San Francisco Is a Lonely Town explained

"San Francisco Is a Lonely Town" is a song written in 1969 by the Nashville songwriter Ben Peters. Two versions of the song charted in 1969 – one by Ben Peters himself (#46 country, Peters' only charting hit),^[1] and the single by Joe Simon, which reached #79 on the US pop charts, #29 on the R&B charts.^[2]

Review

The novelist and songwriter Alice Randall reviewed Linda Martell's album Color Me Country in 2010, and wrote:

Other versions

Other versions of the song released in 1969 and after, were by:

Roberta Sherwood (single)^[3]
Mel Carter (single)^[4]
Eddy Arnold on his album The Warmth of Eddy,^[5]
Fred Hughes on his album Baby Boy,^[6]
Charlie Rich on his album The Fabulous Charlie Rich,^[7] The Charlie Rich version was remixed by the French group Nouvelle Vague on the 2007 remix album .^[8]
O. C. Smith on his album O.C. Smith at Home.^[9]
Linda Martell, the African-American country artist, recorded the song on her 1970 album Color Me Country.^[10]
Vikki Carr put the tune on her 1971 album The Ways to Love a Man.^[11]
Glen Campbell recorded it on his 1976 album Bloodline,^[12]
Jimmy "Orion" Ellis on his 1979 album Sunrise.^[13]
Nick Nixon, whose version reached #86 on the country charts in 1979.^[14]

Notes and References

Joel Whitburn Presents Across the Charts: The 1960s, Joel Whitburn, 2008, p. 296
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-chokin-kind-sound-stage-7-r49406/charts-awards Allmusic, charting singles from the 1969 Joe Simon album The Chokin' Kind
Web site: www.discogs.com. discogs.com. August 30, 2023.
https://www.amazon.com/Francisco-recorded-Liberty-Roberta-Sherwood/dp/B003NY7ZGC Amazon.com listing for published version of song
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-warmth-of-eddy-r109126 Allmusic entry for The Warmth of Eddie
http://www.discogs.com/Fred-Hughes-Baby-Boy/release/1725439 Discogs listing for Baby Boy
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-fabulous-charlie-rich-r209544 Allmusic entry for The Fabulous Charlie Rich
http://latenighttales.co.uk/product.php/9/nouvelle-vague Track information for Late Night Tales: Nouvelle Vague
http://www.allmusic.com/album/oc-smith-at-home-r68018 Allmusic entry for O. C. Smith at Home
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2010/apr/05/alice-randall-linda-martells-color-him-father/ Alice Randall review of Color Me Country
http://vikki-carr.blogspot.com/2007/10/vikki-carr-albums.html Track listing for Ways to Love a Man
http://www.allmusic.com/album/bloodline-r187702 Allmusic entry for Bloodline
http://www.allmusic.com/album/sunrise-r46088 Allmusic entry for Sunrise
http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?id=110117 Music VF listing for the Nixon version