Английская Википедия:Bobby's Girl (song)
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"Bobby's Girl" is a song and single written by Gary Klein and Henry Hoffman. The original was performed by American teenage singer Marcie Blane, and became a No. 3 hit on the US charts. A near-simultaneous cover by British singer Susan Maughan was a hit in the UK, coincidentally also reaching No. 3 on the UK charts.[1][2] Both Blane and Maughan are one-hit wonders; for both these artists, "Bobby's Girl" marked their only appearance on a national top 40 chart.
Marcie Blane version
Blane's version of the song was released in the United States in August, 1962. It has a spoken introduction and a backing refrain of "You're not a kid anymore" and was popular with the American teenage audience. It entered the charts in October and made the Top 10 within a month, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 by December, where it stayed for four weeks.[3] It reached No. 2 on the Cash Box chart, staying on the charts for nineteen weeks, and made Blane (very briefly) the top-selling female singer in the US.[4]
Chart history
Weekly charts
| Chart (1962–1963) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (CHUM) Hit Parade[5] | 3 |
| New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[6] | 5 |
| Sweden (Kvällstoppen)[7] | 1 |
| Sweden (Tio i Topp)[8] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 3 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] | 2 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1963) | Rank |
|---|---|
| U.S. Cash Box [11] | 49 |
Susan Maughan version
Susan Maughan's cover version was released in the UK, also in 1962. It featured Wally Stott and his orchestra and chorus.[12] Substantially re-arranged from Blane's original, Maughan's version dropped the spoken word intro, and had a more sophisticated, less 'teen-age' sound. It spent nineteen weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 3.[13][14]
Chart history
| Chart (1962–63) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart[15] | 3 |
| Ireland IRMA[15] | 3 |
| Israeli Singles Chart[15] | 3 |
| New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[16] | 6 |
| Norway VG-lista[15] | 6 |
Other versions
Tracey Ullman version
In 1983 Tracey Ullman released a version of "Bobby's Girl" on the album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places and as a single. Ullman's version reached No. 45 in West Germany.[17]
Foreign-language versions
- 1963 : Swedish artist Lil Malmkvist did a version in German (Ariola AT 10 106). It reached No. 16 at the Musikmarkt Top 50-list.
- 1963 : French singer Arielle performed the French-language version Je n'aime que Bobby[18] (I only love Bobby).
- 1972 : Canadian singer Mimi Hétu performed the French-language version Pardonne-moi[19] (Forgive me).
- 1984 : French singer Douchka performed the French-language version Mon p'tit cœur[20] (My little heart).
References
External links
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- ↑ http://chumtribute.com/62-12-17-chart.jpg CHUM Hit Parade, December 17, 1962
- ↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 3 January 1963
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- ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 29, 1962
- ↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1963
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- ↑ 15,0 15,1 15,2 15,3 Шаблон:Cite magazine
- ↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 13 December 1962
- ↑ Tracey Ullman - Bobby's Girl, norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
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