Run to Him
| "Run to Him" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Bobby Vee | ||||
| from the album Take Good Care of My Baby | ||||
| B-side | "Walkin with My Angel" | |||
| Released | October 1961 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:07 | |||
| Label |
Liberty Records 55388 UK London | |||
| Writer(s) | Gerry Goffin, Jack Keller | |||
| Producer(s) | Snuff Garrett | |||
| Bobby Vee singles chronology | ||||
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"Run to Him" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller and performed by Bobby Vee featuring the Johnny Mann Singers.[1] It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 in Canada, and #6 in the UK in 1961.[2] Produced by Snuff Garrett,[3] it was featured on Vee's 1962 album, Take Good Care of My Baby.[4] One of the musicians on the song was session drummer Earl Palmer.[5] The single's B-side, "Walkin with My Angel", reached #53 on the Billboard chart and #89 in Canada.[6]
Other versions
- Ivo Robić released a version in Germany in April 1962 as part of an EP entitled Geh' Zu Ihm.[7]
- Little Eva released a version entitled "Run to Her" as the B-side to her single "Makin' with the Magilla" in October 1964.[8]
- Jimmy Tarbuck released a version as the B-side to his single "Lucky Jim" in March 1972.[9]
- 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.[10]
- 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.[11]
- Labi Siffre released a version as a single in January 1981.[12]
References
- ↑ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Bobby Vee, Take Good Care of My Baby Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, forward by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
- ↑ Bobby Vee, "Walkin with My Angel" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Ivo Robić, "Geh' Zu Ihm" EP release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Little Eva, "Makin' with the Magilla" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Jimmy Tarbuck, "Lucky Jim" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Beverly Bremers, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ Susie Allanson, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Labi Siffre, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
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