Honey (Bobby Goldsboro album)

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Honey
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Studio album by
Bobby Goldsboro
Released1968
Studio RCA Studio B, Nashville
Label United Artists
Producer Bob Montgomery, Jack Gold
Bobby Goldsboro chronology
Our Way of Life
(1967)		Honey
(1968)		Word Pictures
(1968)

Honey is a studio album by American pop and country singer songwriter Bobby Goldsboro issued in March 1968 on the United Artists label. [1]

Contents

Chart performance

The album reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Country Albums chart and Record World Top Country Lp's, No. 5 on the US Billboard Pop charts and Cashbox Top 100 Albums chart, and No. 41 in the Canadian charts. It was also certified Gold by the RIAA.

The title track, "Honey", was his biggest hit in 1968, a tearjerker about the death of a man's young wife. The song, written by Bobby Russell, was recorded in one take. It became the largest-selling record in the world for 1968 and topped the Hot 100 for five weeks. A French-language version "Chérie" became a local hit in Canada. [2]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Honey" (Bobby Russell) – 3:58
  2. "Run to Me" (Bobby Goldsboro) – 2:25
  3. "With Pen in Hand” (Bobby Goldsboro) – 3:27
  4. "Pardon Me Miss" (Bobby Goldsboro) – 2:40
  5. "Why Don't You Believe Me" (Lew Douglas, King Laney, Ray Rodde) – 2:15

Side two

  1. "Pledge of Love" (Bobby Goldsboro) – 2:21
  2. "Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) – 2:25
  3. "Love Arrestor" (Bobby Goldsboro) – 2:43
  4. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:44
  5. "Beautiful People" (Kenny O'Dell) – 2:20
  6. "A Woman" (Larry Butler, John Hurley) – 2:11

Production

Charts

Chart (1968)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LP's [4] 5
US Billboard Hot Country Albums 1
US Record World Top Country LP's [5] 1
US Record World 100 Top LP's [5] 15
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums [6] 5
CAN RPM Top Canadian Albums 41

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [7] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Vinyl Album: Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (1968)".
  2. ↑ Hervé Mouvet La belle histoire des groupes de rock français des années 60 2001 p.50. "George Brummell ... de Honey de Bobby Goldsboro, transposée en Chérie."
  3. ↑ Album notes
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 60. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Record World's Top Non-Rock", Record World , July 20, 1968. p. 46. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 144. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  7. ↑ "American album certifications – Bobby Goldsboro – Honey". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved October 27, 2022.
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