“The Most Beautiful Girl” is a song recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Bill Sherrill, Norris Wilson, and Rory Bourke. The country & western ballad reached #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). The song also did well 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 was originally recorded as “Hey Mister” in 1968 by co-writer Norris Wilson. The song also uses a part of “Mama McCluskie”, also by Norris Wilson.
Rich’s B-side, his own “I Feel Like Going Home”, was later covered by Rita Coolidge and was released on her 1974 album Fall into Spring. British Pop star Engelbert Humperdinck included “The Most Beautiful Girl” on his 1973 album Engelbert: King of Hearts.
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Lyrics to Charlie Rich’s “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World”
Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world?
And if you did, was she crying, crying?
Hey, if you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me
Tell her I’m sorry
Tell her I need my baby
Oh won’t you tell her, that I love her
I woke up this morning, realized what I had done
Stood alone in the cold gray dawn
I knew I’d lost my morning sun
I lost my head and I said some things
Now comes the heartaches that the morning brings
I know I’m wrong and I couldn’t see
I let my world slip away from me
So, hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world?
And if you did, was she crying, crying?
Hey, if you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me
Tell her I’m sorry
Tell her I need my baby
Oh, won’t you tell her that I love her
If you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me
Tell her I’m sorry
Tell her I need my baby
Oh, won’t you tell her that I love her
Below is a cool video of Charlie Rich’s Son performing his Dad’s tune! What do you think!?
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