Bobby Goldsboro

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Bobby Goldsboro (born January 18, 1941 in Marianna , Florida ) is an American musician and record producer .

Career

In the early 1960s, Goldsboro was a member of the band Webbs while studying in Alabama. Roy Orbison discovered the formation and hired them shortly afterwards as a backing band. Goldsboro was guitarist and songwriter for Orbison for two years. In the fall of 1962, he recorded his first solo single , You Better Go Home , on Laurie Records . However, success was only achieved with their successor Molly , who reached number 70 in the US charts.

In January 1963, the first single, which Goldsboro recorded for United Artists , hit the charts and See the Funny Little Clown reached number 9. Then Orbison advised him to pursue a solo career. He played in the opening act for the Rolling Stones and had other hits in the US charts, such as B. 1965 Little Things , which came to number 13, in the same year Voodoo Woman , number 27. In 1966, two more Top 40 hits followed, It's Too Late and Blue Autumn .

At a time when British bands like The Beatles or The Rolling Stones were also enjoying great success in the USA (see British Invasion ), Goldsboro remained true to the gentle ballad. In 1968 he had his biggest hit with Honey - written by Bobby Russell and originally recorded by former Kingston Trio member Bob Shane . The song about the death of a young bride was not only in first place on the US charts for five weeks , but narrowly missed the top position of the UK charts twice in 1968 and after a re-release in 1975.

From 1968 to 1973, four more of his songs reached the US Top 40, Autumn of My Life , The Straight Life , Watching Scotty Grow and Summer (The First Time) . This title came into the US charts at number 21 and was his last Top 40 song in the United States, the United Kingdom the title made it into the Top 10. His last hit landed Goldsboro in 1974 with that of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway written Song Hello Summertime , which reached number 14 again in the UK.

As a songwriter he wrote pieces for Aretha Franklin , John Denver , Paul Anka , Dolly Parton and Bette Midler, among others . Goldsboro has a total of 26 hits in the US Billboard charts and 12 in the country charts.

After Goldsboro successfully hosted and produced his own show from 1972 to 1975, he founded House of Gold Music in 1973 in Nashville . He has been publishing children's books and producing television for children for Disney Channel and PBS since the 1990s .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1968 Honey US5
gold
gold

(48 weeks)US
First published: April 1968
Producers: Bob Montgomery, Jack Gold
Word Pictures US116 (13 weeks)
US
First published: September 1968
Producers: Bob Montgomery, Bobby Goldsboro
1969 Today US60 (13 weeks)
US
First published: May 1969
Producers: Bob Montgomery, Bobby Goldsboro
1970 Muddy Mississippi Line US139 (11 weeks)
US
First published: January 1970
Producers: Bob Montgomery, Bobby Goldsboro, Jack Gold
1971 We gotta start lovin ' US120 (13 weeks)
US
First published: January 1971
Producers: Bob Montgomery, Bobby Goldsboro
Come back home US142 (5 weeks)
US
First published: August 1971
Producer: Bobby Goldsboro
1973 Summer (The First Time) US150 (11 weeks)
US
First published: September 1973
Producers: Bob Montgomery, Bobby Goldsboro

More albums

  • 1964: The Bobby Goldsboro Album
  • 1965: I Can't Stop Loving You
  • 1965: Broomstick Cowboy
  • 1965: Little Things
  • 1966: Blue Autumn
  • 1966: It's Too Late
  • 1967: Our Way of Life (with Del Reeves )
  • 1967: The Romantic, Wacky, Soulful, Rockin ', Country, Bobby Goldsboro
  • 1968: This Is Bobby Goldsboro
  • 1970: Autumn of My Life
  • 1972: California Wine
  • 1972: Doral Presents Bobby Goldsboro
  • 1973: Brand New Kind of Love
  • 1975: I Believe in Music
  • 1975: Through the Eyes of a Man
  • 1975: A Butterfly for Bucky
  • 1977: Goldsboro
  • 1980: Bobby Goldsboro
  • 1982: Round Up Saloon
  • 1986: Happy Holidays
  • 1992: Stinger, King of the Bees
  • 1992: Lumpkin, the Pumpkin
  • 1992: Snuffy, the Elf Who Saved Christmas
  • 1993: Easter Egg Mornin '

