Words & Music:
Bennie Benjamin
Sol Marcus
It's a lonely man
Who wanders all around
It's a lonely man
Who roams from town to town
Searchin', always searchin'
For something he can't find
Hopin', always hopin'
That some day fate will be kind
It's a lonely man
Who travels all alone
When he has no one
That he can call his own
Always so unhappy
Taking shelter where he can
Here I am
Come meet a lonely, lonely man
Always so unhappy
Taking shelter where he can
Here I am
Come meet a lonely, lonely man
Here I am
Come meet a lonely, lonely man
Recordingdate: 1960/11/07, first released on: single (album)
Musicians
Musicians who contributed to the first recording of Lonely Man:
(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(piano)
(accordion)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
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I'm going for the solo version.
Another slow country ballad recorded for, but not included in the movie "Wild In The Country". A little more interesting than the other three ballads considered or used in the movie ("In My Way", "Forget Me Never" and the title song), but not one of Elvis' very best either. Still it is quite good and it did have a short run up to #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 as the flipside of "Surrender". 3 1/2 star track.
Wild In The Country didnt have great songs, but this is a good one, probably the best one recorded for the movie although not featured.
I like all versions of this. Great melody and perfectly sung.
The flip side of "Surrender" when it came out on 45RPM record back in 1961. I wasn't thrilled about it, but it was a perfect B-Side back then. I much prefer the solo versions which one can hear on the FTD issued CD.
I am a huge fan of the solo acoustic version of this track! As well as "Forget Me Never" and "In My Way"---and to a slightly lesser extent, the song "Wild In The Country" too. All of these songs really illustrate how much Elvis' voice had improved since "Love Me Tender"! The sound of only Elvis' voice with a simple acoustic guitar and NOTHING else is basically perfection to me. Pure, simple, perfect.
A very good recording, offen wonder if the movie, Wild in the Country, should have been call 'Lonely Man'. It could have headed an ep of the the other songs from the movie and a differant song used on the 'b' side of Surrender.
Great ballad, haunting tune, brilliantly sung, with an accordion accompaniment which I really enjoy. This is a top notch song in a period of many strong songs and has enough class to hold its own.
I give the solo version 4 stars and the master 3. Less=more. Not always, but many times.
Nice country song sung with emotion. The guitar beat was beautiful and makes this one of my favourite 60's song.
This is such a tremendous song and it should definitely be much better known than it actually is. Elvis' renditions of it are all brilliant. It's such a shame that this song wasn't featured in the fabulous Elvis movie "Wild in the Country" since it was originally recorded for that movie. 5 Stars.
For Christmas 1977, I received three Elvis LPs including "Golden Records Volume 4". That LP was one of the main reasons that I went on to buy the entire catalogue several times over. "Lonely Man" captured my teenage angst. The song's exclusion from the movie "Wild in the Country" does not bother me. While the movie captures a depressive mood, there is no relief; when Glenn goes off to college, there is no elation. Perhaps Glenn continues to wander around searchin' for something he can't find.
A nice little ballad. The composition is nothing special, the whole thing is a but generic. The song never had hit potential, but overall this makes a pleasant listen. 4 stars.
Used to be one of my teenage anthems. Loved it then and love it more now. So haunting and beautifully sung. I agree with the engineers comment on an earlier take “God dam that’s pretty.” 5 stars main version, 3 stars solo version.
A gem in 1960, prefect B side recording.