Hey There Lonely Girl - Wikipedia Hey There Lonely Girl `` Hey There Lonely Girl '' Single by Eddie Holman from the album I Love You B - side `` It 's All in the Game '' Released December 1969 Format Vinyl, 7 '' Recorded 1969 ; Virtue Studios in Philadelphia, PA Genre R&B, soul, pop Length 3 : 01 Label ABC Songwriter ( s ) Leon Carr Earl Shuman Producer ( s ) Peter De Angeles `` Hey There Lonely Girl '' is a song recorded by R&B singer Eddie Holman. Recorded and released in 1969, it charted in the United States in 1970 and in the United Kingdom in 1974. The original version by Ruby and the Romantics was entitled, `` Hey There Lonely Boy '' in 1963, and was a Top 30 hit, peaking at # 27. Holman 's song peaked at # 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, # 1 on the Canadian RPM chart, and at # 4 on the UK Singles Chart, his highest charting single in each country. Details `` Hey There Lonely Girl '' is most recognizable by its disconsolate, sentimental and heavyhearted lyrics, with Holman 's 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 Do n't you know this lonely boy loves you Other versions Donny Osmond recorded a version of this song on his album, Portrait of Donny. Shaun Cassidy 's 1977 version was a track on his debut LP. It reached # 5 in Australia. A version by Robert John was released in 1980 for the album Back on the Street ( US # 31 ). New Edition also did a version on their Under the Blue Moon album released in 1986. A version was released in 2008 by The Uptown Band ft. Erich Cawalla & Jenifer Kinder and appears on the group 's debut CD `` Waiting for Her ''. Will Downing did a cover of the first song from the Emotions album, which released in the fall of 2003. References Jump up ^ Smith, Ronald ( 2001 ). Chicago Top 40 Charts 1970 - 1979. iUniverse. p. 94. ISBN 1462080936. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 258. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. `` Forum - 1970 ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016 - 06 - 02. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Hey There Lonely Girl by Eddie Holman ''. Songfacts. Retrieved October 24, 2008. This 1960s R&B / soul music song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hey_There_Lonely_Girl&oldid=793847226 '' Categories : 1969 singles 1970 singles Songs about loneliness Songs with lyrics by Earl Shuman Songs with music by Leon Carr Soul songs Rhythm and blues songs Ruby & the Romantics songs Shaun Cassidy songs ABC Records singles 1969 songs 1960s R&B song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 4 August 2017, at 10 : 10. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang the song hey there lonely girl
Answer: Eddie Holman