Lonely Boy

About Lonely Boy

"Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by Paul Anka in 1959. Anka sang this song in the movie Girls Town. When released as a single, it topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Anka's first song to do so, although he had earlier topped Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart with "Diana". 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 flip of his hit single, "Why". .

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About this song

Credited to

Paul Anka

Album

Put Your Head On My Shoulder: The Very Best Of Paul Anka · Track 4 of 22

Released

October 3, 2000

Duration

2:31

On Last.fm

38,552 listeners on Last.fm

More from Paul Anka

1. You Are My Destiny · 25 plays
2. Puppy Love - Remastered · 13 plays
3. Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Remastered · 10 plays
4. Diana · 5 plays
5. You Are My Destiny - Remastered · 3 plays
6. Puppy Love · 3 plays
7. I Just Can’t Wait · 1 plays
8. Midnight - Remastered · 1 plays
9. I Love You Baby - Remastered · 1 plays
10. Diana - Remastered 2003 · 1 plays

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• Bobby Darin — Beyond the Sea
• Engelbert Humperdinck — A Man Without Love
• Connie Francis — Pretty Little Baby
• Neil Sedaka — Calendar Girl
• Bobby Vinton — Mr. Lonely
• The Platters — Only You (And You Alone)
• Ricky Nelson — I Will Follow You
• Lesley Gore — Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows
• Roy Orbison — Oh, Pretty Woman
• Louis Armstrong — White Christmas - Single Version

From the album: Put Your Head On My Shoulder: The Very Best Of Paul Anka