Hey There Lonely Girl
1969 single by Eddie Holman
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"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.
| "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 | |||
| Songwriters |
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| Producer | Allen Stanton | |||
| 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 | |||
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| Producer | Peter De Angelis | |||
| Eddie Holman singles chronology | ||||
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Ruby & the Romantics version
The group's original 1963 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
In 1969, Holman released his own version of the song. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1970. On the U.S. soul singles chart, it went to number 4.[4] It peaked at number 1 on the Canadian RPM chart and number 42 on the Australian chart.[5] Four years after its US / Canadian release, the single went to number 4 on the UK Singles Chart;[6] it is his highest charting single in each country.
Other versions
- Shaun Cassidy's 1977 version was a track on his debut LP. It reached # 5 in Australia.[7]
- Robert John, in 1980, for the album Back on the Street (US #31).[8]
- 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.[9] The track was subsequently denounced by band member Phil Creswick.[10] 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.[11]
