Steve Lawrence - Poor Little Rich Girl (lost oldie)

[bsastarfire250]

thanks for this, it was one of my late mothers favourites.

[doowopftw]

Beautiful!

[aiames]

What I get from this song is that the "rich girl" is trying to have her cake and eat it too; the "poor boy" has no illlusions about that and is rather bitter and sarcastic over the whole thing. Goffen and King had a way of taking musical cliches and turning them on their head, didn't they?

[calindesmoines1]

Another great song from Carole King & Gerry Goffin for Steve. It was not the follow-up to "Go Away Little Girl". That was "Don't be Afraid Little Darlin'".

"Poor Little Rich Girl" reached #27 on the Billboard charts. Goffin & King also wrote "Walkin' Proud" (#26) and, of course, "Go Away Little Girl" the only #1 hit for Steve. He's second biggest hit (#5) came in 1957 with a cover version of the Buddy Knox #1 hit of "Party Doll". Steve also had three other top 10 hits from 1959 - 1961.

[Benjamin470908]

geez I haven't even born but I really like it!

[bopava]

It was a hit, but a small one. It was very old fashioned for 1963, and would have been a much bigger hit a couple of years before, but I love it.

[JohnnyGNV]

Funny how this wasn't a hit, obviously they were going with a similar double voiced sound that had worked in the previously released "Go Away little Girl" ~ sometimes follow up songs work, sometimes they don't - I don't know if this one even charted - but he's certainly a great singer regardless.

[dicerasongs]

God, that 45 brings back great memories. I remember running out to buy it as soon as I heard it on the radio. I already had "Go Away Little Girl" and "Don't Be Afraid Little Darling".

[combatautumn]

Another great from Stevie,if that's any surprise.

Love the melody.

[topaz1331]

Just Great. Have not heard this in many a year.

[TheMonsieurVerdoux]

Sounds like Frankie Avalon - Venus at the start.

[KyplayaZ4lyfe]

@TheMonsieurVerdoux haha true both great songs!

[dennytoby]

I Still play this..and many listeners will ask.."Is This New"???...or better yet..."Who Is Steve Lawrence???....THAT'S TRULY SAD!! He and Eydie HAD their hits back in the 60's...BIG TIME!! VERY GREAT VOACL ARTIST!!

[bekannt777]

spanish version '' Pobre niña rica'' sung by Enrique Guzmán...

[68nam]

One of my favorite songs of all times. Its the most! I grew up listening to Steve Lawerence, sing Poor Little Rich Girl. I grew up poor, but yet dated a girl from another town who's family was better off than mine at the time. So i guess you could say she was The Poor Little Rich Girl. We broke up in 1966 and i joined the Army and went off to Viet Nam.

The 60's generation and the music that was part of it...... well!! there will never be another generation like it ever!

[nomiclas]

@68nam just about the same thing happened to me but her dad forbide to see her and after our break-up she got pregeggers within a few months.kahrma

[pasitolobo]

@68nam like most of us guys who grew up listening to these great sounds we shared the best of times and probably the worst of times. Like u I had a poor little rich girl who decided to wait for me and we were married 3 months after I got back from nam. Am still married to her today some some 41 years later. Even tho we had nam it was still the BEST years to grow up in. p.s. the money went to brothers but I got the real prize :-)

[TheMonsieurVerdoux]

@pasitolobo

Oldies ftw!

[clareons]

Nice & i can see the Hey venus sound.but is this the same Steve Lawrence who did I just wanna stay here and love you? thanks x

[nickellodeon55]

Love the "'Venus' meets 'More" arrangement.

[Martywt43]

I have never heard this song before, but really love his voice! The song reached #27 in May 1963.

[Martywt43]

I've never heard this song before , but really love his voice. The song reached #27 in May 1963

[vinylvend]

Nice! This version sounds really good. Wish they would remix it in stereo though, but this is too good to pass up. Thanks for this one!

[singinjohnny]

This certainly IS a lost oldie! I literally haven't heard this record since my early adolescence which was the period of time of this record's release. The instrumental and vocal backing is beautiful and is reminiscent of an early Johnny Mathis recording. Too bad that the woman doing the beautiful backing vocal along with the strings remains anonymous. There's even someone whistling briefly in the middle part. A great Goffin and King song as all of them are. Thank you for posting this.

[windmill1947]

I don't remember this song...A tiny bit of the background music sounded similar to the music of the song Venus..At least to me...

[PutOnASweater]

Another great song by one of the best singers of all time...and most underestimated...he made it look so easy...the song was written to Carol King and here then husband, Gerry Goffin..The first Carol King songe he recorded, was "Go Away Little Girl

l...it was his biggest hit and Carol's first #1 hit.

[spacepatrolman]

Dont be afraid little darlin is another bobby vee sounding 45 by steve lawrence that has his picture on the label[there are tony benett 45s with his picture on the label ]

[je325]

@spacepatrolman

Steve Lawrence was singing before Bobby Vee ( another grat singer for this genre )

The diffrence is Steve can sing anything & has one the best male voices of his time.

Very well known & did a lot of concerts , very succesful, but truly underated.

He still kicks ASS !!

Peace

[TopshelfTom]

Excellent record, ive got a nice clean copy of this 45 tucked away somewhere..

[brisansam66]

Thanks for posting i remember it well in the 60s..

[davesharon5747]

Sounds almost like Frankie Avalon

[humanorc]

great

[pasitolobo]

great song brings back many memories  thanks

[dynasue77]

Wow. I only found out about this little gem through youtube. Nice early 60's number and good to listen to.

[AGuyFromWVa]

Steve Lawrence is one of the best voices of all time and I can't speak for him but I bet he's glad Gerry Goffin and Carole King were in The Brill Building when he was. This great song writing team wrote a lot of his big hits, "Go Away Little Girl" was one of them.

[devorayael]

I haven't heard this is so many years. I'd forgotten how much I loved this song. Thanks for posting.