Patches (Dickey Lee song)

"Patches"
Single by Dickey Lee
from the album The Tale of Patches
B-side"More or Less"
Released1961
StudioGulf Coast (Beaumont, Texas)
GenrePop
Length2:54
LabelSmash
Songwriter(s)Barry Mann, Larry Kolber
Producer(s)Bill Hall, Jack Clement
Dickey Lee singles chronology
"Life in a Teenage World"
(1960) 		"Patches"
(1961) 		"Walkin' Through a Cemetery"
(1962)

"Patches" is a song written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber[1] and performed by Dickey Lee. The song was produced by Bill Hall and Jack Clement.[2] It was featured on his 1962 album The Tale of Patches.[3] It reached No. 6 on the U.S. pop chart and No. 10 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1962.[4] The song ranked No. 74 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1962.[5]

  1. ^ "Original versions of Patches written by Barry Mann, Larry Kolber | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  2. ^ "Dickey Lee, "Patches" Single Release". Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Dickey Lee, The Tale of Patches". Discogs. 1962. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "Dickey Lee, "Patches" Chart Positions". Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Singles of 1962", Billboard, Section II, December 29, 1962. p. 82. Retrieved March 6, 2019.