Biography:
Johnny Tillotson (born 20 April 1938 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA) is an American singer and songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored 9 top-ten hits on the pop, country and adult contemporary billboard charts including "Poetry In Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'".
In 1957 while still in high school, Tillotson was making records and performing on stage; as a student at the University of Florida, he had his own musical variety show on regional television.
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Other songs:
- Another You
- Blue Velvet
- Counting My Teardrops
- Counting Teardrops
- Earth Angel
- Empty Feelin
- Fool Number One
- Heartaches By The Number
- His True Love Said Goodbye
- I Cant Help It
- I Fall To Pieces
- I Rise I Fall
- Im So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Im Suffering From A Heartache
- It Keeps Right On A
- Jimmys Girl
- Judy Judy Judy
- Lonely Street
- Lonesome Town
- Out Of My Mind
- Please Dont Go Away
- Poetry In Motion
- Princess
- She Understands Me
- Talk Back Trembling Lips
- Tears On My Pillow
- Thats When It Hurts The Most
- Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
- Tomorrow
- Tragedy
- True True Happiness
- We Can Make It
- Well Im Your Man
- Whatll I Do
- Why Do I Love You So
- Without You
- Worry
- Youll Never Stop Me Loving You
- Your Memory Comes Along
- Youre The Reason
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Lonely Street:Johnny Tillotson.
Album - It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' -
on CADENCE Records in 1962.
INTRO:
F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
#1.
Bb
I'm looking for that lonely street.
Eb Bb
I've got a sad, sad tale to tell.
Eb Bb
I need a place to go and weep.
F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
#2.
Bb
A place where there's just loneliness.
Eb Bb
Where dim lights bring forgetfulness.
Eb Bb
Where broken dreams and memories meet.
F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
BRIDGE:
Eb Bb
Perhaps upon that lonely street there's someone
such as I.
Eb Bb
Who came to bury broken dreams, and watch an old
F
love die.
#3.
Bb Eb
If I could find that lonely street, where dim lights
Bb
bring forgetfulness.
Eb Bb
Where broken dreams and memories meet.
F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
OUTRO:
Cm F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' -
on CADENCE Records in 1962.
INTRO:
F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
#1.
Bb
I'm looking for that lonely street.
Eb Bb
I've got a sad, sad tale to tell.
Eb Bb
I need a place to go and weep.
F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
#2.
Bb
A place where there's just loneliness.
Eb Bb
Where dim lights bring forgetfulness.
Eb Bb
Where broken dreams and memories meet.
F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
BRIDGE:
Eb Bb
Perhaps upon that lonely street there's someone
such as I.
Eb Bb
Who came to bury broken dreams, and watch an old
F
love die.
#3.
Bb Eb
If I could find that lonely street, where dim lights
Bb
bring forgetfulness.
Eb Bb
Where broken dreams and memories meet.
F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
OUTRO:
Cm F Eb Bb
Where's this place called Lonely Stree-ee-ee-eet?
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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