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1973 single by Charlie Rich
"The Most Beautiful Girl"
Single by Charlie Rich
from the album Behind Closed Doors
B-side
"I Feel Like Going Home"
Released
29 August 1973[1]
Recorded
1973
Genre
Country[2]
blue-eyed soul[3]
Length
2:43
Label
Epic
Songwriter(s)
Rory Bourke Billy Sherrill Norro Wilson
Producer(s)
Billy Sherrill
Charlie Rich singles chronology
"Behind Closed Doors" (1973)
"The Most Beautiful Girl" (1973)
"A Very Special Love Song" (1974)
"The Most Beautiful Girl" is a song recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, and Rory Bourke. The countrypolitan ballad reached No. 1 in the United States in 1973 on three Billboard music charts: the pop chart (two weeks), the country chart (three weeks), and the adult contemporary chart (three weeks),[4] as well as in Canada on three RPM charts: the RPM 100 Top Singles chart, the Country Tracks chart, and the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 23 song for 1974.
The song is actually a merging of two songs previously recorded by Wilson: "Hey Mister" (from 1968). which forms a major part of the song; and "Mama McCluskie”, used in part in the chorus.
The B-side, Rich's own "I Feel Like Going Home”, was later covered by Rita Coolidge and was released on her 1974 album Fall into Spring.
British pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck covered "The Most Beautiful Girl" on his 1973 album Engelbert: King of Hearts.
"The Most Beautiful Girl" was also recorded by Slim Whitman in the 1970s. Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album The Way We Were. In 1975 ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad recorded a Swedish-language version called "Vill du låna en man?" (with Swedish lyrics by Stig Anderson) on her solo album Frida ensam. Sergio Franchi recorded the song on his 1976 DynaHouse album 20 Magnificent Songs. Country music boy band South 65 recorded an updated version of the song, titled "The Most Beautiful Girl (2001 Version)”. on their 2001 album Dream Large.
The song receives a very brief airing by Brenda Fricker in the film So I Married an Axe Murderer. Jason Alexander offered a rendition as his character George Costanza on the December 16, 1992, episode of the sitcom Seinfeld titled "The Pick", where he bemoaned the loss of his girlfriend, Susan.[5] The song is featured prominently in the 2018 horror film The Ranger.
^"Charlie Rich - the Most Beautiful Girl".
^Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "The Energy Crisis: MOR". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 159. ISBN 031214704X.
^Smith, Troy L. (14 December 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 1970s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 203.
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