- Bobby Goldsboro
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Name = Bobby Goldsboro
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Born = birth date and age|1941|1|18) Marianna,Florida ,USA Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits", p.128-129. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.]
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Genre = Country, pop
Occupation = Singer,songwriter ,guitarist , painter,television producer
Years_active = 1962-presentWhitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits", p.128-129. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.]
Label = United Artists, CurbWhitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits", p.128-129. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.]
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URL = [http://www.bobbygoldsboro.com www.bobbygoldsboro.com]
Notable_instruments =Bobby Goldsboro, born
January 18 ,1941 in Marianna,Florida ), is an American country/popsinger , as well as asongwriter , painter andtelevision producer .Biography
When he was a teenager of 15 in 1956Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits", p.128-129. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.] , Goldsboro's family moved 35 miles north from Marianna to Dothan,
Alabama . He graduated fromDothan High School in 1959, and later enrolled atAuburn University . He left college after his second year to pursue a musical career.After playing
guitar forRoy Orbison from 1962-1964, he set out on a solo career. He soon had a Top Ten hit with his own composition "See the Funny Little Clown," which reached No.9 on the U.S. national charts. He would go on to have 11 top-40 hits in the pop field and 12 in Country music.Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits", p.128-129. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.] Whitburn, Joel (2000). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", p.267. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3.]His biggest hit in both fields was 1968's Honey, a sentimental tale of an apparently deceased wife.Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits", p.128-129. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.] Whitburn, Joel (2000). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", p.267. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3.] The song, written by
Bobby Russell , was recorded in one take.Roland, Tom (1991). "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits", p.9. ISBN 0-8230-7553-2.]The single reached Number 2 in the
UK Singles Chart , selling in excess of one million copies. InAustralia , "Honey" also made it to No.1, rated No.10 overall for 1968, and is ranked at No.25 on the Oz Net Music Chart's Top 100 for the 1960s. It became his first country hit and was the beginning of his hits becoming more successful on the country charts than on the pop charts. Goldsboro last top 40 in pop music came in 1973, but he remained a fixture in the Country top 40 for the rest of the 1970s and into the early 1980s.Goldsboro wrote some of his hits, one in particular, "With Pen in Hand", was recorded by several artists, the biggest of which was a
Grammy -nominated pop version byVikki Carr that was a Top 40 pop hit in the United States and the UK in 1969; whileJohnny Darrell took his version to number 3 on the U.S. country chart a year earlier. His song, "The Cowboy and The Lady" became a Top 10 country hit as "The Cowgirl and The Dandy" forBrenda Lee in 1980;Dolly Parton had also covered it in 1977 andJohn Denver also covered and had a hit with the song in 1981.In early 1971, a plane Goldsboro was travelling on was hijacked to Cuba. Goldsboro said they were given lunch in Havana andgenerally well treated [http://www.mrpopculture.com/files/February%205,%201971.pdf blurb in pdf] [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:AA-egdCb2bUJ:www.mrpopculture.com/files/February%25205,%25201971.pdf+%22Bobby+Goldsboro%22+hijack&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us html rendering] .
From 1973 to 1975, he hosted the syndicated
television variety series, "The Bobby Goldsboro Show". Goldsboro retired from full-time performing in the 1980s.In the 1990s, he scored the
soundtrack to theCBS situation comedy , "Evening Shade ", and in 1995, he launched the children's television series "The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon". He sells original paintings on his website [http://www.bobbygoldsboro.com/custpage.cfm/frm/11246/sec_id/11046] .Pop singles
His Pop (Billboard) hits from the 1960s and 70s included:
* "Molly" (Laurie 3148) #70
* "See The Funny Little Clown" (UA 672) #9
* "Whenever He Holds You" (UA 710) #39
* "Me Japanese Boy I Love You" (UA 742) #74
* "I Don't Know You Anymore" (UA 781) #105
* "Little Things" (UA 810) #13
* "Voodoo Woman" (UA 862) #27
* "If You Wait For Love"/"If You've Got A Heart" (UA 908) #75/#60
* "Broomstick Cowboy" (UA 952) #53
* "It's Too Late" (UA 980) #23
* "I Know You Better Than That" (UA 50018) #56
* "Take Your Love" (UA 50044) #114
* "It Hurts Me" (UA 50056) #70
* "Blue Autumn" (UA 50087) #35
* "Goodbye To All You Women" (UA 50138) #102
* "JoJo's Place"/"Pledge Of Love" (UA 50224) #111/#118
* "Honey" (UA 50283) #1
* "Autumn of My Life" (UA 50318) #19
* "The Straight Life" (UA 50461) #36
* "Muddy Mississippi Line" (UA 50565) #53
* "Mornin Mornin" (UA 50614) #78
* "Can You Feel It" (UA 50650) #75
* "It's Gonna Change" (UA 50696) #108
* "Watching Scotty Grow" (UA 50727) #11
* "And I Love You So" (UA 50778) #83
* "Come Back Home" (UA 50807) #69
* "Danny Is A Mirror To Me" (UA 50846) #107
* "California Wine" (UA 50891) #108
* "With Pen In Hand" (UA 50938) #94
* "Brand New Kind Of Love" (UA 51107) #116
* "Summer (The First Time)" (UA 251) #21
* "A Butterfly For Bucky" (UA 793) #101
* "Me and The Elephants" (Epic 50342) #104Country singles (Top 40 only)
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