Talk to Me (Joe Seneca song)

"Talk to Me, Talk to Me"
Single by Little Willie John
from the album Talk to Me
B-side	"Spasms"
Released	January 1958 (1958-01)
Format	7"
Recorded	January 4, 1958, New York, NY
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Label	King 5108
Writer(s)	Joe Seneca

"Talk to Me", or "Talk to Me, Talk to Me", is a song written by Joe Seneca.^[1] Originally recorded in 1958 by Little Willie John, whose version charted #5 R&B and #20 Pop, "Talk to Me" was also recorded by Seneca himself in 1960^[2] and covered by numerous other performers, including Sunny & the Sunglows (1963) and The Beach Boys (1976).

The Beach Boys version

"Talk to Me (Medley)"
Song by The Beach Boys from the album 15 Big Ones
Released	July 5, 1976 (1976-07-05)
Recorded	March 19, 1976 (1976-03-19)
Length	2:14
Producer	Brian Wilson

The Beach Boys covered the song with an added interpolation of the 1959 Freddy Cannon song "Tallahassee Lassie".

Personnel

Carl Wilson – lead Vocals, backing vocals, bass
Brian Wilson backing vocals, ARP String Ensemble, piano, organ, Moog bass
Dennis Wilson backing vocals, drums
Mike Love – backing vocals
Al Jardine – backing vocals
Billy Hinsche – guitar
Ed Carter – guitar

Other cover versions

1960 Joe Seneca
1961 Bobby Vee, on Bobby Vee
1961 Jean DuShon single, produced by Phil Spector
1963 Sunny & the Sunglows
1967 The Avons
1969 Al Green, on Green Is Blues
1973 Johnnie Taylor, on Taylored in Silk
1976 The Beach Boys, on 15 Big Ones
1978 Freddy Fender, on Swamp Gold
1978 Ray Stevens, on There Is Something on Your Mind
1982 Mickey Gilley, who had his fifteenth number one country hit, with his version.^[3]
1983 Colorblind James Experience (single)
2015 Mel Carter on Mel Carter Continues

References

↑ ""La Onda Chicano: Sunny Ozuna, still talking – to you, me, and Texicans everywhere" by Greg Beets". The Austin Chronicle. 2006-07-21. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
↑ "Reviews of This Week's Singles". Billboard 72 (46): 37. November 14, 1960. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 137.

Preceded by "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" by Emmylou Harris	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single by Mickey Gilley January 29, 1983	Succeeded by "Inside" by Ronnie Milsap

Mickey Gilley

Albums	Too Good to Stop Now Invitation Only

Notable singles	"Room Full of Roses" "I Overlooked an Orchid" "City Lights" "Window Up Above" "Bouquet of Roses" "Overnight Sensation" "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" "Bring It On Home to Me" "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" "She's Pulling Me Back Again" "Honky Tonk Memories" "Chains of Song" "The Power of Positive Drinkin'" "Here Comes the Hurt Again" "The Song We Made Love To" "Just Long Enough to Say Goodbye" "My Silver Lining" "True Love Ways" "Stand by Me" "That's All That Matters" "A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight)" "You Don't Know Me" "Lonely Nights" "Tears of the Lonely" "Put Your Dreams Away" "Talk to Me" "Fool for Your Love" "Your Love Shines Through" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" "Too Good to Stop Now" "I'm the One Mama Warned You About" "You've Got Something on Your Mind" "Your Memory Ain't What It Used to Be" "Doo-Wah Days" "Full Grown Fool" "She Reminded Me of You" "There I've Said It Again"

Guest singles	"Paradise Tonight" (with Charly McClain)

Related articles	Discography Playboy Records Epic Records Jerry Lee Lewis Jimmy Swaggart Barbi Benton Ray Charles Gilley's Club

15 Big Ones

Songs

Side one	"Rock and Roll Music" "It's O.K." "Had to Phone Ya" "Chapel of Love" "Everyone's in Love with You" "Talk to Me" "That Same Song" "T M Song"

Side two	"Palisades Park" "Susie Cincinnati" "A Casual Look" "Blueberry Hill" "Back Home" "In the Still of the Night" "Just Once in My Life"

Outtakes

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