Lonely Night (Angel Face)

"Lonely Night (Angel Face)" is a song written by Neil Sedaka. The song was first recorded by Sedaka and appeared as a track on his 1975 studio album, The Hungry Years. The following year the song was made popular when covered by the pop music duo Captain & Tennille, who took their version of the song to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Background

In 1976, "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" was a hit single for Captain & Tennille, who had recorded another Sedaka song "Love Will Keep Us Together" a year earlier. Their version of "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number one on the Billboard Easy Listening chart in March 1976.^[1] On the Cashbox Top 100, it also reached number one. The song became a Gold record.

In Canada the song went to number one on the RPM National Top Singles Chart. It hit the pole position on April 17, 1976, and stayed atop the charts for two weeks before bowing out to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.^[2]^[3] It was their third of fourteen hit singles.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	9
Canada	1
New Zealand ^[4]	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	1
WLS survey (Chicago) ^[5]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
Australia	83
Canada	7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[6]	39
U.S. Cashbox ^[7]	32
WLS survey (Chicago) ^[8]	7

References

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" by The Four Seasons	RPM number-one single (Canada) April 10, 1976	Succeeded by "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

Neil Sedaka

Studio albums	Rock with Sedaka Circulate Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits 3 Great Guys Workin' on a Groovy Thing/Sounds of Sedaka Emergence Solitaire The Tra-La Days Are Over Laughter In The Rain Overnight Success The Hungry Years Steppin' Out A Song All You Need Is the Music In the Pocket Now Come See About Me The Good Times

Compilation albums	Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits Italiano Oh! Carol Sedaka's Back Oh Carol Let's Go Steady Again Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits The '50s and '60s 14 Knockouts The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka Sunny Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits My Friend Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974-80 The Very Best of Neil Sedaka Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955–66 Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka Love Songs

Live albums	Live at the Royal Festival Hall On Stage

Singles	"The Diary" "I Go Ape" "Crying My Heart Out for You" "Stupid Cupid" "Fallin'" "Oh! Carol" "One-Way Ticket To The Blues" "Stairway to Heaven" "You Mean Everything to Me" "Run Samson Run" "Calendar Girl" "Little Devil" "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "Next Door to an Angel" "La terza luna" "Lettera bruciata" "Everything Is Beautiful" "Love Will Keep Us Together" "Laughter in the Rain" "The Immigrant" "Bad Blood" "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" "Amarillo" "Your Precious Love" "Rhythm of the Rain"

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Book:Neil Sedaka

Captain & Tennille

Daryl Dragon Toni Tennille

Albums	Love Will Keep Us Together Song of Joy Come In from the Rain Dream Make Your Move Keeping Our Love Warm More Than Dancing The Secret of Christmas

Singles	"Love Will Keep Us Together" "The Way I Want to Touch You" "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" "Shop Around" "Muskrat Love" "Do That to Me One More Time" "Happy Together (A Fantasy)" "Don't Call It Love"

Songs	"Disney Girls" "Cuddle Up" "God Only Knows" "I Write the Songs" "Wedding Song (There Is Love)"

Related topics	Discography Carmen Dragon The Beach Boys

Book:Captain & Tennille

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