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Hat Check Girl Lyrics... Artist name needed.

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!

:D

Come on

Someone MUST know.

I tried a search for you on Google, couldn't find anything with them lyrics.

Are you sure that they are the right words??

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Originally Posted by ManUtdMrs

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!

:D

I know this record, only heard it once on the radio,1980, and accidentally recorded about one minute of it,which I have since digitised,although of poor quality, the singer from what I can make out is eddie howell, who was more known for his "man from manhattan" single/album, he also worked with freddie mercury and brian may in the early nineties, sorry but that is all I know,cant find much about the record on Google,but I can mail you the small clip if you want.

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Originally Posted by dezyboy18

i know this record, only heard it once on the radio,1980, and accidently recorded about one minute of it,which i have since digitised,although of poor quality, the singer from what i can make out is eddie howell, who was more known for his "man from manhattan" single/album, he also worked with freddie mercury and brian may in the early nineties, sorry but that is all i know,cant find much about the record on google,but i can mail you the small clip if you want.

That would be wonderful.

Many Thanks.
:D

Hope this works, sorry I haven't got a better quality version
If you don't get it,you will have to email me, so I can send to your emaill addy

That is fantastic,Dezyboy.
Many ,many thanks.
:D

I still have no idea who it is but now I have something to work on..

Cheers!

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Originally Posted by ManUtdMrs

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!

:D

I have been looking for this song too, for about 15 years and had no luck. Did you find it?

Hi polly
Still no further about this song,but if you want me to email the poor quality clip I've got,you will have to give me an email address,as can't email clips through this site,it will be the same clip as what manutdmrs received

Tada for now
Dezy

I wasn't able to find too much info, though it appears he may have recorded a full sixteen track album, or perhaps more specifically CD, at some time -- generally, these appear to be the only three songs commonly available though:

Man from Manhattan (with members of Queen)
Waiting in the Wings (B-side of "Man from Manhattan")
This Could be You (A seemingly rare track)

Here is a link to some vinyl recordings for sale:

http://eil.com/shop/ExtSearch.asp?Di...t=Eddie-Howell

Hope this is of some help. Take care. :)

Many Thanks,Thomas.I will check these out!

Dezy's clip was terrific... wish I could find the full track,though...

Quote:

Originally Posted by ManUtdMrs

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!

:D

Hatcheck Girl By Eddie Howell published on the GEM Label in 1980 cat Number GEMS 27 there you go sorted, I'm now going to play it on air as I do hospital radio. Hope that helps you in your cause

Hiya.. stumbled on your question when looking for the track myself today. Still looking mind... the answer is EDDIE HOWELL.

Yeah I know it's Eddie Howell :) was answering it for other users and I have the single and also have it on mp3 as well hurrah.

Amazingly expensive to buy a copy at £8 pounds a pop. Although I have seent advertised at £2.50 from Jukeboxes to buy and hire not sure how good the quality is but hey they might be good quality.

Meanwhile you like good dance music and a bit of chat and a laugh I have just started doing podcasts and you can have a listen at djspooky and if you really like it and have I tunes then you can subscribe and never miss an episode.

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Originally Posted by ManUtdMrs

That would be wonderful.

Many Thanks.
:D

Did you ever find Hat check girl song? I've been looking for it for years and years too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ManUtdMrs

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!

:D

Are you still looking to have the questioned answered? I'm pretty sure I have the record and can find it if you still need to know the artist. Just let me know.

[email protected]

See... even Leeds fans are nice people! :)

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 you

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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 wouldn't mind a better version than the one I have already got. The email addy is
[email protected]
I would much appreciate it , thanks.:D

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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

Thanks DJspooky, brilliant that, I hope the other people on this thread request it also.
All the best dezyboy

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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

Hiya DJ Spooky - I'd really appreciate a copy of Eddie Howell's Hatcheck Girl please. I've been after it for most of this year and still haven't been able to track it down.

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

Hi.. the answer is EDDIE HOWELL.

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Originally Posted by ManUtdMrs

Come on

Someone MUST know.

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!

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

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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

Comment on DJSpooky's post

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