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Run to Him
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Wikipedia article
"'Run to Him'" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller and performed by Bobby Vee featuring the Johnny Mann Singers.[http://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Vee-With-Johnny-Mann-Singers-Run-To-Him-Walkin-With-My-Angel/release/1526903 Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014 It was produced by Snuff Garrett,[http://www.45cat.com/record/f55388 Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014 and was featured on Vee's 1962 album, 'Take Good Care of My Baby'.[http://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Vee-Take-Good-Care-Of-My-Baby/release/4845558 Bobby Vee, 'Take Good Care of My Baby'] Retrieved July 11, 2014 One of the musicians on the song was session drummer Earl Palmer.Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
Chart performance
"Run to Him" reached #2 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100, and was kept from the #1 position by The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens. It also reached #4 in Canada, and #6 in the UK in 1961.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Run+to+Him+by+Bobby+Vee&id=6234 Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" Chart Positions] Retrieved July 11, 2014
The single's B-side, "Walkin' with My Angel", reached #53 on the 'Billboard' chart and #89 in Canada.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Walkin%27+with+My+Angel+by+Bobby+Vee&id=6235 Bobby Vee, "Walkin with My Angel" Chart Positions] Retrieved July 11, 2014
Charts
Other versions
*Ivo Robi released a version in Germany in April 1962 as part of an EP entitled 'Geh' Zu Ihm'.[http://www.45cat.com/record/21466 Ivo Robi, "Geh' Zu Ihm" EP release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
*Little Eva released a version entitled "Run to Her" as the B-side to her single "Makin' with the Magilla" in October 1964.[http://www.45cat.com/record/d1035us Little Eva, "Makin' with the Magilla" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
*Jimmy Tarbuck released a version as the B-side to his single "Lucky Jim" in March 1972.[http://www.45cat.com/record/bll1228 Jimmy Tarbuck, "Lucky Jim" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
* Donny Osmond released a version on his 1972 solo album 'Too Young'.
*Beverly Bremers released a version of the song entitled "Run to Her" as a single in March 1973.[http://www.45cat.com/record/sce12378us Beverly Bremers, "Run to Her" single release] Retrieved August 12, 2016.
*Susie Allanson released a version as a single entitled "Run to Her" in 1981 that reached #53 on the country chart. It was featured on her album 'Sleepless Nights'.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Run+to+Her+by+Susie+Allanson&id=98581 Susie Allanson, "Run to Her" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
*Labi Siffre released a version as a single in January 1981.[http://www.45cat.com/record/posp215 Labi Siffre, "Run to Him" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
References
Category:1961 songs
Category:1961 singles
Category:1973 singles
Category:1981 singles
Category:Songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin
Category:Songs written by Jack Keller (songwriter)
Category:Bobby Vee songs
Category:Little Eva songs
Category:Beverly Bremers songs
Category:Susie Allanson songs
Category:Labi Siffre songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett
Category:Liberty Records singles
Category:Polydor Records singles
Category:Scepter Records singles
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