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| "I Wonder Why" | ||||
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| Single by Dion and the Belmonts | ||||
| from the album Presenting Dion and the Belmonts | ||||
| A-side | "I Wonder Why" | |||
| B-side | "Teen Angel" | |||
| Released | May 5, 1958 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:20 | |||
| Label | Laurie | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Melvin Anderson, Ricardo Weeks | |||
| Dion and the Belmonts singles chronology | ||||
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