Are You Lonely for Me (Freddie Scott song)

"Are You Lonely For Me"
Single by Freddie Scott
Released 1966
Recorded 1966
Label Shout Records
Writer(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 R&B chart, hitting the number-one spot for four weeks, in early 1967. "Are You Lonely For Me" was also Freddie Scott's second and last Top 40-hit single.[1] The song's back up vocals were performed by Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations.[2]

The song has been covered many times since, including renditions by Hank Ballard,[3] Commitments,[4] Grateful Dead,[5] Al Green,[6] Chuck Jackson,[7] Steve Marriott,[8] and Otis Redding & Carla Thomas.[9] The song was a standard in the Jerry Garcia & Merle Saunders tours from 1972 to 1974.

Chart positions

Chart (1967) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 39
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues 1

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 514.
  2. ↑ White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 28.
  3. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Hank Ballard: You Can't Keep a Good Man Down". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Commitments: The Commitments". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  5. ↑ Planer, Lindsay. "Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks, Vol. 30". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  6. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Al Green: Gets Next to You". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  7. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "Chuck Jackson: The Best of Chuck Jackson". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  8. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "Steve Marriott: Marriott". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  9. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Otis Redding & Carla Thomas: King & Queen". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
Preceded by
"Tell It Like It Is" by Aaron Neville		 Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues number-one single
February 11, 1967 – March 4, 1967 		Succeeded by
"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" by The Supremes
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