My Dad
| "My Dad" | ||||
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| Single by Paul Petersen | ||||
| from the album My Dad | ||||
| B-side | "Little Boy Sad" | |||
| Released | October 1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:20 | |||
| Label | Colpix | |||
| Songwriters | Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | |||
| Producer | Stu Phillips | |||
| Paul Petersen singles chronology | ||||
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"My Dad" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and performed by Paul Petersen. It reached #2 on the adult contemporary chart, #6 on the U.S. pop chart, and #19 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1963.[1] It was featured on his 1963 album, My Dad.[2] In Canada the song reached #5 in December 1962.[3] On the New Zealand lever hit parade chart it reached #7[4]
The song was arranged by Jimmie Haskell and Stu Phillips and produced by Phillips.
Other versions
[edit]- Davy Jones released a version of the song on his 1965 album David Jones.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Paul Petersen, "My Dad" Chart Positions". Musicvf.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Paul Petersen, My Dad". Discogs.com. 1963. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - December 24, 1962".
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210208152548/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1963&qmonth=Feb&qweek=07-Feb-1963#n_view_location
- ↑ "Davy Jones, David Jones". Discogs.com. 1965. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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