Summer (The First Time) This song is by Bobby Goldsboro and appears on the album Summer (The First Time) (1973). Wikipedia: search for Bobby. When a young Marge was on a date with Homer when thought she was boring him so she started to say that she liked music and mentioned Bobby Goldsboro,. Contents • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Early life [ ] Goldsboro was born in. During his first year of life, his family moved 35 miles (56 km) north from Marianna to. He graduated from in 1959 and later enrolled at. Goldsboro left college after his second year to pursue a musical career. He played guitar for from 1962 to 1964. Career [ ] Goldsboro's career picked up steam with the hit '. 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. It was to be the first of a string of similar awards. Goldsboro would go on to have 11 Top 40 hits on the and 12 on the country chart. In 1966 he recorded 'It's Too Late' with 'Too Many People' on the. Although Goldsboro was not a prolific performer of dance music, both of these songs were huge hits on the scene in Great Britain and were played extensively. His biggest hit was 1968's ', a tearjerker about the death of a man's wife. The song, written by, 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 on two separate occasions (1968 and 1975), and was a number one single in Australia. It also became his first country hit. One of Goldsboro's compositions, ', was by several, including a -nominated pop version by that reached the Hot 100's top 40 in 1969; had taken the song to No. 3 on the US country chart a year earlier. In 1970 included a cover on her album Black Is Beautiful. Goldsboro's ' became a 'Top 10' country hit as 'The Cowgirl and the Dandy' for in 1980; had also it in, and had a hit with the song in 1981. Bobby Goldsboro, 2010 ', a 1973 reminiscence about a 17-year-old boy's first sexual experience (with a 31-year-old woman), was a Top 25 hit in the U.S. And reached number 9 in the UK. Using a repeating piano riff, 12-string guitar, and an orchestral string arrangement, the song was suggestive enough to spark some controversy [ ]. Prince hitnrun phase two. A follow-up, 'Hello Summertime', was written by and and hit No. 14 in the UK in September 1974. From 1973 to 1975, Goldsboro hosted the successful television series The Bobby Goldsboro Show. In the 1990s, he composed the music for the situation comedy. In 1995, he created the fifty-two episode children's television series. Goldsboro voiced all the characters, wrote all the scripts, and played all the musical instruments. Goldsboro is also an accomplished oil painter. ![]() Discography [ ]. • ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits, p.128-129. • ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. Pp. 175, 191, 205, 240 & 279. • ^ Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, p.267. ![]() Retrieved 2011-06-14. • Roland, Tom (1991). The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits, p.9. • ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. • 'Hot Country Singles',, July 6, 1968. Note: Running Adobe's uninstaller will remove Flash from all browsers where it is not built-in, including Internet Explorer. Install flash player 10 chrome. Retrieved 19 November 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013. Bibliography [ ] • • Wood, Gerry (1998). 'Bobby Goldsboro'. In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. External links [ ] • • on • discography at •.
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