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"Music - Patches (Dickey Lee song), a tragic 1962 ballad - "Patches", a hit record for Chairmen of the Board, later covered by Clarence Carter" Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patches 1) Barry Mann and Larry Kolber song (Dickey Lee song) "In the early 1960s songs about dying teenagers ... In the early 1960s songs about dying teenagers emerged as a popular genre in Britain and the US. Some examples were "Running Bear", "Tell Laura I Love Her", "Teen Angel", "Ebony Eyes" and "Leader of the Pack". One of the best (worst?) of these was "Patches", a "Romeo and Juliet" story written in 1962 by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber, who also wrote the surfing death song "Johnny Surfboard", which Barry Mann himself recorded in 1963. Dicky Lee had a hit with his recording of Patches in 1962." Source and video: Patches (Barry Mann and Larry Kolber)(Dicky Lee Song): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiUwqFvzt20 Dickey Lee - Patches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGznaZRtjy8 2) Chairmen of the Board / Clarence Carter song: Frank Balesteri - Patches (Clarence Carter) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcXuBChmxrQ Patches Music Video with WoW (Clarence Carter) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1swk0fcIIsk