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The song has been covered by many other artists. One of the earliest covers was by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas that same year from their 1963 album Heat Wave. [7]Elkie Brooks, whose first single, released in 1964, featured a version of "Hello Stranger" on the flip side of her version of another U.S. R&B hit, Etta James's "Something's Got a Hold on Me".
The song also reached No. 9 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. Her cover of Barbara Lewis's "Hello Stranger" went to No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and "Love Me" was No. 5; at the time she had 3 top 10 singles. After a long hiatus in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time she left music to be with her ...
Love Me is the fourth album by American pop star Yvonne Elliman produced by Freddie Perren and released by RSO Records in 1977. This album features a cover of Barbara Lewis' tune, "Hello Stranger", the title cut, which is another cover of The Bee Gees' tune and "I Can't Get You Outa My Mind".
Over the next decade, a number of other artists had success with Lewis' songs. Her own composition "Hello Stranger"—which had been remade in 1966 by the Capitols—was a regional hit in 1973 as remade by Fire & Rain [4] and in 1977 Yvonne Elliman's version reached the US Top 20 and the UK Singles Chart Top 30: Elliman's version also topped ...
The following is a list of songs that have been the subject of plagiarism disputes. In several of the disputes the artists have stated that the copying of melody or chord progression was unconscious. In some cases the song was sampled or covered. Some cases are still awaiting litigation.
Hello Stranger may refer to: Hello Stranger (song), a 1963 song by Barbara Lewis "Hello Stranger", a 1930s song by the Carter Family; Hello Stranger, a Thai film; Hello Stranger, a Canadian short documentary film; Hello Stranger (upcoming film), an American thriller film; Hello! Stranger, a South Korean TV series
This idea was eventually scrapped in favour of an album of "fun" songs, and though Davies initially wanted to keep the title Hello Stranger, he was convinced by Hodgson to change it to Breakfast in America. Hodgson commented later: "We chose the title because it was a fun title. It suited the fun feeling of the album."
The song married a rootsy theme with the sentiments of a love song. It was a hit with sound system owners and reggae lovers, and went on to reach the top spot in the British reggae charts. [ 1 ] Further releases included a version of the Barbara Lewis 1963 Billboard chart-topper " Hello Stranger ", and "Black Pride", a song penned by Kpiaye ...