THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL
CHARLIE
RICH
SONGWRITERS: BILLY
SHERRILL; NORRIS WILSON & RORY MICHAEL BOURKE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1973
Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932 – July
25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was
often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly,
jazz, blues, country,
soul,
and gospel genres.
In the later part of his life, Rich acquired
the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors"
and "The Most Beautiful Girl". "The
Most Beautiful Girl" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the
Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards.
Rich was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
"The Most Beautiful Girl" is a song
recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Billy
Sherrill, Norro
Wilson, and Rory
Bourke. The countrypolitan ballad reached number 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), as well as 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 is actually a merging of two songs previously recorded by co-writer
Wilson, "Hey Mister" (from 1968, which forms a major part of the
song), and "Mama McCluskie,” used in part in the song’s chorus.
The 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 singer Engelbert Humperdinck covered
"The Most Beautiful Girl" on his 1973 album Engelbert: King of Hearts.
"The Most Beautiful Girl" was also
recorded by Slim Whitman in the 1970s. Andy
Williams released a version in 1974 on his
album The Way We Were.
In 1975 ABBA singer Anni-Frid
Lyngstad recorded a Swedish-language version
called "Vill du låna en man?" (with Swedish lyrics by Stig Anderson)
on her solo album Frida ensam.
Sergio Franchi recorded the song on his 1976 DynaHouse album 20 Magnificent
Songs. Country music boy band South 65 recorded an updated version of the song, titled "The Most
Beautiful 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. Jason Alexander offered a rendition as his character George Costanza on the December 16, 1992 episode of the sitcom Seinfeld titled "The Pick,"
where he bemoaned the loss of his girlfriend, Susan. The song is featured
prominently in the 2018 horror film The
Ranger.
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
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 and realized what I had done
I 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 come the heartaches that 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 theworld?
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.
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