Bobby Goldsboro

Bobby Goldsboro
Bobby Goldsboro in 1967
Background information
Born	(1941-01-18) January 18, 1941 (age 76) Marianna, Florida, United States
Genres	Country, Adult Contemporary, Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, guitarist, painter, television producer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1962–present
Labels	United Artists, Curb
Website	www.bobbygoldsboro.com

Bobby Goldsboro (born January 18, 1941) is an American pop and country singer-songwriter. He had a string of pop and country hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature No. 1 hit "Honey", which sold over one million copies in the United States.

Goldsboro was born in Marianna, Florida. During his first year of life, his 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.

Goldsboro's solo career picked up steam with the top ten hit "See the Funny Little Clown". The single, written by Goldsboro, reached No. 9 on the U.S. national charts in early 1964. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. It was to be the first of a string of similar awards. Goldsboro would go on to have 16 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and 12 on the country chart. In 1966 he recorded "It's Too Late" with "Too Many People" on the B-side. Although Goldsboro was not a prolific performer of dance music, both of these songs were huge hits on the Northern soul scene in Great Britain and were played extensively. His biggest hit was 1968's "Honey", a tearjerker about the death of a man's lover. The song, written by Bobby Russell, was recorded in one take. It became the largest-selling record in the world for 1968 and topped the Hot 100 for five weeks, reached number two in the UK Singles Chart on two separate occasions (1968 and 1975), and was a number one single in Australia. It also became his first country hit.