From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Most Beautiful Girl
The Most Beautiful Girl
"The Most Beautiful Girl" Chart performance
Single by Charlie Rich
from the album Behind Closed Doors References
B-side "I Feel Like Goin’ Home" [1] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary:
1961-2001. Record Research. p. 203.
Released September 1973
[2] http://www.gemm.com Sergio Franchi
Genre Country, Adult contemporary
Length 2:43
Label Epic
Writer(s) Rory Michael Bourke
Billy Sherrill
Norro Wilson
Producer Billy Sherrill
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Charlie Rich singles chronology
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The Girl"
"The Most Beautiful Girl is a song recorded by Charlie
Rich and written by Bill Sherrill, Norris Wilson, and Rory
Michael Bourke. The country & western ballad reached
#1 in the United States in 1973 on three Billboard music
charts: the pop chart (for two weeks); the country chart
(for three weeks); and the adult contemporary chart (also
for three weeks) [1] as well as in Canada on three RPM
charts: the RPM 100 Top Singles chart, the Country Tracks
chart and the Adult Contemporary chart. The single
stayed in a country chart for 18 weeks. Its 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.
"The Most Beautiful Girl" was also recorded by Slim
Whitman in the 1970s. In 1975 ABBA singer Anni-Frid
Lyngstad recorded a Swedish-language version called
"Vill du låna en man?" (with Swedish lyrics by Stig An-
derson) on her solo album "Frida ensam". Sergio Franchi
covered the song in his 1976 DynaHouse album 20 Magnif-
icent Songs.[2] Country music boy band South 65 recorded
an updated version of the song, titled "The Most Beauti-
ful 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.
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Chart (1973) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
Belgian VRT Top 30 1
UK Singles Chart 2
Irish Singles Chart 2
Dutch Top 40 3
Danish Singles Chart 5
Australian Kent Music Report 7
Norwegian Singles Chart 8
French Singles Chart 10
German Singles Chart 14
Preceded by US Billboard Easy Listening Singles Succeeded by
Paper Roses" by Marie Osmond number-one single "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red
(Charlie Rich version) Dress)" by Helen Reddy
November 10, 1973 (3 weeks)
Preceded by US Billboard Hot Country Singles Succeeded by
"Paper Roses" number-one single "Amazing Love"
by Marie Osmond November 24 – December 8, 1973 by Charley Pride
Canadian RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
December 8–29, 1973
Preceded by US Billboard Hot 100 Succeeded by
"Top of the World" by The Car- number one single "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce
penters December 15–22, 1973
Preceded by Canadian RPM 100 Succeeded by
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by number one single "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce
Elton John December 29, 1973 – January 5, 1974
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Categories:
• 1973 singles
• Charlie Rich songs
• South 65 songs
• Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
• Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
• Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles
• RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
• Songs written by Norro Wilson
• Songs written by Rory Michael Bourke
• Songs written by Billy Sherrill
• RPM Adult Contemporary number-one singles
• Songs produced by Billy Sherrill
• Epic Records singles
• Atlantic Records singles
• 1970s single stubs
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