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[WHY?]{1} Wrtitten by: Peter DeAngelis & Robert "Bob" Marcucci Produced by: Robert Marcucci Performed by: Frankie Avalon{2} First released:{3} Single-1959 Album-1959

{1}In 1959,"Why," went to number #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart for the week of December 28, 1959, making it the last number one single of the 1950s and Avalon's last #1 hit.

{2}Covered by: Anthony Newley Donny Osmond.

{3}Appears on:{*} SINGLE(S): (1)Frankie Avalon: A-Why B-Swingin' on a Rainbow (a) Chancellor, 7-Inch, Vinyl, Mono, 45rpm Single, #1045, US-1959. (b) Chancellor, 7-Inch, Vinyl, Stereo, 45rpm Single, #S-1045, US-1959. (c) Chancellor, 7-Inch, Vinyl, Mono, 45rpm Single, #C-1045, Netherlands-1959.

ALBUM(S): (a)Frankie Avalon: Swingin' on a Rainbow (1) Chancellor, 14-Track, Mono LP, #CHLX-5004, US-1959. (2) Chancellor, 14-Track, Stereo LP, #CHLXS-5004, US-1959.

(b)Frankie Avalon: The EP Collection (1) See for Miles, 28-Track, CD, #SEECD-699, US-2000{4}. et al.

{*}The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

{4}Transcribed from the track on this album.