Robert Charles Goldsboro was born on January 18,1941 and is an American pop and country singer and songwriter.
16 Facts About Bobby Goldsboro
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Bobby Goldsboro had a string of pop and country hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature No 1 hit "Honey", which sold over 1 million copies in the United States, and the UK top-10 single "Summer ".
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Goldsboro starred in his own television show, The Bobby Goldsboro Show, from 1973 to 1976.
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Bobby Goldsboro created several animated specials and children's books, as well as the PBS children's series The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon.
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Bobby Goldsboro learned to play the ukelele when he was around 12 years old before learning to play the guitar.
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Bobby Goldsboro was interested in becoming a professional baseball player before turning his interest to music.
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Bobby Goldsboro left college after his second year to pursue a musical career, playing guitar in the backup band for Roy Orbison.
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Bobby Goldsboro performed semi-professionally as part of The Webs while at college.
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Bobby Goldsboro gave Goldsboro a song titled "Molly" for him to record, and the song managed to chart on Billboard Hot 100 in early 1963.
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Bobby Goldsboro continued performing with The Webs and Orbison until his solo career kicked off with the top 10 hit "See the Funny Little Clown".
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The single, written by Bobby Goldsboro, reached No 9 on the US national charts in early 1964.
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In 1968, Bobby Goldsboro released the biggest hit of his career, "Honey", a tearjerker about the death of a man's wife.
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The song, written by Bobby Goldsboro Russell, was recorded in one take.
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Bobby Goldsboro reached No 11 on Billboard's national charts with the Mac Davis-penned song "Watching Scotty Grow".
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Bobby Goldsboro voiced all the characters, wrote all the scripts, and played all the musical instruments in the show.
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Bobby Goldsboro was married to Mary Alice Watson, whom he met while he was in college; they had three children.