The Most Beautiful Girl - wikipedia The Most Beautiful Girl This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2010 ) `` The Most Beautiful Girl '' Single by Charlie Rich from the album Behind Closed Doors B - side `` I Feel Like Goin ' Home '' Released September 1973 Genre Country Length 2 : 43 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Rory Michael Bourke Billy Sherrill Norro Wilson Producer ( s ) Billy Sherrill Charlie Rich singles chronology `` Behind Closed Doors '' ( 1973 ) `` The Most Beautiful Girl '' ( 1973 ) `` A Very Special Love Song '' ( 1974 ) `` Behind Closed Doors '' ( 1973 ) `` The Most Beautiful Girl '' ( 1973 ) `` A Very Special Love Song '' ( 1974 ) `` The Most Beautiful Girl '' is a song recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Bill Sherrill, Norris Wilson, and Rory Bourke. The country and western ballad reached number 1 in the United States in 1973 on three Billboard music charts : the pop chart ( two weeks ), the country chart ( three weeks ), and the adult contemporary chart ( three weeks ), as well as in Canada on three RPM charts : the RPM 100 Top Singles chart, the Country Tracks chart, and the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 23 song for 1974. The song was originally recorded as `` Hey Mister '' in 1968 by co-writer Wilson. The song also uses a part of `` Mama McCluskie '', also by Wilson. Rich 's B - side, his own `` I Feel Like Going Home '', was later covered by Rita Coolidge and was released on her 1974 album Fall into Spring. British pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck included `` The Most Beautiful Girl '' on his 1973 album Engelbert : King of Hearts. `` The Most Beautiful Girl '' was also recorded by Slim Whitman in the 1970s. Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album The Way We Were. In 1975 ABBA singer Anni - Frid Lyngstad recorded a Swedish - language version called `` Vill du låna en man ? '' ( with Swedish lyrics by Stig Anderson ) on her solo album Frida ensam. Sergio Franchi recorded the song on his 1976 DynaHouse album 20 Magnificent Songs. Country music boy band South 65 recorded an updated version of the song, titled `` The Most Beautiful Girl ( 2001 Version ) '', on their 2001 album Dream Large. The song receives a very brief airing by Brenda Fricker in the film So I Married an Axe Murderer. Jason Alexander also offered a rendition as his character George Costanza on the December 16, 1992, episode of the sitcom Seinfeld titled `` The Pick '', where he bemoaned the loss of his girlfriend, Susan. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly singles charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 References 3 External links Chart performance Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1973 - 74 ) Peak position Australian KMR 7 Belgian VRT Top 30 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Danish Singles Chart French Singles Chart 10 German Singles Chart 14 Irish Singles Chart Netherlands Norwegian Singles Chart 8 UK U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles U.S. Billboard Easy Listening U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1973 ) Rank Australia 57 Canada 84 Chart ( 1974 ) Rank UK 25 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 23 U.S. Cash Box References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 203. Jump up ^ `` The Pick ''. Seinfeld Scripts. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 289. Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. `` Forum - 1970 ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Canada, Library and Archives ( July 28, 2017 ). `` Image : RPM Weekly ''. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1974 - UK Music Charts ''. Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1974 / Top 100 Songs of 1974 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles of 1974 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Paper Roses '' by Marie Osmond US Billboard Easy Listening Singles number - one single November 10, 1973 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` Leave Me Alone ( Ruby Red Dress ) '' by Helen Reddy Preceded by `` Paper Roses '' by Marie Osmond US Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single November 24, 1973 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` Amazing Love '' by Charley Pride Canadian RPM Country Tracks number - one single December 8, 1973 ( four weeks ) Preceded by `` Top of the World '' by The Carpenters US Billboard Hot 100 number one single December 15, 1973 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` Time in a Bottle '' by Jim Croce Preceded by `` Goodbye Yellow Brick Road '' by Elton John Canadian RPM 100 number one single December 29, 1973 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` Time in a Bottle '' by Jim Croce Charlie Rich Studio albums The Fabulous Charlie Rich I Do My Swingin ' at Home Behind Closed Doors Notable singles `` Life 's Little Ups and Downs '' `` Behind Closed Doors '' `` The Most Beautiful Girl '' `` There Wo n't Be Anymore '' `` A Very Special Love Song '' `` I Do n't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore '' `` I Love My Friend '' `` She Called Me Baby '' `` My Elusive Dreams '' `` Every Time You Touch Me ( I Get High ) '' `` America the Beautiful '' `` Rollin ' with the Flow '' `` On My Knees '' `` Spanish Eyes '' `` Even a Fool Would Let Go '' Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Most_Beautiful_Girl&oldid=834444997 '' Categories : 1973 singles Songs written by Norro Wilson Songs written by Rory Bourke Songs written by Billy Sherrill Charlie Rich songs South 65 songs Andy Williams songs Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles RPM Adult Contemporary number - one singles Epic Records singles Atlantic Records singles 1973 songs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from March 2010 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands 日本 語 Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 5 April 2018, at 19 : 36. 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Question: who sang the song the most beautiful girl in the world
Answer: Charlie Rich