"My Dad" is a song written by

Barry Mann Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and was part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US. Early ...

and

Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil (October 18, 1940 – June 1, 2023) was an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Weil and Mann were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987, and in 2011, they jointly received the ...

and performed by

Paul Petersen Paul Petersen (born September 23, 1945) is an American actor, singer, novelist and activist. He rose to prominence in the 1950s playing Jeff Stone on '' The Donna Reed Show''. Petersen pursued a singing career in the 1960s. In the 1980s and 1 ...

. It reached #2 on the

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, #6 on the U.S. pop chart, and #19 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1963. It was featured on his 1963 album, ''My Dad''. In

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the song reached #5 in December 1962. The song was arranged by

Jimmie Haskell Jimmie Haskell (born Sheridan Pearlman; November 7, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer and arranger for motion pictures and a wide variety of popular artists, including Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steely D ...

and Stu Phillips and produced by Phillips.

Other versions

* Davy Jones released a version of the song on his 1965 album '' David Jones''.

References

1962 songs 1962 singles Songs written by Barry Mann Songs with lyrics by Cynthia Weil Songs about fathers {{1960s-single-stub