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
Studio Gulf Coast (Beaumont, Texas)
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

It charted on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1962. [6]

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. It sold more than one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. [7]

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak
position
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) [8] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 6
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 10
US (Cash Box) [11] 4

Other versions

References

  1. ↑ "Original versions of Patches written by Barry Mann, Larry Kolber | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  2. ↑ "Dickey Lee, "Patches" Single Release" . Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Dickey Lee, The Tale of Patches". Discogs . 1962. 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. ↑ "Page One Records". Billboard. August 25, 1962. p. 1.
  7. ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp.  147–148. ISBN   0-214-20512-6.
  8. ↑ "Lever hit parades: 18-Oct-1962". Flavour of New Zealand.
  9. ↑ "Dickey Lee Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ↑ "Dickey Lee Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  11. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100" (PDF). Cash Box. September 29, 1962. p. 3.
  12. ↑ "Browning Bryant, Patches". Discogs . 1969. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Rein De Vries - Patsy". Top 40.
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