Eddie Holman, the Glossary
Eddie Holman (born June 3, 1946) is an American singer, musician, and minister, best known for his distinctively high singing voice and his 1970 hit song "Hey There Lonely Girl".[1]
Table of Contents
31 relations: ABC Records, Alaska, Ballad, Billboard (magazine), Billboard charts, Billboard Hot 100, Cameo-Parkway Records, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Colin Larkin, Cruise ship, Gospel music, Guinness World Records, Hey There Lonely Girl, Hit song, Jackie Wilson, List of one-hit wonders in the United States, Music recording certification, Nat King Cole, NBC, New York City, Norfolk, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pop music, Record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Rhythm and blues, Ruby & the Romantics, Soul music, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour, UK singles chart.
- American countertenors
ABC Records
ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.
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Alaska
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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Cameo-Parkway Records
Cameo-Parkway Records was the parent company of Cameo Records and Parkway Records, which were major American Philadelphia-based record labels from 1956 (for Cameo) and 1958 (for Parkway) to 1967.
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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania.
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Colin Larkin
Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer.
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Cruise ship
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.
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Gospel music
Gospel music is a genre of Christian Music that spreads the word of God and a cornerstone of Christian media.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Hey There Lonely Girl
"Hey There Lonely Girl" is a song released in 1969 by Eddie Holman.
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Hit song
A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single or simply hit, is a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known.
Jackie Wilson
Jack Leroy Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American singer of the 1950s and 1960s. Eddie Holman and Jackie Wilson are American soul singers.
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List of one-hit wonders in the United States
A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit.
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Music recording certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.
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Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Record label
"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.
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Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.
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Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.
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Ruby & the Romantics
Ruby & the Romantics was an Akron, Ohio-based American R&B group in the 1960s, composed of Ruby Nash, George Lee, Ronald Mosely, Leroy Fann and Ed Roberts.
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Soul music
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African-American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.
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The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour
The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour (later known as The Children's Hour) was a variety show with a cast of children, including some who later became well-known adult performers.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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See also
American countertenors
- Anthony Green (musician)
- Brad Delp
- Chris Colfer
- Chris Kirkpatrick
- Christopher Lowrey
- Claudio Sanchez
- Craig Owens
- Curtis Mayfield
- Daniel Moody (countertenor)
- Eddie Holman
- Howie Dorough
- Jake Shears
- John Holiday
- John Jacob Niles
- Jordan Knight
- Jordan Smith (musician)
- Justin Vernon
- Kevon Edmonds
- Larry Henley
- Lloyd (singer)
- Matthew Koma
- Mitch Grassi
- Nick Pitera
- Peter Hallock
- Prince (musician)
- Russell Mael
- Russell Thompkins Jr.
- Shamir (musician)
- Shannon Hoon
- Shawn Stockman
- Steve Perry
- Tiny Tim (musician)