"Are You Lonely for Me", written and produced by Bert Berns (a.k.a. Bert Russell), is a song first recorded by Freddie Scott.
The single was Scott's highest-charting single on the R&B chart, hitting the number-one spot for four weeks, in early 1967. "Are You Lonely For Me" was also Freddie Scott's second and last Top 40-hit single. The song's back up vocals were performed by Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations.
Chart positions Chart (1967)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard Hot 10039U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues1
Cover versions The song has been covered many times since, including renditions by: Hank Ballard, Commitments, Grateful Dead, Al Green, Chuck Jackson, Steve Marriott, Otis Redding & Carla Thomas, David Johansen.
Influence The song was a standard in the Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders tours from 1972 to 1974. Keith Richards named it the one song he would want to be credited for writingArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
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