Bobby Goldsboro
Best remembered for his 1968 chart-topper, "Honey," singer/songwriter Bobby Goldsboro was born January 18, 1941 in Marianna, FL. After relocating to Dothan, AL, while in his teens, he went on to study at Auburn University, quitting school after his sophomore year to pursue music full-time. During the early '60s, Goldsboro played guitar in Roy Orbison's backing band, mounting a solo career in early 1964 and soon scoring a Top Ten hit with the self-penned "See the Funny Little Clown." His sophisticated yet sentimental vocal style yielded Top 40 entries throughout the middle of the decade, among them "Whenever He Holds You," "Little Things," "Voodoo Woman," "It's Too Late," and "Blue Autumn"; though Goldsboro primarily wrote and recorded his own material, he also notched a minor hit with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David novelty "Me Japanese Boy I Love You." "Honey," a maudlin tale about the tragic death of a young bride, remained at number one for five weeks in the spring of 1968, reaching the number two spot in the U.K. soon after and falling just shy of the top spot upon re-entering the British charts in 1975.
However, "Honey" was far and away the biggest of Goldsboro's career, and after returning to the Top 40 twice more in 1968 with "Autumn of My Life" and "The Straight Life," he was absent from the charts for over two years. He made an unexpected comeback in early 1971 when "Watching Scotty Grow" nearly reached the Top Ten, but outside of the follow-up, "Summer (The First Time)," his commercial heyday was over. Between 1973 and 1975 he hosted the syndicated television variety series The Bobby Goldsboro Show, next forming the Nashville-based House of Gold Music publishing firm. Goldsboro retired from performing during the mid-'80s to producing children's entertainment, including a number of audiobooks and television specials, the first of which, Easter Egg Mornin', premiered on the Disney Channel in 1991. Concurrently, he scored the CBS sitcom Evening Shade, and in 1995 launched the children's series The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Summer (The First Time)
Rock - Released by CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) on 1 Jan 1973
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The Very Best Of Bobby Goldsboro
Country - Released by EMI Gold on 1 Jan 2007
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The Very Best Of Bobby Goldsboro
Country - Released by Liberty Records on 1 Jan 1991
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Best Of, Vol. 2 (Re-Recorded In Stereo)
Country - Released by Curb Records on 9 Mar 2005
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"Today"
Pop - Released by CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) on 1 Jan 1969
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Summer (The First Time)
Country - Released by Sony - ATV Music on 28 Oct 2016
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Best Of, Vol. 1 (Re-Recorded In Stereo)
Country - Released by Curb Records on 29 Mar 2005
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The Very Best Of Bobby Goldsboro, Volume 1 (Digital Re-Recording)
Pop - Released by Sony ATV on 12 Sep 2007
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Bobby Goldsboro
Country - Released by Hickory Records (2009 Deal) on 19 Mar 2013
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It's Too Late
Pop - Released by CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) on 1 Jan 1966
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Absolutely: Bobby Goldsboro
Country - Released by Sound and Vision on 22 Sep 2014
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The Very Best Of Bobby Goldsboro, Volume 2 (Digital Re-Recording)
Pop - Released by Sony ATV on 12 Sep 2007
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Everybody's Talkin' (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, February 8, 1970)
Pop - Released by SOFA - AV Catalog DD on 27 Aug 2021
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Solid Goldsboro Bobby Goldsboro`s Greatest Hits
Country - Released by RE Musik und Media on 20 Jan 2017
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All The Best
Country - Released by Vintage Jukebox on 27 Sep 2019
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Can You Feel It (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, February 8, 1970)
Pop - Released by SOFA - AV Catalog DD on 18 Sep 2021
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Bobby Goldsboro - Gold Collection
Pop - Released by Retro Music Box on 1 Mar 2021
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Bobby Goldsboro - Music History
Country - Released by Vintage Jukebox on 1 Apr 2021
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