"A Boy Without a Girl"
Single by Frankie Avalon
A-side"Bobby Sox to Stockings"
ReleasedMay 18, 1959
GenrePop
Length1:58
LabelChancellor Records 1036
Songwriter(s)Sid Jacobson, Ruth Sexton
Frankie Avalon singles chronology
"Venus"
(1959) 		"A Boy Without a Girl"
(1959) 		"Just Ask Your Heart" / "Two Fools"
(1959)

"A Boy Without a Girl" is a song written by Sid Jacobson and Ruth Sexton and performed by Frankie Avalon. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1959.[1]  It was performed by Avalon in the 1964 film, Muscle Beach Party.[2]

The song was arranged by Peter De Angelis.[3]

The song was ranked No. 82 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1959.[4]

Other versions

References

  1. ^ "A Boy without a Girl (song by Frankie Avalon) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. 1959-05-25. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  2. ^ Lisanti, Thomas (7 May 2015). Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969. ISBN 9781476601427.
  3. ^ "Frankie Avalon - Bobby Sox To Stockings / A Boy Without A Girl - Chancellor - USA - C 1036". 45cat. 1959-05-18. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1959". Longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  5. ^ "Terry Dene - A Boy Without A Girl / Thank You Pretty Baby - Decca - UK - F 11154". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  6. ^ "Jimmy Crawford - A Boy Without A Girl / I Shoulda Listened To Mama - Columbia - UK - DB 4841". 45cat. 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  7. ^ "Ronnie Hilton - Rocky Old Boat / A Boy Without A Girl - His Master's Voice - UK - POP 1497". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-06-28.


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