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"Run to Him"
Song
B-side"Walkin with My Angel"

"Run to Him" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller and performed by Bobby Vee featuring the Johnny Mann Singers.[1] It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 in Canada, and #6 in the UK in 1961.[2] Produced by Snuff Garrett,[3] it was featured on Vee's 1962 album, Take Good Care of My Baby.[4] One of the musicians on the song was session drummer Earl Palmer.[5] The single's B-side, "Walkin with My Angel", reached #53 on the Billboard chart and #89 in Canada.[6]

Other versions

  • Ivo Robić released a version in Germany in April 1962 as part of an EP entitled Geh' Zu Ihm.[7]
  • Little Eva released a version entitled "Run to Her" as the B-side to her single "Makin' with the Magilla" in October 1964.[8]
  • Jimmy Tarbuck released a version as the B-side to his single "Lucky Jim" in March 1972.[9]
  • Donny Osmond released a version on his 1972 solo album Too Young.
  • Beverly Bremers released a version of the song entitled "Run to Her" as a single in March 1973.[10]
  • Susie Allanson released a version as a single entitled "Run to Her" in 1981 that reached #53 on the country chart. It was featured on her album Sleepless Nights.[11]
  • Labi Siffre released a version as a single in January 1981.[12]

References

  1. ^ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  2. ^ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
  3. ^ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  4. ^ Bobby Vee, Take Good Care of My Baby Retrieved July 11, 2014
  5. ^ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, forward by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
  6. ^ Bobby Vee, "Walkin with My Angel" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
  7. ^ Ivo Robić, "Geh' Zu Ihm" EP release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  8. ^ Little Eva, "Makin' with the Magilla" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  9. ^ Jimmy Tarbuck, "Lucky Jim" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  10. ^ Beverly Bremers, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  11. ^ Susie Allanson, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  12. ^ Labi Siffre, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014


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