Autumn of My Life

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"Autumn of My Life"
Single by Bobby Goldsboro
from the album Word Pictures
B-side "She Chased Me"
Released 1968
RecordedApril 24, 1968 [1]
Studio RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee [1]
Genre Traditional pop
Length3:36
Label United Artists
Songwriter Bobby Goldsboro [2]
Producers
Bobby Goldsboro singles chronology
"Honey"
(1968)
"Autumn of My Life"
(1968)
"The Straight Life"
(1968)

"Autumn of My Life" is a song written and sung by Bobby Goldsboro, which was released in 1968. The song spent nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 19, [3] while reaching No. 2 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart, [4] No. 12 on Record World 's "100 Top Pops", [5] No. 1 on Record World's "Top Non-Rock" chart, [6] No. 11 on Canada's RPM 100, [7] No. 2 on RPM's Country Chart, [8] and No. 18 on Australia's Go-Set National Top 40. [9]

Charts

Chart (1968)Peak
position
Australia - Go-Set [9] 18
Canada - RPM 10011
Canada - RPM Country Chart2
UK - Record Retailer [10] 58
US Billboard Hot 10019
US Billboard Easy Listening2
US Billboard Hot Country Singles [11] 15
US Cash Box Top 100 [12] 14
US Record World 100 Top Pops 12
US Record World Top Non-Rock1
US Record World Top C&W Singles [13] 9

References

  1. 1 2 "Songs of Bobby Goldsboro" (PDF). Billboard. 5 October 1974. p. BG-20. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Top 20 Pop Spotlight", Billboard , June 22, 1968. p. 82
  3. Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  4. Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed July 28, 2015
  5. "100 Top Pops", Record World , August 10, 1968. p. 27. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  6. "Record World's Top Non-Rock", Record World , August 10, 1968. p. 45. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  7. "The RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 9, No. 23-24, August 19, 1968. p. 5. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  8. "Country Chart", RPM Weekly, Volume 10, No. 1, September 02, 1968. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Go-Set National Top 40 With Ed Nimmervoll", Go-Set , 7 August 1968. poparchives.com. Accessed July 28, 2015
  10. Autumn of My Life - By: Bobby Goldsboro, MusicVF.com. Accessed July 28, 2015
  11. "Hot Country Singles", Billboard , August 17, 1968. p. 76
  12. Cash Box Top 100, Cash Box , August 10, 1968. p. 4. Accessed April 6, 2017.
  13. "Top C&W Singles", Record World , August 24, 1968. p. 56. Retrieved March 4, 2018.