"May You Always" is a popular

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 song

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 by Larry Markes

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 and Dick Charles (pseudonym of Richard Charles Krieg

Richard Charles Krieg

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), published in 1959

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The biggest hit version in the United States

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 was by The McGuire Sisters

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 (#11 on the Billboard Hot 100

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); in the United Kingdom

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, by Joan Regan

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 (#9 in the UK Singles Chart

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). The song was also subsequently covered

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 by Bobby Vinton

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 and Maureen Evans

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. Also covered

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 by The Andrews Sisters

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 and The Lennon Sisters

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It should not be confused with the 1965 narrative by New York City disc jockey Harry Harrison, although both contain "Auld Lang Syne" as an element of the melody or backing.