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  • This sounds like the perfect soundtrack for a gigolo to me.

    Still a very sweet tune.

  • One of those songs you can play over and over again.

  • truly one of the best voices in music

  • Wow---tx for the music channel on T.V......

    I've heard this song many times before a long time ago but never really paid attention to the words or artist till today.

    Such a great voice and song--makes you want to cry!!!!

    Tears at my heart strings!!!!

  • @rosebuddy47 - you're very welcome!

  • @rosebuddy47 - it sounds like josh turner copied this riff when he composed "your man"

  • I feel ashamed, but I'm only lonely.

    I will .....

  • I remember this tune, great! Reminds me of the late great Roy Orbison.

  • SHE- Only Lonely

  • I don't believe JD ever married. Is he lonely these days?

  • rewelacja nic dodac nic ujac

  • did j.d. write this......sounds lika old 50's song or something. i remember it when i was around 11/12 but even thought it was a remake then. hmmmmm. help..

  • @SDMFAnthony01- yes J.D. did write this song. I believe you are thinking of Roy Orbison's song "Only The Lonely" from 1960.

  • I were really falling in love WHEN THIS SONG WAS PLAYING ON THE RADIO 1980.

    CHIO I LUV YOU FOR EVER

    E.CORRALES

  • Hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for 5 weeks in 1979

  • such a nice & soft.. a great performance by JD ..everytime i listen this song ..i love to share with someone that im in love with ...and i think ..i,ve just found that lady not too long ago ^+^...thanks minsoo...!! I love you...i really do....

  • Just heard this on the radio........haven't heard it for decades, forgot who sang it.

    Thanks for You Tube I found it ........it's just beautiful. Now for downloading it from I Tunes.

  • beautiful, just ear it. Thanks

  • a song that I will love all my life ...

  • I teach with his sister in his hometown and had no idea until yesterday that he wrote my favorite Eagles' songs. I've loved his music all these years.

  • Great song !!! So glad I got to see you in Nashville and the CD shop, I was very blessed., I was with Marshall Law !!!!!!

  • What a beautiful song.

  • Are there any real people looking for real relationhips left?

  • Ron, who's the girl at 1:42?

  • @DaveWollenberg- Dave- it's a picture I found on the internet. I don't know who it is.

  • @rwells47 Aishwarya Rai -indian actress stunning!

  • @DaveWollenberg Her name is Aishwarya Rai .... Bollywood actress.

  • @izabell97 Thanx for lettin' me know. Ron Wells, who posted the vid, didn't know.

  • @DaveWollenberg - Dave, it's Aishwarya, a Bollywood star.

  • @ron1401 Thanx for lettin' me know. God bless ya, have a blessed week!

  • @DaveWollenberg The stunning girl is Indian actress Aishwarya Rai!

  • @susan7604 Thanx, Susan. I've already found out.

  • @DaveWollenberg

    I think she's Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress and ex Miss World.

    Stunning woman , amazing eyes.

  • @DaveWollenberg

    She is Ashwariya Rai who represented India nd won the Miss world competion.

  • @DaveWollenberg its Aishwarya Rai, a bollywood actress often heralded as "the most beautiful woman in the world".

  • @DaveWollenberg I think it's Mila Kunis.. One of the characters in the movie Black Swan if you have watched it... Sorry if I'm wrong!

  • Lost 45 copy in a move Thaks 4 posting

  • @TheCheezhead15- you're welcome!

  • ............the best........like  very much.....

  • Classic.

  • I just pray that JD's wisely quit smokin'. He was shown in th Billboard book of 1-hit wonders, with a cigarette in his mouth. I wouldn't wanna smoke MYself to death!

  • J D Souther, although he decided to stay more or less in the background is GREAT.

    Speaking for myself -- Would have loved to have shared that apartment with JD, Glen Frey and Jackson Brown. OMG! YEA!

  • The song affects me as much today as when I first heard it

  • Wow, been a long time , since I heard this song, It's beautiful!

  • This song should be in a museum somewhere. Such an impact on someone that really listens.

  • love this song....its so beautiful, thanks for sharing it :)

  • @loganbrodiescott- you're very welcome!

  • Are there unjaded adults left anymore?

  • so much truth to this song. when I first met my future wife Doreen, on our first date this song came up when she had to leave. we met again a week later and we began a life together. we had our ups and downs and 31 years later we we about to call it quits when this song came back out of the blue. we are still together and hope each couple takes a look at what they may and will miss if they don't work on their relationship.

  • When you need somebody around on the nights that try you.

  • Like if you're here because of NPR

  • I was listening to the radio a long time ago and the song "Tell It Like It Is" was playing (NOT BY Aaron Nevil) The D J said It was JD Southern. Does anyone know if he EVER sang that song? If so, where might I be able to get a copy?. It was such a GOOD version it brought tears to my eyes.He sang it with so much UMPH, and DIGNITY. It was a TAD bit BETTER than Aaron Nevil's version.

  • 5 people must STILL Be lonely

  • @Getrealpeeps 5 people are just hateful...lol

  • This man has the voice of an angel, mmmm, good stuff.

