Trade Martin - That Stranger Use To Be My Girl

[PutOnASweater]

This song was co-written by comedian Sandy Baron..he played the part of Jack Klompus on the Seinfeld show. Sandy also wrote "Sunny" for Bobby Hebb and "Natural Man" for Lou Rawls. Very talented man.

[Jeffs45rpm]

Thanks ...Richard....great posting....was thinking was released around 1960.......I see here 1962....mg would have been around 11 yrs old....lol...geat tune! Was played alot on Wham..eeee..... in Miami ! ...WAME...1260 The Great Rockin' Big Daddy 1260 am......! jeff's45rpm fifty's4ever

[TheJbh222]

WoW!

[RossMarkham]

Wow number 21 Trade Martin that srtranger-still still love it so -used to be my girl-wow yeah-yeah yeah yeah

[vandywilliam]

This song was a pretty big hit in Nashville, too (in the latter part of 1962). Trade Martin, of Union City, N.J., was only 18 years old when this record first hit the Billboard Hot on Oct. 20, 1962. It spent eight weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at No. 28.

[Globaldude1]

What a great old tune! I remember it so well. Is it the only tune ever with a tuba solo?

[oldschool19461]

Nola Lee Standiford 1961. There's always that one flame that just won't go out (sigh). This song is soooo true.

[dowopper51]

I know, mine was a girl named Linda DiTroia back then!

[coyotesong]

Karen Lawrence. She never gave me the time of the day. I shamelessly followed her and her gf after school any number of times to the big department store downtown--school was downtown.

[oldschool19461]

Nola Lee Standiford 1961

[rdf1947]

One of my all time favorites. i can still remember dancingto this one on American Bandstand. A great jitterbug song. Why didn't Trade have more hits? He was great.

[dowopper51]

TRULY blows my mind????? Check out the other one's I posted by Trade, they're SUPER??

[rdf1947]

Thanks

[coyotesong]

I was 15 going on 16 in 62, one of the best years of my life. Everything was exciting: music, girls, a great high school, getting my license, lots and lots of attitude, the whole world before me, and hopelessly naive about things that were just starting to emerge as important to me personally like the war in nam and fighting racism.

[dowopper51]

I hear ya! In 62 I was 11, Dion & Carlo were my idols. They had broken up, I'll never forget the day it was on the radio. Anyway, this was like a Dion Carlo song to me. You talk about hopelessly naive. I always hung with many friends. I'll never forget the day my freinds brother said he saw Dion & Belmonts at Madison & Dion was strung out on dope. I said what? Airplane paint? I was 16 when he said this, I had no idea what dope was. These were the good years when the sh-t was still in the closets

[coyotesong]

How could you NOT LIKE this song???? Thanks, dowopper!!!!!!!! I don't think I knew Dancing on the Moon was the flip side. It got pretty decent air play in motown as i recall. But i much preferred this totally catchy song.

[dowopper51]

With you all the way!!!!!!! I remember when this was released in 1962, I was in elemtary school, I sang it all the way to & from school. All these years, yes, I still play it. I will always love it!!!!!

[jaws2z]

What a great song, why it only hit #28 on the charts is anybody's guess. Any rock n' roll song that features a TUBA should have gone to #1. !!!

[dowopper51]

I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!! This song was ultra big in RI, I grew up with, I'll never understand what happened?

[jdnam77]

This song was a regional hit. At WLS Chicago it was top 10.