Lonely Boy (Paul Anka song)

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"Lonely Boy"
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Single by Paul Anka
B-side(s) "Your Love"
Released 1959
Length 2:31
Label ABC-Paramount
Writer(s) Paul Anka
Chart positions
Paul Anka singles chronology
I Miss You So
(1959)
Lonely Boy
(1959)
Put Your Head on My Shoulder
(1959)

"Lonely Boy" is the name of 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."

[edit] See also

Lonely Boy (film)

Preceded by
"The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
July 13, 1959
Succeeded by
"A Big Hunk o' Love" by Elvis Presley