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• CountryBOOK, Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early ‘70s, Don, Breithaupt, Jeff, Breithaupt, October 15, 1996, The Energy Crisis: MOR, 159, St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin, 031214704X,books.google.com/books/about/Precious_and_Few.html?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ,
• blue-eyed soulNEWS, Troy L., Smith, Every No. 1 song of the 1970s ranked from worst to best, Cleveland.com, 14 December 2021, 30 January 2023,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/12/every-no-1-song-of-the-1970s-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html, | length = 2:43

Epic Records>Epic| writer = Rory BourkeBilly SherrillNorro Wilson| producer = Billy SherrillBehind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich song)>Behind Closed Doors| prev_year = 1973| next_title = A Very Special Love Song| next_year = 1974}}”The Most Beautiful Girl” is a song recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, and Rory Bourke. The countrypolitan ballad reached No. 1 in the United States in 1973 on three Billboard music charts: the pop chart (two weeks), the country chart (three weeks), and the adult contemporary chart (three weeks),BOOK, Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001, Whitburn, Joel, Joel Whitburn, 2002, Record Research, 203, as well as in Canada on three RPM charts: the RPM 100 Top Singles chart, the Country Tracks chart, and the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 23 song for 1974.The song is actually a merging of two songs previously recorded by Wilson: “Hey Mister” (from 1968). which forms a major part of the song; and “Mama McCluskie”, used in part in the chorus.The B-side, Rich’s own “I Feel Like Going Home”, was later covered by Rita Coolidge and was released on her 1974 album Fall into Spring.British pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck covered “The Most Beautiful Girl” on his 1973 album Engelbert: King of Hearts.“The Most Beautiful Girl” was also recorded by Slim Whitman in the 1970s. Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album The Way We Were. In 1975 ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad recorded a Swedish-language version called “Vill du lÃ¥na en man?” (with Swedish lyrics by Stig Anderson) on her solo album Frida ensam. Sergio Franchi recorded the song on his 1976 DynaHouse album 20 Magnificent Songs. Country music boy band South 65 recorded an updated version of the song, titled “The Most Beautiful Girl (2001 Version)”. on their 2001 album Dream Large.The song receives a very brief airing by Brenda Fricker in the film So I Married an Axe Murderer. Jason Alexander offered a rendition as his character George Costanza on the December 16, 1992, episode of the sitcom Seinfeld titled “The Pick”, where he bemoaned the loss of his girlfriend, Susan.WEB,www.seinfeldscripts.com/ThePick.htm, The Pick, Seinfeld Scripts, 2016-10-08, The song is featured prominently in the 2018 horror film The Ranger.

Chart performance

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!Chart (1973–1974)!PeakpositionKent Music Report)KENTAUTHOR-LINK=DAVID KENT (HISTORIAN)EDITION=ILLUSTRATEDLOCATION=ST IVES, N.S.W.ISBN=0-646-11917-6, 251, 7|Belgian VRT Top 301|Canadian RPM Country Tracks1|Canadian RPM Top Singles1|Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary1|Danish Singles Chart5|French Singles Chart10|German Singles Chart14|Irish Singles Chart2Dutch Top 40>Netherlands3|Norwegian Singles Chart8|UK Singles Chart2{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Charlie Rich}}Billboard Hot Country SinglesTHE BILLBOARD BOOK OF TOP 40 COUNTRY HITS: 1944-2006, SECOND EDITIONFIRST=JOEL YEAR=2004 PAGE=289, 1|US Billboard Easy Listening1|US Cash Box Top 1001{{col-2}}“>

Year-end charts{| class“wikitable”

!Chart (1973)!RankFIRST=LIBRARY AND ARCHIVESWEBSITE=LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, July 28, 2017, 84{| class=“wikitable sortable”!align=“left“|Chart (1974)! style="text-align:center;“|RankKent Music Report)HTTPS://IMGUR.COM/A/DY7I5IFPUBLISHER= KENT MUSIC REPORT VIA= IMGUR ACCESS-DATE= 15 JANUARY 2022, 57WEBSITE=UK-CHARTS.TOP-SOURCE.INFO, 2016-10-08, 25Billboard Hot 100HTTP://WWW.MUSICOUTFITTERS.COM/TOPSONGS/1974.HTM WEBSITE=MUSICOUTFITTERS.COM, 2016-10-08, 23Cash BoxHTTP://TROPICALGLEN.COM/ARCHIVES/70S_FILES/1974YESP.HTML ACCESS-DATE=2018-04-05 ARCHIVE-DATE=2019-07-22, dead, 3{{col-end}}

References

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