"Speak to Me Pretty" is a song written by By Dunham and Henry Vars and performed by

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. The song featured on Lee's

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album, ''

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''. Not chosen to be a single in the United States, the song was selected by Lee's U.K. record label as a single and reached No.3 in the U.K. singles chart in May 1962, which made it the highest-placing chart single Lee ever had in the U.K. The single also made No.57 on the overall U.K. sales chart for 1962. "Speak to Me Pretty" reached No.8 in the Norwegian charts in 1962 also.

Other versions

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released a version in 1962 as the

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to the single "Never Goodbye". * Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra released a version as a single in 1962 as the

to the single "When My Little Girl is Smiling". *

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released a version on her

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album, '' Presenting Lena Zavaroni''.

In media

*Lee's version was featured in the

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References

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