The News-Press

'The Umbrella Academy?' Netflix show uses 54-year-old song by SWFL singer. He had no idea

Jerry Dycke didn’t know what was happening. Suddenly, inexplicably, people started streaming his 54-year-old song on YouTube. Thousands of people. And they were leaving glowing comments, too. “This is ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

Here's why a former Topekan is thrilled 'Mr. Lonely' is finding so much company on Spotify

A sad ballad Jerry Dycke recorded in late 1967 while living in Topeka and working for Memphis-based Sun Records has struck a chord over the past year with hundreds of thousands of fans discovering it.
The News-Press

Fort Myers musician scores Spotify hit: Netflix 'Umbrella Academy' song hits 1M streams

Fort Myers musician Jerry Dycke has a hit song on his hands ― more than 50 years after recording his ballad "Come In Mr. Lonely" at the famous Sun Records. And it's all thanks to "The Umbrella Academy ...
Stereogum

Angel Olsen & Emile Mosseri – “Mr. Lonely” (Bobby Vinton Cover)

Way back in December 1964, at the peak of Beatlemania, throwback crooner Bobby Vinton scored his third and final #1 hit with the decidedly not-rocking ballad “Mr. Lonely.” This past summer we got a ...