Are You Lonely for Me (Freddie Scott song)

"Are You Lonely for Me", written and produced by Bert Berns (aka Bert Russell), is a song first recorded by Freddie Scott.

The single was Scott's highest charting single on the R&B chart, hitting the number-one spot for four weeks, in early 1967. "Are You Lonely For Me" was also Freddie Scott's second and last Top 40-hit single. The song's back up vocals were performed by Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations.

Cover versions
The song has been covered many times since, including renditions by:
 * Hank Ballard,
 * Commitments,
 * Grateful Dead,
 * Al Green,
 * Chuck Jackson,
 * Steve Marriott,
 * Otis Redding & Carla Thomas,
 * David Johansen.

Influence

 * The song was a standard in the Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders tours from 1972 to 1974.


 * Keith Richards named it the one song he would want to be credited for writing