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Lonely Boy (Paul Anka song)

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22: 1196: 131: 308:. Recorded in August 1958 with Don Costa's orchestra in New York, "Lonely Boy" was not released until May 11, 1959. Anka also sang this song in the film 367: 699: 1055: 1281: 1237: 597: 468: 1164: 808: 39: 86: 456: 58: 321:
for four weeks, becoming Anka's first song to do so, although he had earlier topped Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart with "
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ranked it as No. 5 for 1959. The song reached No. 2 in the Canadian
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Single
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Pop
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ABC-Paramount
Songwriter(s)
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Producer(s)
Don Costa
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Put Your Head on My Shoulder
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