EP's [2] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1958)Peak
position
Billboard Best Selling EP's [5] 15

Notes

1. ^[A] Published from October 7, 1957 [6]

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