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1967 Solid Goldsboro: Bobby Goldsboro's Greatest Hits US165 (3 weeks)
US
First published: April 1967
1970 Bobby Goldsboro's Greatest Hits US103 (10 weeks)
US
First published: June 1970
Producers: Bob Montgomery, Bobby Goldsboro
1974 Bobby Goldsboro's 10th Anniversary Album
double album 		US174 (3 weeks)
US
First published: November 1974
Producers: Bob Montgomery, Bobby Goldsboro, Jack Gold

More compilations

  • 1970: Pledge of Love
  • 1974: Bobby Goldsboro's 10th Anniversary Album Vol. II
  • 1974: Hello Summertime
  • 1974: Bobby Goldsboro
  • 1977: Goldsboro Gold
  • 1978: Greatest Hits Of
  • 1980: Love Songs
  • 1980: Bobby Goldboro Gold
  • 1982: The Best of Bobby Goldsboro
  • 1985: Greatest Hits
  • 1988: Greatest Hits (released November 30th)
  • 1989: The Very Best of Bobby Goldsboro
  • 1990: All-Time Greatest Hits (release: July 3rd)
  • 1990: Honey
  • 1991: The Best of Bobby Goldsboro: Honey (released September 16)
  • 1995: Honey: 22 Greatest Hits
  • 1997: Gilley's Unreleased Performance of Bobby Goldsboro (release: November 4th)
  • 1999: Hello Summertime: The Very Best of Bobby Goldsboro
  • 2003: Original Artist Hit List (released February 18)
  • 2003: Absolutely the Best (release: April 15th)
  • 2005: Best of Bobby Goldsboro, Vol. 1 (release: March 29th)
  • 2005: Best of Bobby Goldsboro, Vol. 2 (release: March 29)
  • 2005: Honey (release: July 13th)
  • 2005: Brand New Kind of Love (release: July 28th)
  • 2005: Rock Breakout Years: 1968 (release: October 11th)
  • 2007: The Very Best of Bobby Goldsboro (released May 7th)
  • 2008: Best of Bobby Goldsboro, Vol. 1 & 2 (release: July 15th)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1962 Molly
 US70 (7 weeks)
US
First published: November 1962
Author: Steve Karliski
1964 See the Funny Little Clown
The Bobby Goldsboro Album 		US9 (13 weeks)
US
First published: November 18, 1963
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
Whenever He Holds You
The Bobby Goldsboro Album 		US39 (8 weeks)
US
First published: March 1964
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
Me Japanese Boy I Love You
Little Things 		US74 (6 weeks)
US
First published: July 1964
Authors: Burt Bacharach , Hal David
1965 Little Things,
Little Things 		US13 (12 weeks)
US
First published: January 1965
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
Voodoo Woman
Broomstick Cowboy 		US27 (11 weeks)
US
First published: March 31, 1965
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
If You Wait for Love
Broomstick Cowboy 		US75 (5 weeks)
US
First published: July 1965
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
If You've Got a Heart
Broomstick Cowboy 		US60 (8 weeks)
US
B-side of If You Wait for Love
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
Broomstick Cowboy
Broomstick Cowboy 		US53 (7 weeks)
US
First published: November 1965
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
1966 It's Too Late
It's Too Late 		US23 (8 weeks)
US
First published: January 1966
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
I Know You Better Than That
Solid Goldsboro: Bobby Goldsboro's Greatest Hits 		US56 (5 weeks)
US
First published: April 1966
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
It hurts me
blue autumn 		US70 (5 weeks)
US
First published: August 1966
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
Blue Autumn
Blue Autumn 		US35 (9 weeks)
US
First published: October 1966
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
1968 Honey
honey 		US1
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: February 13, 1968
Author: Bobby Russell, Original: Bob Shane, 1968
Autumn of My Life
Word Pictures 		US19 (9 weeks)
US
First published: May 24, 1968
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
The Straight Life
Word Pictures 		US36 (8 weeks)
US
First published: September 27, 1968
Author and original: Sonny Curtis , 1968
1969 Glad She's a Woman
Today 		US61 (6 weeks)
US
First published: January 1969
Author: Bodie Chandler
I'm a drifter
today 		US46 (10 weeks)
US
First published: April 1969
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
Muddy Mississippi Line
Muddy Mississippi Line 		US53 (9 weeks)
US
First published: August 1969
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
1970 Mornin 'Mornin'
Muddy Mississippi Line 		US78 (5 weeks)
US
First published: November 1969
Author: Dennis Linde
Can You Feel It
Bobby Goldsboro's Greatest Hits 		US75 (6 weeks)
US
First published: March 1970
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
Watching Scotty Grow
We Gotta Start Lovin ' 		US11 (13 weeks)
US
First published: November 1970
Author: Mac Davis
1971 And I Love You So
Come Back Home 		US83 (6 weeks)
US
First published: April 1971
Author and original: Don McLean , 1970
Come Back Home
Come Back Home 		US69 (6 weeks)
US
First published: July 1971
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
1972 With pen in hand
honey 		US94 (5 weeks)
US
First published: August 1972
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
1973 Summer (The First Time)
Summer (The First Time) 		US21 (14 weeks)
US
First published: May 1973
Author: Bobby Goldsboro

