Talk to Me (Joe Seneca song)

"Talk to Me", or "Talk to Me, Talk to Me", is a song written by Joe Seneca.^[5] It was originally recorded in 1958 by Little Willie John, whose version reached No. 5 on the R&B chart and No. 20 on the Hot 100.

"Talk to Me, Talk to Me [1]"
Single by Little Willie John
from the album Talk to Me
B-side	"Spasms"
Released	January 1958 (1958-01)
Recorded	January 4, 1958
Studio	New York City
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Length	2:41
Label	King
Songwriter(s)	Joe Seneca

"Talk to Me [2]"
Single by Sunny & the Sunglows
B-side	"Every Week, Every Month, Every Year"
Released	August 1963 (1963-08)
Recorded	1963
Genre	Doo-wop
Length	2:41
Label	Tear Drop
Songwriter(s)	Joe Seneca

"Talk to Me[3]"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album Put Your Dreams Away
B-side	"Honky Tonkin' (I Guess I Done Me Some)"
Released	October 1982 (1982-10)
Recorded	April 1982
Genre	Country
Length	3:10
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Joe Seneca
Producer(s)	Jim Ed Norman
Mickey Gilley singles chronology
"Put Your Dreams Away" (1982) "Talk to Me[4]" (1982) "Fool for Your Love" (1983)

Sunny & the Sunliners version

• The most successful version was recorded by Texas brown-eyed soul group Sunny & the Sunliners, who took it to number 11 on the Hot 100 in 1963.^[6]

Other recordings

• "Talk to Me" was also recorded by Joe Seneca in 1960,^[7] as the B-side to his single,"Forty Days and Forty Nights"^[8]
• In 1976, The Beach Boys recorded a version of it, along with "Tallahassee Lassie" on their 1976 album, 15 Big Ones.
• In 1982, Mickey Gilley had his fifteenth number one country hit with his version.^[9]