Talk to Me (Joe Seneca song)

"Talk to Me, Talk to Me"
Single by Little Willie John
from the album Talk to Me
B-side"Spasms"
ReleasedJanuary 1958 (1958-01)
RecordedJanuary 4, 1958
StudioNew York City
GenreRhythm and blues
Length2:41
LabelKing
SongwriterJoe Seneca
Little Willie John singles chronology
"Person to Person"
(1957)
"Talk to Me, Talk to Me"
(1958)
"You're a Sweetheart"
(1958)
"Talk to Me"
Single by Sunny & the Sunglows
B-side"Every Week, Every Month, Every Year"
ReleasedAugust 1963 (1963-08)
Recorded1963
GenreDoo-wop
Length2:41
LabelTear Drop
SongwriterJoe Seneca
"Talk to Me"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album Put Your Dreams Away
B-side"Honky Tonkin' (I Guess I Done Me Some)"
ReleasedOctober 1982 (1982-10)
RecordedApril 1982
GenreCountry
Length3:10
LabelEpic
SongwriterJoe Seneca
ProducerJim Ed Norman
Mickey Gilley singles chronology
"Put Your Dreams Away"
(1982)
"Talk to Me"
(1982)
"Fool for Your Love"
(1983)

"Talk to Me", or "Talk to Me, Talk to Me", is a song written by Joe Seneca.[1] It was originally recorded in 1958 by Little Willie John, whose version reached No. 5 on the R&B chart and No. 20 on the Hot 100.

Sunny & the Sunliners version

Other recordings

  • "Talk to Me" was also recorded by Joe Seneca in 1960,[4] as the B-side to his single,"Forty Days and Forty Nights"
  • In 1976, The Beach Boys recorded a version of it, along with "Tallahassee Lassie" on their 1976 album, 15 Big Ones.
  • In 1982, Mickey Gilley had his fifteenth number one country hit with his version.[5] It reached number three in Canada.[6]

References

  1. ^ ""La Onda Chicano: Sunny Ozuna, still talking – to you, me, and Texicans everywhere" by Greg Beets". The Austin Chronicle. 2006-07-21. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  2. ^ Billboard Hot 100 October 26, 1963
  3. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - November 18, 1963".
  4. ^ "Reviews of This Week's Singles". Billboard. Vol. 72, no. 46. November 14, 1960. p. 37. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 137.
  6. ^ "RPM Country 50 Singles - February 19, 1983" (PDF).