Hat Check Girl Lyrics...Artist name needed.

ManUtdMrs · Aug 15, 2006, 04:22 PM

I desperately need to know the name of the artist who sang this song.

I only know one line of the song at the moment and it includes..

"Pretty little hat check Girl from Reno..."

It was an American male singer, possibly late 70's early 80's.

Many, Many Thanks!

Chris8906 · Dec 7, 2007, 07:39 AM

Sorry to be a pain but I have also been looking for this record since I recorded it off capital radio in the summer of 1980! My email address is [email address]

Chris8906 · Dec 7, 2007, 10:40 AM

Sorry to be a pain but I have also been looking for this record since I recorded it off capital radio in the summer of 1980! My email address is [email address]

Thanks a million!

Chris8906 · Dec 7, 2007, 10:42 AM

Hmm, lets try this again! williams at batelco dot com dot bh!

waynealton · Dec 9, 2007, 01:05 AM

Hi.. the answer is EDDIE HOWELL.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ManUtdMrs

Come on

Someone MUST know.

bri7urg · Dec 29, 2007, 06:19 AM

I can see this topic has been dead for a while but I remember more about this song. It was played widely in the UK in 1980 around the time that 'Suicide is Dangerous' was number 1 - I know because I was going out with someone at the time.

The song started:

She took a job as a hat check girl at Reno's
to try her luck at the club where the stars hang out

Later on the tempo changed and it included:

Then one day, she had a lucky break
Played a leading lady on a Broadway show...

The last verse started:

So give a hand to the hat check girl at Reno's

It finished: I'm in love, yes I'm in love, with the crazy little hat check girl at Reno's - I only wish she knew.

I've searched the charts of that time and bizarrely can find nothing - it's as if the song never existed and it was actually quite nice. The singer sounded a bit like Billy Joel and I can still 'hear' the song now almost 28 years later!

Meadey · Feb 26, 2008, 05:50 AM

I've just bought a usb turntable and am in the process of putting all of my old singles onto my pc . I came across Hatcheck Girl and after playing it , remembered why I bought it .. it's a lovely melancholic song. Anyway.. if anyone wants me to make a copy then just drop me an email to [email address]

with Hatcheck Girl in the subject and we'll sort something out.

MidlifeManiac · Mar 13, 2008, 09:51 AM

I posted this to YouTube a couple of days ago YouTube - Eddie Howell -- Hatcheck Girl 45 RPM

MARANGELMER · Jun 16, 2008, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJSpooky

Hi everyone if you still want the full version just let me know have digitized this recently as I had a copy lurking in my record collection. Just let me have an email addy and I'll fire it out to ya

HI DJSPOOKY: COULD YOU SEND TO MY EMAIL A COPY OF HATCHECK GIRL BY EDDIE HOWELL? THANKS A LOT [email address]

Tomhowell · Jun 27, 2008, 11:32 AM

Hi Yes this song was written and sung by (Ed) Eddie Howell, I should know, he is my father. The song was written about my mum, well my dad meeting my mum in a nightclub in birmingham (uk) where she was hat check girl in the late sixties.

If you would like I could forward a message to my dad and pass a message.

TOm

Gilly0707 · Jul 20, 2008, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJSpooky

Hi everyone if you still want the full version just let me know have digitized this recently as I had a copy lurking in my record collection. Just let me have an email addy and I'll fire it out to ya

Hi DJ, I have been looking for this song 'hat-check girl' for years, and I would be so grateful if you could forward it to me, my email is [email address]

thank you
so much.



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