  • eww. I should learn to proof-read my postings. Sorry..it was a GREAT time of my life....not graet...sorry.

  • September of 1979 and I had just graduated as a brand new Marine from MCRD San Diego CA. This was one of the first songs I remember hearing when I went home on leave. What a graet time of my life. Thanks for posting.

  • what a great song !!!! ljubav tova mnogo

  • sounds like a Roy Oberson song. Did he write this for him? Anyone know? By the way, I love love it. This is the first song I have ever listened to by him

  • @dawnjakeleah - you might be thinking of "Only the Lonely" which Roy Orbison and Joe Melson wrote. It was Orbison's first big hit in 1960.

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  • héy théré àin,t no vidéos ?

  • OMG did you ever see him on Thirty Something? He was soo HOT! I didn't know this was him! Thanks for sharing! :)

  • @bowiemichelle- you're welcome!

  • @bowiemichelle

    He was also in the movie My Girl 2!

  • @bowiemichelle OH MAN, I never knew he was on thirty something... I didn't watch that show much, but I did watch it from time to time.

  • @bowiemichelle 30 something was a great great show!

  • i love it ,i remember my kids memory listening to this song, idon't even know his name those days,so sweet to me even to this days..

  • Why do we hurt those who love us the most?

  • @plalelal SOOOOOO TRUE! (or why do we GET HURT by the ones we love)??

  • When this came out I was either listening to hard rock or dancing in the disco's. I vaguely remember it. But damn, it is a sure sweet song.

  • @impudentdomain It suuuuure is!!

  • the girl in the video is very beautiful...

  • esta cancion es muy linda verdad

    edwin molina t

  • Even when I was young and didn't know much, this sounded like an awesome song. I loved it; still do, very much.

  • Great song.  Love JD Souther!

  • OMG this is sweet, sure brings back many old mems of being a young teen or a kid lol...thanks for adding the vid xoxoxo

  • @barbararuben68- you are very welcome!

  • OMG this is sweet, sure brings back many old mems of being a young teen or a kid lol...thanks for adding the vid xoxoxo

  • EXTREMELY Roy Orbisonesque and very similar to "Only the Lonely", but still quite different. Great song just the same.

  • I was 15!! God goog memories

  • What a beautiful voice! Except for the Brunette--I really liked the video!  It sounds so 50's!

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  • You're only ugly LOL

  • Gave this guy a shot when i heard him sing with james taylor her town too....im 25 but i resent anyone who got the grace to grow up to this music..TRUE MUSIC....BTW 5 people must not have gotten laid yet.

  • i love this song,it touched me almost 20 years ago and still does.when i,m listening i feel like people can see through me.

  • kinda sounds like neil young

  • me encanta esta rola ( cuando te sientas sola , puedes llamar mi nombre )

  • i always loved this song.he sure can sing

  • Thanks Ron. I have been looking for this song for ages. Many Thanks.

    Dedicated to Geoff Tye

  • John David hit #7 in Billboard, 12-15-79. God bless ya, Ron, for postin' it. Thanx!

  • i'm completely in love w/ the girl in this video...her green eyes, wow.

  • Checked this guy out when he sang with james taylor-her town too...love his style and music...its a shame he didnt get the superstar status he deserved.

  • So if you need me, all you gotta do is call me.

    Why can't you call me one more time...?

  • Love JD. One of his finely crafted songs. The man is a master. Thanks, JD.

  • It's an awesome song..helps me to stay calm when i am the only lonely.

  • It's an awesome song.......helps me stay calm when i am the only only.

  • Such a magnificent and heartfelt song. He also co-wrote another magnificent tune "The Heart of the Matter" with Don Henley and Mike Campbell.

  • did he write this about linda ronstadt ..they were lovers..

  • oh wish i coulda found a sweet talker like this in my day - sigh . . .

  • Oh this takes me back to my university days.My room mate use to play this.It was popular song also in the radio too.This song remains ever good and full of meaning.

  • Awesome, took me back instantly, thanks!

  • @sulcatajim-you are very welcome! Ron

  • Wow! Thanks for posting.... very much. Period.

  • @PaulKyriazi- you are welcome!

  • da az sum za samoten , istina ima ne meg za durzha me , vyarno moi surtse ne dobre , love this song , the best singer , super music !!!

  • I remember being a little girl sitting in the backseat of our car just singing my little heart out to this song! Been lookin' for this song for years. Thank you so so much for posting!!

  • Check him out, singing 'stoned' singing a song he wrote with James Taylor "Her Town".. Wiki him and see all the hits he has written for our groups, especially The Eagles... Peace !!!

  • People have no idea about this man's accomplishments

  • love it...love it....love it....woooohhhhh...hehehe 'favorite

  • Excellant Song!!!!!

  • been waiting many years to hear a promise like this from a good man!

    THIS IS DA' SHIT!!

  • I love this song and can listen to it over and over again! Can't believe I was 4 when it came out! lol

  • Please, I hope this doesn't seem insensitive of me to those who lost loved ones, but: This song always reminded me of suicide. The lyrics seem as though it is the personification of suicide. i.e., the verse: I was there when you were a queen / and I'll be the last one there beside you / So you can call out my name / When you're only lonely / Don't you ever be afraid / You're only lonely

    As though it is calling out to the person, an ominous consolation.

