For a Penny

"For a Penny"
"For a Penny"
Single by Pat Boone
from the album Pat Boone's Golden Hits Featuring Speedy Gonzales
A-side	"The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)"
Written	Charles Singleton
Released	1959
Recorded	1959
Genre	Pop
Length	2:16
Label	Dot
Songwriter(s)	; ;
Pat Boone singles chronology

"For a Penny" is a song by Pat Boone that reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.^[1]

Track listing

7" single (Dot 45-15914, 1959)^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For a Penny"	Charles Singleton	2:16
2.	"The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)"	Aaron Schroeder J. Leslie McFarland	2:20

Charts

Chart (1959)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	19
US Billboard Hot 100^[1]	23

References

^ ^a ^b "Pat Boone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
^ "Pat Boone - For A Penny". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2023-01-04.

[Billboard_Hot_100-1] "Pat Boone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-01-02.

[Pat_Boone_-_For_A_Penny_-_ultratop.be-2] "Pat Boone - For A Penny". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2023-01-04.

[sc_UK_-3] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2023-01-04.

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Discography
Albums	Pat Boone Howdy! "Pat" Hymns We Love Pat's Great Hits Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin Star Dust Yes Indeed! Tenderly Pat Boone Sings White Christmas Moonglow This and That Great! Great! Great! Moody River I'll See You in My Dreams Pat Boone's Golden Hits Featuring Speedy Gonzales Pat Boone Sings Guess Who? Pat Boone Sings Days of Wine and Roses The Star Spangled Banner Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport The Touch of Your Lips Ain't That a Shame Boss Beat! Near You The Golden Era of Country Hits My 10th Anniversary with Dot Records Pat Boone Sings Winners of the Reader's Digest Poll Great Hits of 1965 Memories Wish You Were Here, Buddy Christmas Is A Comin' I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman Golden Hits – 15 Hits of Pat Boone Look Ahead Departure Texas Woman The Country Side of Pat Boone Songmaker In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy American Glory
EPs	Four by Pat
Singles	"Two Hearts" "Ain't That a Shame" "At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)" "No Arms Can Ever Hold You" "Gee Whittakers!" "I'll Be Home" "Tutti Frutti" "Long Tall Sally" "I Almost Lost My Mind" "Friendly Persuasion" / "Chains of Love" "Don't Forbid Me" / "Anastasia" "Why Baby Why" "Love Letters in the Sand" / "Bernardine" "Remember You're Mine" "April Love" "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" "A Wonderful Time Up There" "It's Too Soon to Know" "Sugar Moon" "That's How Much I Love You" "For My Good Fortune" / "Gee, But It's Lonely" "I'll Remember Tonight" "Good Rockin' Tonight" / "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" "For a Penny" / "The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango" "'Twixt Twelve and Twenty" "Fools Hall of Fame" "Beyond the Sunset" "(Welcome) New Lovers" / "Words" "Spring Rain" / "Walking the Floor over You" "Candy Sweet" "Dear John" / "Alabam" "The Exodus Song (This Land Is Mine)" "Moody River" "Big Cold Wind" "Johnny Will" "Pictures in the Fire" / "I'll See You in My Dreams" "Quando Quando Quando" "Speedy Gonzales" "Ten Lonely Guys" "White Christmas" "Meditation (Meditação)" "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Beach Girl" / "Little Honda" "Baby Elephant Walk" "As Tears Go By" / "Judith" "Wish You Were Here, Buddy" "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" "July You're a Woman" "I Saw the Light"
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