Patches (Dickey Lee song)

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"Patches"
Single by Dickey Lee
from the album The Tale of Patches
B-side "More or Less"
Released1961
Genre Pop
Length2:54
Label Smash
Songwriter(s) Barry Mann, Larry Kolber
Producer(s) Bill Hall, Jack Clement
Dickey Lee singles chronology
"Life in a Teenage World"
(1960)		"Patches"
(1961)		"Walkin' Through a Cemetery"
(1962)

"Patches" is a song written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber [1] and performed by Dickey Lee. The song was produced by Bill Hall and Jack Clement. [2] It was featured on his 1962 album The Tale of Patches. [3] It reached No. 6 on the U.S. pop chart and No. 10 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1962. [4] The song ranked No. 74 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1962. [5]

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Background

Dickey Lee recorded "Patches" in a studio built by Jack Clement in Beaumont, Texas. Clement had come across the song written by Mann and Kolber while he was working for Chet Atkins at RCA, and he and Bill Hall produced the song for Lee. The song was initially released in the fall of 1961, however, the song was met with resistance from radio stations who refused to play the song as it dealt with teen suicide, and it failed to enter any chart for four months. Hall persisted to try to get a small radio station in Beaumont, Texas, to play the song. When it did, the song was received enthusiastically by the audience, and the song then spread to nearby radio stations in Houston, followed by other parts of the country. [6] It eventually charted on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1962. [7]

The song tells the story of teenage lovers of different social classes whose parents forbid their love. The girl drowns herself in the "dirty old river." The singer concludes: "It may not be right, but I'll join you tonight/ Patches I'm coming to you." Because of the teen suicide theme, it was banned by a number of radio stations. Nevertheless, it managed to sell over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. [8]

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak
position
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) [9] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 6
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 10
US (Cash Box) [12] 4

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References

  1. ↑ "Original versions of Patches written by Barry Mann, Larry Kolber | SecondHandSongs".
  2. ↑ "Dickey Lee, "Patches" Single Release" . Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Dickey Lee, The Tale of Patches" . Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Dickey Lee, "Patches" Chart Positions" . Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of 1962", Billboard , Section II, December 29, 1962. p. 82. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Meet Dickey Lee, One of Country's Greatest Living Songwriters". Saving Country Music. June 30, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Page One Records". Billboard. August 25, 1962. p. 1.
  8. ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp.  147–148. ISBN   0-214-20512-6.
  9. ↑ "Lever hit parades: 18-Oct-1962". Flavour of New Zealand.
  10. ↑ "Dickey Lee Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  11. ↑ "Dickey Lee Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  12. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100" (PDF). Cash Box. September 29, 1962. p. 3.
  13. ↑ "Browning Bryant, Patches" . Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Rein De Vries - Patsy". Top 40.
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