"Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by Paul Anka in
1959. Anka sang this song in the movie
Girls Town. When released as a single, it topped the
Billboard Hot 100, becoming Anka's first song to do so,
although he had earlier topped Billboard's Best Sellers in
Stores chart with "Diana". The song was covered in 1971 by
Billy "Crash" Craddock, which was released on the album
Knock Three Times. Donny Osmond had a 1972 single
revival of the song, charting as the flip of his hit single,
"Why".