"Are You Lonely for Me", written and produced by Bert Berns (aka 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.[1] The song's back up vocals were performed by Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations.[2]
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 writing[12]
References
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 514.
^White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 28.
^Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 744.
