Are You Lonely for Me (Freddie Scott song)
"Are You Lonely For Me" | |
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Single by Freddie Scott | |
from the album Are You Lonely For Me? | |
Released | 1966 |
Recorded | 1966 |
Label | Shout Records |
Songwriter(s) | Bert Berns |
Producer(s) | Bert Berns |
"Are You Lonely for Me", written and produced by Bert Berns (aka Bert Russell), is a song first recorded by Freddie Scott.
The single was Scott's highest charting single on the
Sweet Inspirations.[2]
Chart positions
Chart (1967) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 39 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues | 1 |
Cover versions
The song has been covered many times since, including renditions by:
- Hank Ballard,[4]
- Commitments,[5]
- Grateful Dead,[6]
- Al Green,[7]
- Chuck Jackson,[8]
- Steve Marriott,[9]
- Otis Redding & Carla Thomas,[10]
- David Johansen.[11]
Influence
- The song was a standard in the Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders tours from 1972 to 1974.
- Keith Richards named it the one song he would want to be credited for writing[12]
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 514.
- ^ White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 28.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 744.
- Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
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- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ask Keith Richards: If you could go back in time and be credited for writing any song,... YouTube.