    Despite this, I love this song!

  • Reminds me of the late great Roy Orbison - R.I.P.

  • @jeffgroovie66 I was just thinking the same thing!!!! :-)

  • @jeffgroovie66 That, of course, was ONLY THE LONELY.

  • Amazing song.

    

  • Does anyone know where I can find the picture in the video, with the girl in the black dress? Or what its called or who it's by?

  • WOW-I'd forgotten how hard this song hits me but I needed a good cry. Thanks for the upload, Ron!!

  • @fairfax1960- you are very welcome Edward! Ron

  • @fairfax1960  ditto,,,

  • this is a great song,it takes me back to bein a kid

  • that song is breaking my heart! i love it!! <3

  • such a beautiful,,, this is kinda song to be loved all ur life time

  • This is such an unforgetable wonderful song and so beautifully sung Thanks for sharing

  • @musicbod2- you are very welcome!

  • This is one of those songs that, when you're all alone in your car, makes you sing at the top of your lungs and transforms all that's bad, into not-so-bad after all.

  • Brings back a lot of memories. Love this song!!!

  • JD rocks the harmony on a ton of songs.

  • @TheMessydate This song came out during a bad time in my life and it, oddly enough, kept me going. I love the lyrics, the music...everything. A true classic, as usual not given its due.

  • Damn! Dude was FINE!!!

  • Ok.... UM when I looked @ this TWO days ago... 7 (SEVEN) people didn't like it..... now it's DOWN to 4???? OHHHH KAAAY.....

    (i don't understand) but I DO LOVE this song

  • What happeneed to him? Does he STILL sing? This is the only song I remember him singing......

    WOW,

    7 peopele are LONELY....... (Don't like this song)

  • @Getrealpeeps Another song by him is White Rhythm & Blues. 

  • @lisa3754

    Oh Ok Thanks

  • @Getrealpeeps ,Another song of his is Her Town Too with James Taylor

  • I love this song

  • I think you ought to know is that JD Souther will never leave this world, as for me, I'll never leave this world as I know I'll be in this world forever and ever and lucky to be alive in the 100th century as I know my living body and my body and myself and I are going to remain to stay, live and belive and I'll still be roping calves in the NFR Finals in Las Vegas forever and ever in the 100th century as my living body will ive and be around in the 11th millenium and beyond forever and ever :)

  • Love this song makes you want to cry,,one of my favs

  • wonderfull song !

  • ( w/ serious chills) "When you're only lonely". Wow! and L.O.L. - thnx

  • I thought James Taylor also was singing on this song.

  • @MrMUSIC1981- no, James Taylor sang with J.D. Souther on "Her Town Too". Ron

  • @MrMUSIC1981 no, but  Jackson Browne and many members of The Eagles sing backing vocals to this song and Browne sounds similar to James Taylor in some ways.

  • @QueenBeatlesWings ,Thank you,James Taylor did sang with him on Her Town Too.

  • I was only 7yrs when my sisters were listening to this. 33yrs after I still love it. Nice song.

  • @TheMessydate- you are very welcome! Ron

  • Lovely song, I used to have this album and enjoyed it very much. This brings back some great memories. Thanks for sharing it!

  • @BishopMrs- you are very welcome! Ron

  • I love this tune, remember it from the 70s. I had the album and it was great. Thank you so much for sharing it, it brings back some great memories!

  • youre only lonely..to all my friends ...when you need somebody around you can call out my name..coz youre only lonely

  • I had no idea JD Souther was connected to the Eagles in any way but this song has always been one of my all time favorites! Thanks for sharing it!

  • @justpeachy57- you are very welcome!  Ron

  • 4  FOOLS.

  • Who's the young woman at :20?

  • His like we will see (or hear) again. We'll see the likes of him again or the 'Mania' that followed them around the world, you know that, there'll again be another J.D. Souther, you know that, there's gonna be another J. D. Souther, as you know, you don't only live once, your body remains alive forever and ever all the way into the 100th century and after the 100th century, we will get born again in the spiritual world again forever and ever and be this young again and that's true, you know that

  • @mustwinder I know he helped write a few Eagles songs and it's possible he could have sang on some "albums", but I think he should have been in the band, he fits right in.

  • He helped write some of their songs, but I think he should have been an Eagle.

    Great song

  • @gva0917 1979

  • @gva0917- you are very welcome! Ron

  • who is the picture of that girl? ..she's gorgeous

  • @FloridaRaider The picture of the "girl" is Aishwarya Rai. She is a very famous Indian Actress and a former Miss World. I am not Indian but very into the culture and the music. I was so pleasantly surprised to see her pop up in this JD Souther song. I used to spin it on 45 back in the day. I have grown and changed to much and listen to a lot of Hindi music, so it was eerie cool :)

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  • Maybe it should be called When you're only the Lonely - as an homage to the Big O. It could have been written for for him or by him!

  • @csesks- thanks for stopping by Ed!  Ron

  • yea ron thank you, the pictures are beautiful. the girl on the the beach,and her,beautiful green eyes.