Biography:
Bruce Channel (born as Bruce McMeans, on November 28, 1940, in Jacksonville, Texas) was a musician best known as a 'one-hit-wonder' known for his 1962 number one song "Hey! Baby" (also known as "Hey Baby") while also being a songwriter for other artists.
Channel originally performed on the Louisiana Hayride radio show, and then joined up with harmonica-player Delbert McClinton singing country music. Bruce wrote "Hey! Baby" in 1959, together with Margaret Cobb
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Number One Man:Bruce Channel.
#52 on BB Hot 100 on SMASH Records
in 1962.
INTRO: G
#1.
G C G C F C G7
Heeeyyy, why ain't I your number one man?
C
Tell me that you really need me, that I'm your
Em7 C
only love.
D D7
Always thinking about me..you're true as the stars
above.
CHORUS:
G B G F
I've been true to you, baby, but there's one thing
I don't understand.
G F
If all that stuff you say is true..why ain't I your
C
number one man?
#2.
F F7
I asked you for a date last night, you said you wasn't
up to par.
Ab D G D
Then I go out for a little walk and see you in a big
G
fine car.
#3.
C C7
Don't say it was your brother, who took you by surprise.
D D7
I watched him walk you to your door..it wasn't brotherly
love in his eyes.
CHORUS:
G B G F
I've been true to you, baby, but there's one thing
I don't understand.
G F
If all that stuff you say is true..why ain't I your
C
number one man?
#3.
F F7
I asked you for a date last night, you said you wasn't
up to par.
Ab D G D
Then I go out for a little walk and see you in a big
G
fine car.
#4.
C C7
Don't say it was your brother, who took you by surprise.
D D7
I watched him walk you to your door..it wasn't brotherly
love in his eyes.
CHORUS:
G B G F
I've been true to you, baby, but there's one thing
I don't understand.
G F
If all that stuff you say is true..why ain't I your
C
number one man?
OUTRO:
C G C A
Heyyyyyyyy, why ain't I your number one man, yeah?
D G
yeah, yeah..
C D G C A D
Heyyyyyyyyyyy, number one man.....(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#52 on BB Hot 100 on SMASH Records
in 1962.
INTRO: G
#1.
G C G C F C G7
Heeeyyy, why ain't I your number one man?
C
Tell me that you really need me, that I'm your
Em7 C
only love.
D D7
Always thinking about me..you're true as the stars
above.
CHORUS:
G B G F
I've been true to you, baby, but there's one thing
I don't understand.
G F
If all that stuff you say is true..why ain't I your
C
number one man?
#2.
F F7
I asked you for a date last night, you said you wasn't
up to par.
Ab D G D
Then I go out for a little walk and see you in a big
G
fine car.
#3.
C C7
Don't say it was your brother, who took you by surprise.
D D7
I watched him walk you to your door..it wasn't brotherly
love in his eyes.
CHORUS:
G B G F
I've been true to you, baby, but there's one thing
I don't understand.
G F
If all that stuff you say is true..why ain't I your
C
number one man?
#3.
F F7
I asked you for a date last night, you said you wasn't
up to par.
Ab D G D
Then I go out for a little walk and see you in a big
G
fine car.
#4.
C C7
Don't say it was your brother, who took you by surprise.
D D7
I watched him walk you to your door..it wasn't brotherly
love in his eyes.
CHORUS:
G B G F
I've been true to you, baby, but there's one thing
I don't understand.
G F
If all that stuff you say is true..why ain't I your
C
number one man?
OUTRO:
C G C A
Heyyyyyyyy, why ain't I your number one man, yeah?
D G
yeah, yeah..
C D G C A D
Heyyyyyyyyyyy, number one man.....(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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