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Written by: Michael Brown, Bob Calilli, Tony
Sansone
Produced by: Harry Lookofsky
Released: Sept. '66 on Smash
Charts: 13 weeks
Top spot: No. 5
In 1965, Brown was a sixteen-year-old keyboard prodigy with a crush on a bandmate's girlfriend -- bassist Tom Finn had introduced Renee Fladen to the group. Brown promptly wrote three songs about her, including "Walk Away Renee." Brown quit the Left Banke before they finished recording "Renee" but returned after the song became a hit a year later.
Appears on: There's Gonna Be a Storm (Mercury)