Larry Verne (born February 8, 1936, Minneapolis, Minnesota – died October 8, 2013, Sylmar, California) was an American novelty song singer.He scored two U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart hit singles in 1960: "Mister Livingston" (#75) and "Mr. Custer" (#1, #9 R&B). "Mr. Custer" was written by Fred Darian, Al DeLory, and Joe Van Winkle. The record sold over one million copies, earning a gold disc. In the UK, "Mr. Custer" was successfully covered by Charlie Drake. Unhappy with the music industry, Verne switched to becoming a successful builder of sets for the Hollywood film industry for 35 years before he retired.
Had a #1 hit record on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in 1960 with "Plese Mr. Custer", a song in which he plays a soldier in Gen. George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry unit begging Custer not to take him and the others to the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He also had the #75 follow up hit, "Mr. Livingston".
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His song "Mr. Livingston" hit #75 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1960.
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Hit #113 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1961 with "Abdul's Party" (Era 3044)