Lonely Boy (Paul Anka song)

"Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by Paul Anka.[1] Recorded in August 1958, "Lonely Boy" was released in 1959. Anka sang this song in the film Girls Town. When released as a single, it topped the Billboard Hot 100,[2] becoming Anka's first song to do so, although he had earlier topped Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart with "Diana". Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1959.[3]

"Lonely Boy"
Single by Paul Anka
B-side"Your Love"
ReleasedApril 1959
RecordedAugust 1958
GenrePop
Length2:31
LabelABC-Paramount
Songwriter(s)Paul Anka
Producer(s)Don Costa
Paul Anka singles chronology
"I Miss You So"
(1959)		 "Lonely Boy"
(1959)		 "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
(1959)

The song was covered in 1971 by Billy "Crash" Craddock, which was released on the album Knock Three Times. Donny Osmond had a 1972 single revival of the song, charting as the B-side to his hit single, "Why".

In 2007, "Lonely Boy" appeared on the Classic Songs (greatest hits) disc of Anka's album Classic Songs, My Way.[4]

Charts

All-time charts
Chart (1958-2018) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 235

See also

References
  1. Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 12 - Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 2]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 30.
  3. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959
  4. "Classic Songs My Way: Paul Anka: Amazon.ca: Music". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  5. "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.


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