John Lawrence Finneran, better known under his stage name Larry Finnegan, was an American pop singer.
Born in New York City, Finnegan's only hit in the US was 1962's "Dear One", which went to No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and climbed to No. 1 in Australia. The recording had sold one million copies by 1966, earning a gold disc.
In 1966 Finnegan moved to Sweden, where Dear One was a #1 hit in 1962 and he had more hits, for example "Oh, Lonesome me, "Pretty Suzie Sunshine and "I like it like that".
Due to his great successes in Sweden, Finnegan visited the country for tours and became involved in the Swedish pop industry. The first result came already in 1963 when the Swedish-Dutch singer Suzie got her first hit with "Johnny Loves me" - written and produced by him. The record spent 10 weeks at the best selling chart Kvällstoppen and peaked at #7. Her German version Johnny komm became a hit in Germany. In Nederland she had a hit with his song De wereld is leeg zonder jou 1966.