Hey There Lonely Girl (Song)
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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 |
Recorded | 1969 |
Studio | Virtue Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Genre | R&B, soul, pop |
Length | 3:01 |
Label | ABC |
Songwriter(s) | Leon Carr Earl Shuman |
Producer(s) | Peter De Angeles |
“Hey There Lonely Girl” is a song released in 1969 by Eddie Holman.
Eddie Holman version
In 1969, R&B singer Eddie Holman recorded and released his own version of the song. It charted in the United States in 1970 and in the United Kingdom in 1974. Holman’s recording of “Hey There Lonely Girl” is most recognizable by its disconsolate, sentimental and heavyhearted lyrics, with his falsetto voice. Here is a sample of the chorus:
Hey there lonely girl, lonely girl
Let me make your broken heart like new
Oh, my lonely girl, lonely girl
Don’t you know this lonely boy loves you
Holman’s song peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, behind the double A-side single “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)“
“Everybody Is a Star” by Sly and the Family Stone.
On the US soul singles chart, it went to #4. This version peaked #1 on the Canadian RPM chart and #42 on the Australian chart. Four years after its US/Canadian release, the single went to #4 on the UK Singles Chart, his highest charting single in each country.
Ruby and the Romantics version
“Hey There Lonely Boy” | |
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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) | Leon Carr Earl Shuman |
Producer(s) | Peter De Angeles |
Ruby & the Romantics singles chronology | |
“My Summer Love” (1963)”Hey There Lonely Boy“ (1963)”Young Wings Can Fly (Higher Than You Know)” (1963) |
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.
The group’s original recording was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. “Hey There Lonely Boy” also reached #5 on Billboard’s Middle-road singles chart.
Other versions
- Shaun Cassidy‘s 1977 version was a track on his debut LP. It reached # 5 in Australia.
- Robert John, in 1980, for the album Back on the Street (US #31).
- Japanese singer Mariko Tone, on her 1987 cover album For You
- Japanese singer Tatsuro Yamashita, on his 1978 live album “It’s A Poppin’ Time”
- New Edition – Hey There Lonely Girl
- Donny Osmond – Hey There Lonely Girl
- Stacy Lattisaw – Hey There Lonely Boy
- Gerry Woo – Hey There Lonely Girl
- Stacy Lattisaw – Hey There Lonely Boy
- Big Fun – Hey There Lonely Girl
- The Softones – Hey There Lonely Girl
- Black Ensemble Theater’s One Hit Wonders – Hey There Lonely Girl
- Glen Adams – Hey There Lonely Girl
- Phil Perry – Hey There Lonely Girl
- Hey There Lonely Girl – Eddie Holman – (Sax Cover by James E. Green)
- Will Downing – Hey There Lonely Girl
- Stylistics – Hey There Lonely Girl
- Robert John – Hey There Lonely Girl
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