50+ Music<p>"Hello Mary Lou" is a song written by American singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GenePitney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenePitney</span></a> first recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyDuncan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyDuncan</span></a> in 1960 and by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RickyNelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RickyNelson</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedWesternRecorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedWesternRecorders</span></a> Studios on March 22, 1961. Nelson's version, issued as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doubleAside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doubleAside</span></a> with his No. 1 hit "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TravelinMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TravelinMan</span></a>", (Imperial 5741), reached No. 9 on the Billboard music charts on May 28, 1961. In the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> it reached No. 2. It was also a hit in much of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, particularly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a>, where it spent 14 weeks at No. 1. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMVQCHgpYmI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=AMVQCHgpYmI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>