[Chris8906]

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

[waynealton]

Hi.. the answer is EDDIE HOWELL.

Come on

Someone MUST know.

[bri7urg]

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!

[MidlifeManiac]

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

[Tomhowell]

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

[MidlifeManiac]

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

Hi Tom,

Thanks for that information it was very interesting and gives me just a little bit more history of the song. I was working in a record shop in Central London when the single came out. We used to play it virtually every lunchtime when we were packed and sold loads. Unfortunately we weren't a chart shop so our loads didn't count for much chart-wise.
Regards to you and your Dad hope he is keeping well.

Terry

[HelsAngel]

I have also been trying to track that song and just can't trace it. I would also love a copy of any version of this song. Brings back many old memories. My e mail is [email protected] . I would really appreciate that. Thank you in hopeful anticipatio