| Hey There Lonely Boy | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ruby & the Romantics |
| 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 |
| Producer: | Peter De Angeles |
| Prev Title: | My Summer Love |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | Young Wings Can Fly (Higher Than You Know) |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
| Hey There Lonely Girl | |
| Cover: | Eddieholmanlonelygirl.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Eddie Holman |
| Album: | I Love You |
| B-Side: | It's All in the Game |
| Released: | December 1969[1] |
| Recorded: | 1969 |
| Studio: | Virtue Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Genre: | R&B, soul, pop |
| Length: | 3:01 |
| Label: | ABC |
| Producer: | 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.
The group's original recording was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.[2] "Hey There Lonely Boy" also reached #5 on Billboard's Middle-road singles chart.
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.[3] 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.[4] On the US soul singles chart, it went to #4.[5] This version peaked #1 on the Canadian RPM chart and #42 on the Australian chart.[6] Four years after its US/Canadian release, the single went to #4 on the UK Singles Chart, his highest charting single in each country.