In 1964 Bobby started his solo career by recording the first
of a string of sixteen top-forty hits, "See the Funny
Little Clown." He hit the Billboard charts with 29 consecutive
singles.
More million-selling hits followed, setting the stage for
1968 and the classic, "Honey," which became the
largest-selling record in the world, selling over 5 million
copies! "Watching Scotty Grow" was 1971's No. 1
Soft Rock and Adult Contemporary hit.
Bobby Goldsboro, the songwriter has received twenty-seven
B.M.I. awards and his compositions have been recorded by such
diverse artists as Aretha Franklin, John Denver, Paul Anka,
Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Dr. John, Conway Twitty and Bette
Midler. His compositions, "With Pen in Hand" and
"Autumn of My Life" are members of B.M.I.'s exclusive
"Million-airs Club," which contains only those songs
which have been played on the air over one million times!
Bobby's classic composition, "Summer, the First Time"
was recently voted the greatest summer song ever in England!
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