<P> "The Most Beautiful Girl" is a song recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Bill Sherrill, Norris Wilson, and Rory Bourke . The country and western ballad reached number 1 in the United States in 1973 on three Billboard music charts: the pop chart (two weeks), the country chart (three weeks), and the adult contemporary chart (three weeks), as well as in Canada on three RPM charts: the RPM 100 Top Singles chart, the Country Tracks chart, and the Adult Contemporary chart . Billboard ranked it as the No. 23 song for 1974 . </P> <P> The song was originally recorded as "Hey Mister" in 1968 by co-writer Wilson . The song also uses a part of "Mama McCluskie", also by Wilson . </P> <P> Rich's B - side, his own "I Feel Like Going Home", was later covered by Rita Coolidge and was released on her 1974 album Fall into Spring . British pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck included "The Most Beautiful Girl" on his 1973 album Engelbert: King of Hearts . </P> <P> "The Most Beautiful Girl" was also recorded by Slim Whitman in the 1970s . Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album The Way We Were . In 1975 ABBA singer Anni - Frid Lyngstad recorded a Swedish - language version called "Vill du låna en man?" (with Swedish lyrics by Stig Anderson) on her solo album Frida ensam . Sergio Franchi recorded the song on his 1976 DynaHouse album 20 Magnificent Songs . Country music boy band South 65 recorded an updated version of the song, titled "The Most Beautiful Girl (2001 Version)", on their 2001 album Dream Large . </P>

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