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Bobby Goldsboro (born Robert Goldsborough, January 18, 1941, Marianna, Florida), is an American country/pop singer, as well as a songwriter. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marianna is a city in Jackson County, Florida, United States. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both

Career

When he was a teenager, Goldsboro's family moved 35 miles north from Marianna to Dothan, Alabama. Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. He graduated from Dothan High School in 1959, and later enrolled at Auburn University. History Dothan High School was built in 1911 and was first located on Burdeshaw Street Auburn University ( AU or Auburn) is a State university located in Auburn, Alabama, U He left college after his second year to pursue a musical career.

After three years playing guitar for Roy Orbison, he set out on a solo career in 1964. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23 1936 &ndash December 6 1988) nicknamed "The Big O" was an influential Grammy Award -winning In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer He soon had a Top Ten hit with his own composition "See the Funny Little Clown. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. A hit single is a recorded track or single that has become very popular "

Other Top 40 hits from the 1960s and 70s included:

"Honey" was a Number One hit in 1968 in the Billboard Hot 100. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. " Honey " also known as " Honey (I Miss You " is a song written by Bobby Russell for American singer Bobby Goldsboro 's tenth album These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1968. Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with The single reached Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, selling in excess of one million copies. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry In Australia, "Honey" also made it to No. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 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 also reached Number 1 on the country chart and became his first country hit. It was also the beginning of his hits becoming more successful on the country charts than on the pop charts.

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 by Vikki Carr that was a Top 40 pop hit in the United States and the UK in 1969; while Johnny Darrell took his version to number 3 on the U.S. country chart a year earlier. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Vikki Carr (born July 19 1941, in El Paso Texas as Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona) is an American Singer The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Johnny Darrell (b July 23, 1940 - d October 7, 1997) was an American country music artist The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Goldsboro would also record his own version of the song in 1972, but it only graced the lower regions of the pop charts. In the 1970s he had more hits, including "Watching Scotty Grow," (a country Top 10 that nearly made the Top 10 on the pop charts as well, peaking at #11 in 1971), "Summer (The First Time)," "Hello Summertime," "Butterfly for Bucky," and "Me and the Elephants. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. "

In 1973, "Summer (The First Time)" was his last major pop hit. From 1973 to 1975, he hosted the syndicated television variety series, The Bobby Goldsboro Show. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts especially Musical performances and Comedy Skits and A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U

With his pop career winding down, in the early 1980s, Goldsboro had several Top 20 country hits with "Goodbye Marie", "Alice Doesn't Love Here Anymore" and "Love Ain't Never Hurt Nobody" all released in 1981. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. His song, "The Cowboy and The Lady" became a Top 10 country hit as "The Cowgirl and The Dandy" for Brenda Lee in 1980 and for John Denver in 1981; Dolly Parton had also covered it in 1977. Brenda Lee (born December 11, 1944) is an American country - pop Singer, who was popular during the 1950s and 1960s John Denver (December 31 1943 &ndash October 12 1997 born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Country music Singer / Songwriter, Author, actress In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released During that decade, Goldsboro retired from performing to produce children's entertainment.

In the 1990s, he scored the soundtrack to the CBS situation comedy, Evening Shade, and in 1995, he launched the children's television series The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Evening Shade is an American Comedy Television series which aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994

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