It was a scorching afternoon, the final day of June, within the memorable story that Bobby Goldsboro advised on one of the vital hanging summer time hits of the Nineteen Seventies. In actual fact, it was the final week of August 1973 when his composition a few teenage ceremony of passage, “Summer (The First Time),” was climbing each the US and UK charts.
With its stylish orchestration, the only entered the UK chart on August 4 and, because the Florida-born singer-songwriter hosted his personal syndicated Bobby Goldsboro Present in America, it hit the Sizzling 100 three weeks later. Its fellow new entries on that US chart included the Allman Brothers Band’s “Ramblin’ Man” and Neil Diamond’s “The Last Thing On My Mind.”
Goldsboro had lengthy been a widely known identify on each side of the Atlantic and elsewhere. His first US chart entry was as early as 1962, with the minor hit “Molly,” earlier than he went Prime 10 in 1964 with “See The Funny Little Clown.” His signature hit was 1968’s “Honey,” which spent no fewer than 5 weeks at No.1 within the States. It made him a rustic star by topping that chart as effectively, and reached No.2 within the UK.
Two summers operating
“Summer (The First Time)” stalled at No.21 in America, however on the UK chart of September 1, it peaked at No.9, as Donny Osmond’s grip on the teenage vote continued with “Young Love“ at No.1. The Goldsboro single proved to be his last appearance on the Hot 100, but a year later, he scored another British Top 20 hit with “Hello Summertime,” written by British composers Roger Prepare dinner and Roger Greenaway. The next spring, in April 1975, “Honey” was reissued in Britain and, remarkably, climbed to No.2 once more.
After his time at United Artists, Goldsboro recorded for Epic within the later Nineteen Seventies after which signed for Curb, the place he made his final nation album chart look with a self-titled LP in 1981. He signed off with The Spherical-Up Saloon the next yr.
Purchase or stream “Summer (The First Time)” on Bobby Goldsboro’s album of the identical identify.
