Hey There Lonely Girl
| "Hey There Lonely Boy" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Ruby & the Romantics | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits Album | ||||
| B-side | "Not a Moment Too Soon" | |||
| Released | August 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 2:34 | |||
| Label | Kapp | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Peter De Angeles | |||
| Ruby & the Romantics singles chronology | ||||
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| "Hey There Lonely Girl" | |
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| Single by Eddie Holman | |
| from the album I Love You | |
| B-side | "It's All in the Game" |
| Released | December 1969[1] |
| Recorded | 1969 |
| Studio | Virtue Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Genre | Soul[2] |
| Length | 3:01 |
| Label | ABC |
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Peter De Angeles |
"Hey There Lonely Girl" is a song released in 1969 by Eddie Holman. The original version "Hey There Lonely Boy" was recorded in 1963 by Ruby & the Romantics. It was a hit for both of them. It has since been recorded by many other artists.
Ruby & the Romantics version
[edit]The group's original recording was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.[3] "Hey There Lonely Boy" also reached #5 on Billboard's Middle-road singles chart.[citation needed]
Eddie Holman version
[edit]In 1969, Eddie Holman released his own version of the song. It peaked at 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1970, and was the first #2 hit of the 1970s.[4] On the US soul singles chart, it went to number 4.[5] It peaked at number 1 on the Canadian RPM chart and number 42 on the Australian chart.[6] Four years after its US / Canadian release, the single went to number 4 on the UK Singles Chart;[7] it is his highest charting single in each country.
Other versions
[edit]- Shaun Cassidy's 1977 version was a track on his debut LP. It reached # 5 in Australia.[8]
- Robert John, in 1980, for the album Back on the Street (US #31).[9]
- British boy band Big Fun covered the song for their 1990 album A Pocketful of Dreams, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, and released it as the fourth single in July 1990, peaking at number 62 in the UK chart.[10] The track was subsequently denounced by band member Phil Creswick.[11] David Giles of Music Week panned this version as being the "SAW worst production", noting Big Fun members' "ridiculous whining voices" and deemed it as unlikely to be a hit.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Ronald (2001). Chicago Top 40 Charts 1970-1979. iUniverse. p. 94. ISBN 1462080936.
- ^ Sendra, Tim. Various Artists - Sounds of the Seventies: 1970 - Take Two (1990) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 546.
- ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 259.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 140. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 258. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ "Hey There Lonely Girl by Eddie Holman". Songfacts. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
- ^ "Official Charts > Big Fun". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 61: Hey There Lonely Girl to Rhythm Of The Rain on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Giles, David (28 July 1990). "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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