Hello Mary Lou

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“Hello Mary Lou”
"Hello Mary Lou" by Ricky Nelson
Song by Ricky Nelson
Album	Hello Mary Lou/Travelin' Man
Released	1961
Length	2:17
Writer	Gene Pitney
Composer	Gene Pitney and Father Cayet Mangiaracina

"Hello Mary Lou" is a song written by Cayet Mangiaracina as Merry Merry Lou and later as Hello Mary Lou by U.S. singer Gene Pitney and performed by Ricky Nelson in 1961. It reached #9 on the Billboard music charts on May 28, 1961, although the other side of the single, "Travelin' Man", hit #1. In the United Kingdom, where it was the unrivalled A-side, it hit #2, and it was a hit in much of Europe.

[edit] Covers

The Seekers on their 1968 live album, The Seekers Live at the Talk of the Town.
Led Zeppelin on their How the West Was Won live triple album (recorded 1972, released 2003)
Creedence Clearwater Revival's last album Mardi Gras (1972),
New Riders of the Purple Sage's 1972 album Powerglide
The Statler Brothers' Partners in Rhyme (1985)
Queen on their Live at Wembley (1986).

It has also been recorded in French by Petula Clark (as "Bye Bye Mon Amour"), and it was also covered by LMP on their album A Century of Song as their selection for 1961.