Patricia (Perez Prado song)

"Patricia" is a popular song with music by Pérez Prado and lyrics by Bob Marcus, published in 1958. The song is best known in an instrumental version by Prado's orchestra that became the last record to ascend to #1 on the Billboard Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which gave way the next week to the then newly introduced Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was also number one on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks. It became a gold record. Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1958.

Prado re-charted and re-recorded the song in a 1962 "twist" version.

The tune in Perry Como's "Patricia" in 1950 bears no resemblance to any version of Prado's.

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