Why (Frankie Avalon song)

"Why"
Single by Frankie Avalon
B-side"Swingin' on a Rainbow"
ReleasedNovember 9, 1959
GenrePop
Length2:30
LabelChancellor 1045
Songwriter(s)Peter De Angelis, Bob Marcucci
Frankie Avalon singles chronology
"Just Ask Your Heart" / "Two Fools"
(1959)
"Why"
(1959)
"Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops"
(1960)

"Why" is a hit song recorded by Frankie Avalon in 1959. It reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart published on the week of December 28, 1959. It was Avalon's second and final No. 1 hit.[1]

The song was covered by Donny Osmond, and this version reached No. 3 on the UK Singles chart.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 38.