Australian singles chart:
Dear Prudence entered the Australian singles chart* on 24 May 1969 and peaked at #5. The song was #43 on the Top 100 of 1969.
Songwriters:
John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Record label of Australian release:
Columbia
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Doug Parkinson in Focus signed with EMI/Columbia in 1969 and issued a cover version of the Beatles’ track Dear Prudence which peaked at #5 in Australia. Also in that year, the group won the Hoadley’s Battle of the Sounds.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Parkinson
Pop Archives:
Doug Parkinson in Focus was formed in 1968 with personnel from The Questions and became a popular live band that relocated to Melbourne and had national hits that included Dear Prudence, Without You/Hair and Baby Blue Eyes.
Read more: www.poparchives.com.au/358/doug-parkinson-in-focus/dear-prudence
Lyrics:
Dear Prudence, won′t you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It’s beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won′t you come out to play
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