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Bobby's Girl (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'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 #3 hit on the US charts. A near-simultaneous cover by British singer Susan Maughan was the hit in the UK, coincidentally also reaching #3 on the UK charts. Both Blaine 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 "'Y'ou'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 3 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 by December, where it stayed for four weeks. It reached 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.
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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. Substantially re-arranged from Blaine'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.
Chart history
Other versions
In 1963 Swedish artist Lil Malmkvist made a version in German (Ariola AT 10 106).
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.[https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tracey+Ullman&titel=Bobby%27s+Girl&cat=s Tracey Ullman - Bobby's Girl], norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.Foreign-language versions
*1963 : French singer Arielle performed the French-language version 'Je n'aime que Bobby' (I only love Bobby).
*1972 : Canadian singer Mimi Htu performed the French-language version 'Pardonne-moi' (Forgive me).
*1984 : French singer Douchka performed the French-language version 'Mon p'tit cur' (My little heart).
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