Eddie Holman – Hey There Lonely Girl

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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-sideIt’s All in the Game
ReleasedDecember 1969
Recorded1969
StudioVirtue Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreR&Bsoulpop
Length3:01
LabelABC
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)

Sly & The Family Stone – Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

Everybody Is a Star” by Sly and the Family Stone.

Sly & The Family Stone – Everybody Is a Star (Official Audio)

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”
Single by Ruby & the Romantics
from the album Greatest Hits Album
B-side“Not a Moment Too Soon”
ReleasedAugust 1963
Recorded1963
GenreR&Bsoul
Length2:34
LabelKapp
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.

"Hey There Lonely Boy" Ruby and the Romantics

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

Hey There Lonely Girl
Hey There Lonely Girl
  • Japanese singer Mariko Tone, on her 1987 cover album For You
https://youtu.be/JvgcaulZeZ8
  • Japanese singer Tatsuro Yamashita, on his 1978 live album “It’s A Poppin’ Time”
https://youtu.be/uWAKhWIwJbg
  • New Edition – Hey There Lonely Girl
Hey There Lonely Girl
  • Donny Osmond – Hey There Lonely Girl
Hey There, Lonely Girl
Hey There Lonely Boy
  • Gerry Woo – Hey There Lonely Girl
Hey There Lonely Girl
  • Stacy Lattisaw – Hey There Lonely Boy
Stacy Lattisaw – Hey There Lonely Boy
  • Big Fun – Hey There Lonely Girl
Big Fun – Hey There Lonely Girl
  • The Softones – Hey There Lonely Girl
The Softones – Hey There Lonely Girl
  • Black Ensemble Theater’s One Hit Wonders – Hey There Lonely Girl
Black Ensemble Theater's One Hit Wonders – Hey There Lonely Girl
  • Glen Adams – Hey There Lonely Girl
Glen Adams – Hey There Lonely Girl
  • Phil Perry – Hey There Lonely Girl
Hey There Lonely Girl
  • Hey There Lonely Girl – Eddie Holman – (Sax Cover by James E. Green)
Hey There Lonely Girl – Eddie Holman – (Sax Cover by James E. Green)
Hey There Lonely Girl
  • Stylistics – Hey There Lonely Girl
Stylistics hey there lonely girl
  • Robert John – Hey There Lonely Girl
Robert John – Hey There Lonely Girl.

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