Pat Boone Version
"Speedy Gonzales" | |
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Single by Pat Boone | |
Released | 1962 |
Recorded | 1962 |
Genre | Pop |
Writer(s) | Buddy Kaye, Ethel Lee, David Hess |
The song was popularised in the United States as a 1962 single by Pat Boone. The Boone version peaked at the #6 Billboard Hot 100 position in 1962 during a total chart run of 13 weeks, doing better in many national charts in Europe, where it sold a million copies. The female voice ("La-la-la...") on this song was of Robin Ward. It also incorporated Mel Blanc voicing Speedy Gonzales as he did in the Warner Brothers cartoons.
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