Hey There Lonely Girl


"Hey There Lonely Girl" is a song recorded in 1963, titled "Hey There Lonely Boy" in its original version by Ruby and the Romantics. The group's original recording was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #27.. Unlike other Ruby and the Romantics releases, "Hey There Lonely Boy" did not make any other US chart.

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

Chart performance

Holman's song peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, behind the double A-side single "Thank You "/"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. Four years after its US/Canadian release, the single went to #4 on the UK Singles Chart, his highest charting single in each country.

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