Bobby's Girl (song)

"Bobby's Girl" is a song and single written by Gary Klein and Henry Hoffman and performed by American teenage singer, Marcie Blane.[1][2]

It was first released in 1962 in America. It has a spoken introduction and a backing refrain of "You're not a kid anymore" and was popular with the American teenage audience. It entered the charts in October and made the Top 10 within a month reaching 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 by December, where it stayed for four weeks only to be kept from the top of the charts by The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" and Elvis Presley's "Return to Sender".[3] It reached 2 on the Cash Box chart staying on the charts for nineteen weeks and made Blane the top selling female singer in the US.[4]

Susan Maughan version
"Bobby's Girl"

Single by Susan Maughan

B-side Come a Little Closer

Released 1962

Genre Pop Rock

Length 2:15

Label Philips Records 326544 BF

Writer(s) Gary Klein, Henry Hoffman

Susan Maughan singles chronology

"Baby Doll Twist (1962) "Bobby's Girl" (1962) "Mama Do The Twist" (1962)

The Susan Maughan cover version was also released in 1962, in the UK. It featured Wally Stott and his orchestra and chorus.[5] Maughan's version spent nineteen weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 3.[6][7]

Tracey Ullman version
In 1983, Tracey Ullman released a version of "Bobby's Girl" on the album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places and as a single. Ullman's version reached No. 45 in Germany.[8]