Although he was formally trained, Eddie Holman, the soul and gospel artist best known for the classic 1969 single "Hey There Lonely Girl," has the kind of earnestness and anguished delivery that comes from the heart rather than academia. After enjoying stardom as a child -- he appeared in off-Broadway productions and on NBC's The Children's Hour as "Little" Eddie Holman -- the Norfolk, Virginia native attended the Victoria School of Music and Cheyney University in Pennsylvania. Holman recorded for Leopard and Ascot before moving to Philadelphia. His 1956 debut for Parkway, "Th...