More singles

  • 1962: You Better Go Home (released April)
  • 1963: The Runaround (released March)
  • 1963: That's What Love Will Do (released June)
  • 1964: I Don't Know You Anymore (release: October)
  • 1966: Take Your Love (July release)
  • 1967: Goodbye to All You Women (release: March)
  • 1967: Trusty Little Herbert (release: July)
  • 1967: Pledge of Love (release: November)
  • 1967: Our Way of Life (with Del Reeves ; released December)
  • 1968: Look Around You (It's Christmas Time) (release: November)
  • 1969: Take a Little Good Will Home (with Del Reeves; released October)
  • 1970: It's Gonna Change (release: August)
  • 1970: We Gotta Start Lovin ' (release: October)
  • 1970: Water Color Days (release: October)
  • 1971: A Poem for My Little Lady (release: October)
  • 1972: California Wine (released February)
  • 1973: Brand New Kind of Love (released January)
  • 1973: Marlena (release: December)
  • 1974: These Are the Best Times
  • 1974: Quicksand (release: June)
  • 1974: Hello Summertime (release: August)
  • 1975: You Pull Me Down (Into Sweet, Sweet Love)
  • 1975: I Wrote a Song (Sing Along) (released August 9)
  • 1976: A Butterfly for Bucky (released April)
  • 1976: Reunion (release: September)
  • 1976: She Taught Me How to Live Again (release: September)
  • 1977: Me and the Elephants (release: February)
  • 1977: The Cowboy and the Lady (release: June)
  • 1977: He'll Have to Go (release: October)
  • 1978: Black Fool's Gold (release: April)
  • 1980: Goodbye Marie (release: October)
  • 1981: Love Ain't Never Hurt Nobody (released May)
  • 1981: Alice Doesn't Love Here Anymore (released June)
  • 1981: The Round-Up Saloon (release: October)
  • 1982: Lucy and the Stranger (release: February)

Other chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK
1968 Honey
honey 		DE8 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT9 (12 weeks)
AT 		UK2 (15 weeks)
UK
First published (UK): April 11, 1968
Author: Bobby Russell, Original: Bob Shane, 1968
1973 Summer (The First Time)
Summer (The First Time) 		- - UK9 (10 weeks)
UK
First published (UK): July 23, 1973
Author: Bobby Goldsboro
1974 Hello, Summertime
Hello Summertime 		- - UK14 (10 weeks)
UK
First published (UK): July 22, 1974
Authors: Bill Backer, Billy Davis,
Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
1975 Honey (1975)
Hello Summertime 		- - UK2 (12 weeks)
UK
First published (UK): March 17, 1975

swell

  1. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: US singles US albums
  2. ↑ More information on the title in: Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 239; see also Roland, Tom: The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits . New York, NY: Billboard Books, 1991, p. 8
  3. ^ Nugent, Stephen / Fowler, Anne / Fowler, Pete: Chart Log of American / British Top 20 Hits, 1955–1974 . In: Gillett, Charlie / Frith, Simon (eds.): Rock File 4 . Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, 1976, p. 181
  4. ^ Rice, Jo / Rice, Tim / Gambacini, Paul / Read, Mike: The Guinness Book of the Hits of the 70s . London: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1980, p. 80
  5. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT UK
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1996, pp. 128f
  7. ↑ a b c gold / platinum database US

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personal data
SURNAME Goldsboro, Bobby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Marianna , Florida