Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye

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"Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye"
Single by Kathy Linden
B-side "Heartaches at Sweet Sixteen"
Released March 1959
Genre Pop
Length2:33
Label Felsted 8571
Songwriter(s) Jack Vaughn
Producer(s) A Worchester Production
Kathy Linden singles chronology
"Somebody Loves Me"
(1959)
"Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye"
(1959)
"So Close to My Heart"
(1959)

"Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" is a song written by Jack Vaughn and performed by Kathy Linden. It reached #11 on the Billboard pop chart in April 1959. [1]

The song was A Worchester Production and featured the Joe Leahy Orchestra. [2]

The single ranked #85 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959. [3]

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References

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