#SongLyricSunday-Rich Girl-May 22

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This week our host Jim Adams for Song Lyric Sunday has given us the prompt of Money, Gold, Silver, Rich.

The goal is to take the prompt and profile a song that has it part of its lyrics or title.

Please consider carving out time to read the posts of other bloggers who responded to the Song Lyric Sunday challenge.

Rules for Song Lyric Sunday

Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it contains the prompt words or not.  If it does not meet the criteria, then please explain why you chose this song.
• Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due.  Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be.
• Make sure you also credit the singer/band and if you desire you can provide a link to where you found the lyrics.
• Link to the YouTube video or pull it into your post so others can listen to the song.
• Ping back to this post or place your link in the comments section below.
• Read at least one other person’s blog, so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process.
• Feel free to suggest future prompts.
• Have fun and enjoy the music.

Rich Girl

Daryl Hall and John Oates formed Hall and Oates in 1970. They got their start in Philadelphia with Hall doing most of the lead vocals and Oates playing guitar/back-up vocals. Between 1974 and 1991 they had 33 singles reach Billboard’s Top 100. The first song to reach #1 for the duo was “Rich Girl” and that was released in 1976.

In doing research on how the song came about I located this resource that explains that Daryl Hall had a girlfriend named Sara Allen. Allen has co-written a number of songs for Hall and Oates. She had an ex-boyfriend named Victor Walker Jr.. He was from a rich family that owned fast food restaurants. The song started out about a “Rich Guy”, but Hall changed it.

Lyrics

Video

Hall and Oates in the 1970’s with hair flowing performing “Rich Girl”

Next week the prompt is Appearance, Image, Likeness, Object, Picture, Photograph