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Infobox musical artist | name = Bobby Goldsboro| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1941|1|18|birth_place = Marianna, Florida , United States Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits , p.128-129. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.| death_date =| origin =| instrument =| genre = Country pop Adult Contemporary | occupation = Singer-songwriter , guitarist , painting|painter , television producer | years_active = 1962–present| label = United Artists Records|United Artists , Curb Records|Curb | associated_acts =| website = http://www.bobbygoldsboro.com www.bobbygoldsboro.com Bobby Goldsboro (born January 18, 1941) is an United States|American Country music|country and Popular music|pop singer-songwriter . He had a string of Pop and Country hits during the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature #1 classic " Honey (Bobby Goldsboro song)|Honey ," which sold well over one million copies in the United States.
Biography
Early life
Goldsboro was born in Marianna, Florida . In 1941, Goldsboro's family moved 35 miles north from Marianna to Dothan, Alabama . He graduated from Dothan High School in 1959 and later enrolled at Auburn University . Goldsboro left college after his second year to pursue a musical career. He played guitar for Roy Orbison from 1962 to 1964 while releasing a few unsuccessful singles.
Career
Goldsboro's solo (music)|solo career picked up steam with the " Top 40|Top Ten " hit single|hit "See the Funny Little Clown." The single, penned by Goldsboro, reached #9 on the U.S. national charts in early 1964. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a music recording sales certification|gold disc .cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | pages= 175, 191, 205, 240 & 279 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 It was to be the first of a string of similar awards. Goldsboro would go on to have 11 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and 12 on the country chart.Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits , p.267. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3. In 1966 he recorded "Too Many People" with "It's Too Late" on the B-side . Although Goldsboro was not a prolific performer of dance music, both of these songs were popular within Northern soul and were played at Wigan Casino .cite web | url= http://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Goldsboro-Too-Many-People/release/1223998 | title=Bobby Goldsboro – Too Many People | publisher=www.discogs.com | accessdate=June 14, 2011 His biggest hit was 1968's " Honey (Bobby Goldsboro song)|Honey ," a maudlin tearjerker about the death of a man's young wife. 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. It topped the Hot 100 for five weeks, reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart on two separate occasions (1968 and 1975), and was a #1 single in Australia, selling in excess of one million copies there. It also became his first country hit and marked a career transition, as his songs became more successful on the country chart than on the pop side. Bobby remained a fixture in the country top 40 into the early 1980s.
From 1973 to 1975, Goldsboro hosted the television syndication|syndicated television variety show|variety Television program|series The Bobby Goldsboro Show .
One of Goldsboro's compositions, "With Pen in Hand," was sound recording and reproduction|recorded by several musician|artists , including a Grammy Award|Grammy -nominated pop version by Vikki Carr that reached the "Top 40," in 1969; Johnny Darrell had taken the song to #3 on the US country chart a year earlier. Goldsboro's "The Cowboy and The Lady" became a " Top 10 " country hit as "The Cowgirl and The Dandy" for Brenda Lee in 1980; Dolly Parton had also cover version|covered it in 1977, and John Denver had a hit with the song in 1981.
"Summer (The First Time)", a 1973 reminiscence about a first sexual experience, was a Top 25 hit in the U.S. and reached number 9 in the UK Top 50 and was Goldsboro's last top 40 hit on the Hot 100. Using a powerful repeating piano riff, 12-string guitar, some organ playing, and a dramatic orchestral string arrangement, the song was suggestive enough to spark some controversy. A followup, "Hello Summertime," was written by Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway and hit #14 in the UK in late 1974.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 230
Goldsboro retired from full-time performing in the 1980s. In the 1990s, he composer|scored the soundtrack to the CBS situation comedy Evening Shade . In 1995, he launched the children's television series The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon . Besides his musical activities, Goldsboro sells his paintings on his official website.cite web|url= http://www.bobbygoldsboro.com/custpage.cfm/frm/11246/sec_id/11046|title=The Art of Bobby Goldsboro|publisher=bobbygoldsboro.com
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Chart Positions
RIAA
Label
US Country
US
CAN
1964
The Bobby Goldsboro Album
United Artists
''I Can't Stop Loving You
1965
Little Things
Broomstick Cowboy
1966
''It's Too Late
Blue Autumn
1967
Solid Goldsboro
165
''The Romantic, Wacky, Soulful, Rockin', Country, Bobby Goldsboro
Wood, Gerry (1998). "Bobby Goldsboro." In The Encyclopedia of Country Music . Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p.& nbsp;205.
External links
http://www.bobbygoldsboro.com/ Official website
IMDb name|id=0325993|name=Bobby Goldsboro
discogs artist
http://www.jerseygirlssing.com/RonnieRadioPage.html Bobby's recent radio interview show with Ronnie Allen
Persondata|NAME= Goldsboro, Bobby |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Singer-songwriter , guitarist , painting|painter , television producer |DATE OF BIRTH= January 18, 1941 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Marianna, Florida , United States |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= DEFAULTSORT:Goldsboro, Bobby Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:American pop singers Category:American country singers Category:People from Dothan, Alabama Category:Auburn University alumni Category:American male singers Category:American country singer-songwriters Category:American television personalities Category:People from Jackson County, Florida Category:Epic Records artists Category:Northern soul musicians
