"Please, Mr. Sun" | ||||
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Single by Johnnie Ray | ||||
from the album I Cry for You | ||||
B-side | "Here I Am - Broken Hearted" | |||
Released | December 28, 1951 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:58 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ray Getzov, Sid Frank | |||
Johnnie Ray singles chronology | ||||
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"Please Mr. Sun" | ||||
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Single by Tommy Edwards | ||||
B-side | "Morning Side of the Mountain" | |||
Released | January 1959 | |||
Recorded | 1958 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 2:20 | |||
Label | MGM | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ray Getzov, Sid Frank | |||
Tommy Edwards singles chronology | ||||
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"Please, Mr. Sun" is a song written by Ray Getzov and Sid Frank and performed by Johnnie Ray featuring The Four Lads and the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra. It reached number 6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1952. [1] It was featured on his 1955 album I Cry for You .
The single ranked number 30 on Billboard's Year-End top 30 singles of 1952. [2]
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