Two Different Worlds (1956 song)

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"Two Different Worlds"
Single by Don Rondo
B-side "He Made You Mine"
ReleasedSeptember 1956
Recorded1956
Genre Traditional pop
Length2:47
Label Jubilee
Songwriter(s) Al Frisch, Sid Wayne
Don Rondo singles chronology
"Evening Star"
(1956)
"Two Different Worlds"
(1956)
"Don't"
(1957)

"Two Different Worlds" is a popular song with music by Al Frisch and the lyrics by Sid Wayne, published in 1956. [1]

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