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"Please, Mr. Sun"
B-side "Here I Am - Broken Hearted" Released December 28, 1951 (1951-12-28 )
Genre
Pop Length 2 :58
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s) Ray Getzov, Sid Frank
"
Cry " (1951)
"Please, Mr. Sun " (1951)
"Mountains in the Moonlight" (1952)
"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]
Perry Como released a version of the song as a single in 1952 which reached number 12 on the U.S. pop chart.
[3]
Tommy Edwards released a version of the song as a single in 1952 which reached number 18 on the
U.S. R&B chart and number 22 on the U.S. pop chart.
[4]
Edwards released a new version of the song as a single in 1959 which reached number 11 on the U.S. pop chart.
[5]
The Vogues released a version of the song as a single in 1966 which reached number 48 on the U.S. pop chart.
[6]
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"Johnnie Ray, "Please, Mr. Sun" Chart Position" . Musicvf.com . Retrieved August 1, 2018 .
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"Perry Como, "Please, Mr. Sun" Chart Positions" . Musicvf.com . Retrieved August 1, 2018 .
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"Tommy Edwards, "Please, Mr. Sun" Chart Positions" . Musicvf.com . Retrieved August 1, 2018 .
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"Tommy Edwards, "Please, Mr. Sun" Chart Position" . Musicvf.com . Retrieved August 1, 2018 .
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"The Vogues, "Please, Mr. Sun" Chart Position" . Musicvf.com . Retrieved August 1, 2018 .
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