Dear One (Larry Finnegan song)

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| name = Dear One

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| type = single

| artist = Larry Finnegan

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| B-side = Candy Lips

| released = December 1961

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| genre = Pop

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=58}}

| label = Old Town 1113

| writer = Larry Finnegan, Vincent Finneran

| producer = Hy Weiss

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| next_title = Pretty Suzy Sunshine

| next_year = 1962

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"Dear One" is a song written by Larry Finnegan and Vincent Finneran and performed by Finnegan. It reached #1 in Australia and #11 in the United States in 1962.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Dear+One+by+Larry+Finnegan&id=25021 Larry Finnegan, "Dear One" US chart position] Retrieved June 26, 2015

The song was produced by Old Town Records owner Hy Weiss.[http://www.45cat.com/record/1113 Larry Finnegan, "Dear One" single release] Retrieved June 26, 2015

The song ranked #17 on Australia's Top 25 songs of 1962 and #79 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 songs of 1962.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1962.php|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1962|accessdate=June 26, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207061257/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1962.php|archivedate=December 7, 2013}}

Finnegan released a follow-up record to the song, "Dear One, Part Two", as a single in April 1964, but it did not chart.[http://www.45cat.com/record/10464 Larry Finnegan, "Dear One, Part 2" single release] Retrieved June 26, 2015

In the mid-60's Finnegan moved to Sweden where he started his own record label, Svensk-American. In Sweden he had more hits (Good Morning Tears etc). He also sang songs in Swedish (Maria min vän and Hälsa hem till mamma in 1967). One of Sweden's most popular groups Sven-Ingvars was on his label in 1966 and 1967.