"Honey"
"Watching Scotty Grow"
"LIttle Green Apples"
"See The Funny Little Clown"
"With Pen in Hand"
"Summer The First Time"
Bobby Goldsboro’s career has been a remarkable
evolution. This multi-talented performer started out in the early
sixties as a guitarist with the legendary Roy Orbison. During his three
years with Orbison he traveled all over the world and even toured with
The Beatles.
In 1964, Bobby started his solo career by recording the first of a
string of sixteen top-forty hits, “See the Funny
Little Clown”. One of his first concert bookings had him
opening for the Rolling Stones on their first U.S. tour! More
million-selling hits followed, setting the stage for 1968 and the
classic, “Honey,”
which became the largest-selling record in the world. “Watching
Scotty Grow,” “Little Green Apples” and “With
Pen in Hand” have also become classics.
1973 brought Bobby his own nationally syndicated television show, which
ran for three successful seasons and became the highest rated variety
show in syndication in the ‘70’s. His quick wit made him a much
sought-after “regular” on the TV talk show circuit as well. Bobby
then formed House of Gold Music, which became one of the most successful
music publishing companies in Nashville, publishing such songs as
“Wind Beneath My Wings” and “Behind Closed Doors.”
Songwriting has earned Bobby 27 BMI awards and his compositions have
been recorded by such diverse artists as Aretha Franklin, John Denver,
Paul Anka, Dolly Parton, Billy Gilman, Dr. John and Bette Midler. His
compositions, “With Pen in Hand” and “Autumn of My Life” are
members of BMI’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!
In the mid-eighties Bobby began to devote more time to writing and
producing children’s stories. His first effort, “Easter Egg Mornin’”
premiered as an animated Easter special in 1991 on The Disney Channel.
The special quickly reached “gold” status in sales and has been The
Disney Channel’s top Easter special for over a decade.
He has amply demonstrated his talent and versatility with best-selling
videos, children's books, writing, orchestrating and performing
the music for several best-selling audio books, among them William Peter
Blatty’s classic, “The Exorcist.” Bobby's work on the hit
CBS comedy, “Evening Shade” premiere resulted in a BMI Award for
“Evening Shade,” a first for the series. Bobby continues to
work in children's television and has also produced a live Swamp
Critters show that has played extended engagements at many popular theme
parks.
Bobby’s popularity has spanned several generations because of the
kinds of songs he has written and chosen to record. Still an in-demand and popular concert performer,
he still enjoys
entertaining his many fans. In a business notorious for chewing up
its greatest heroes, Bobby Goldsboro has come through unscathed, as
healthy and wholesome as the clean-cut country boy he was in the halcyon
days of rock and roll. Like fine wine, he has improved with age.
And, the best of Bobby Goldsboro may be yet to come.
