John Lawrence Finneran, better known by his stage name

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 Larry Finnegan (Some have him listed with stage name "Larry Finneran" but that is incorrect)(October 10, 1938 – July 22, 1973) was an American

United States

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 pop

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 singer.

Born in New York

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, Finnegan's only hit

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 in the U.S.

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 was 1962's "Dear One" (Old Town), which went to #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

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 and climbed to #1 in Australia

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. The recording

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 had sold one million copies by 1966, earning a gold disc

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.

In the mid 1960s Finnegan moved to Sweden

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, where he had more hits

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. In 1966 he started his own record label

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 SvenskAmerican, which published his own records - for example the singles "Good Morning Tears" and "Bound for Houston" - and also records with the Swedish group

Musical ensemble

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 Sven-Ingvars

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. Finnegan recorded several records

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 in Swedish, such as "Maria, min vän" (Maria, my friend) and "Hälsa hem till mamma" (Send your greetings to my mamma) in 1967. After that he moved to Switzerland

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, and in 1970 back to the United States.

He died of a brain tumor

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at age 34 in 1973.