“Hey There Lonely Girl” #2 2/21/1970

There are times when a song requires a change of gender when it’s remade. Such was the case with this one from Eddie Holman, originally done by Ruby and the Romantics in 1963 as “Hey There Lonely Boy.” I suppose the change did some good, as the original only got to #27 in 1963 and the remake did much better. It was Holman’s only hit. He became a Baptist minister and started a gospel music label.