Wish You Were Here, Buddy (album)

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Wish You Were Here, Buddy
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Studio album by
Released1966
Genre Pop
Label Dot
Producer Randy Wood, Nick Venet
Pat Boone chronology
Memories
(1965)
Wish You Were Here, Buddy
(1966)
Christmas Is A Comin'
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Billboard "Spotlight" pick [2]

Wish You Were Here, Buddy is a studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1966 on Dot Records. [1] [3]

Billboard picked the album for its "Spotlight" section. [2]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wish You Were Here, Buddy" Pat Boone  
2."You Win Again" Hank Williams  
3."Five Miles from Home" Mickey Newberry  
4."Me" Pat Boone  
5."Don't Let the Blues Make You Bad" Billy Mize  
6."A Million and One" Yvonne Devaney  
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Someone Before Me" Bob Hicks  
2."Just a Little Bit of Rain" Fred Neil  
3."Lyin' Woman" Jimmie Rodgers  
4."You Ain't No Better than Me" 
5."You Don't Need Me Anymore" 

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References

  1. 1 2 Arthur Rowe. Pat Boone - Wish You Were Here, Buddy. AllMusic . Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  2. 1 2 Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 10 December 1966.
  3. "Pat Boone – Wish You Were Here Buddy". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-12-31.