BOBBY
GOLDSBORO
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SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME)
SIDE ONE
1. SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME) (Bobby Goldsboro) (4:38)
2. MARLENA (Bobby Goldsboro) (3:41)
3. HE’S PART OF US (Bobby Goldsboro) (3:02)
4. THE L&N DON’T STOP HERE ANYMORE (Bobby Goldsboro) (2:49)
5. SING ME A SMILE (Bobby Goldsboro) (3:20)
SIDE TWO
1. MISSISSIPPI DELTA QUEEN (Bobby Goldsboro) (3:27)
2. SHE (Bobby Goldsboro) (2:42)
3. KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HER SONG (Charles Fox/Norman Gimbel) (2:56)
4. SPREAD MY WINGS AND FLY (Bobby Goldsboro/Jerry Goldsmith) (2:57)
5. IF’N I WAS GOD (Robert Sherman/Richard Sherman) (2:32)
1973 United Artists Records
UA-LA019-F
"Summer (The First Time)" Album
Top Position: #10 Country, #150 Pop
Billboard magazine, September 8, 1973, Page 56,
Top Album Picks, Pop, Also Recommended
Professional blending of Goldsboro’s deep, clean vocals with
beautiful arrangements of strings and horns, plus masterful
production. Best cuts: “Summer (The First Time),” “Marlena.”
"Summer (The First Time)" Single (UA #XW251-W)
Top Position: #18 Easy Listening, #19 Pop, #100 Country
Billboard Magazine, May 26, 1973, page 50,
Top Single Picks, Pop, Also Recommended
“Marlena” Single (UA #XW371-W)
Top Position: #52 Country
Billboard Magazine, December 15, 1973, Page 48,
Top Single Picks, Pop, Recommended
Available on Compact Disc:
All Songs Available on Compact Disc
Available on Tape:
8-Track (including Quadrasonic),
cassette and reel-to-reel
Available on Vinyl Singles:
“Summer (The First Time),”
“Marlena,”
“Sing Me a Smile,”
“She”
Notable Covers:
“Summer (The First Time)”
by Bette Midler
and Millie Jackson,
“The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore”
by Johnny Cash
“Summer (The First Time)” was voted as the top all-time summer song and celebrated by a BBC special in England.
The song reached #9 on the English charts.
Bobby often cites “Summer (The First Time)” as the best record that he ever made. He also says that the finished
product was the closest of any recording to what he had in mind when writing the song.
Bobby was in the process of writing “Summer (The First Time)” when he and his band were doing a television
appearance at “The Tonight Show.” Bobby was playing some of the song on guitar when band leader
Timmy Tappan first played the piano piece that became a prominent part of the song.
“He’s Part of Us” originated when a driver suggested Bobby write a song about adoption. Performance of the song on
Bobby’s television show brought such a big response from viewers that he sang it again on another episode.
Country music legend Johnny Cash performed Bobby’s “The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore,” substituting the phrase
“railroad trains” for “L&N,” on his 1974 television special, “Ridin’ the Rails.”
“Spread My Wings and Fly” was originally recorded to be used in the Cliff Robertson movie,
“Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies.”
Was a hot afternoon, the last day of June
And the sun was a demon
The clouds were afraid, one-ten in the shade
And the pavement was steamin’
- “Summer (The First Time)”
My roving days are over
Looks like I found my four-leaf clover
Girl, you’ve clipped my wings so I can’t fly away
And now we’re here together
And girl, it’s gonna get better
‘Cause by your side is where I’m gonna stay
- “Marlena”
You and I and he
From this day will be
A family
Now he’s part of us
- “He’s Part of Us”
If you close your eyes, you just might hear the sound
Of a faraway conductor cryin’, “People all aboard”
And that water tank that filled the train
It sure looks mighty thirsty
‘Cause the L&N don’t stop here anymore
- “The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore”
Won’t you sing me a smile and I’ll smile you a song
And we’ll sing a smile for the world to sing along
Sing me some sunshine and it will light the way
And we’ll sing a smile and bring a better day
- “Sing Me a Smile”
.
Now the Mississippi River ain’t no place to be
On a cold and foggy morn’
But above all the screamin’ and the cries of doom
Came the sound of a paddlewheel horn
- “Mississippi Delta Queen”
As fragile as a robin’s egg
When she lies asleep
But she could break the strongest man
If he could see her weep
But you will never see her cry
As long as I’m around
- “She”
There’s lots of life worth living and I’ve got to do my share
And when my time is up, at least I’ll know I’ve tried
‘Til I fly across every mountain, ‘til I swim in every sea
‘Til I’ve tried it all, I won’t be satisfied
- “Spread My Wings and Fly”
WITH PEN IN HAND
The Songwriting of Bobby Goldsboro
Left Inside Cover
Side 1
Side 2
Back Cover
Right Inside Cover
“I KNOW YOU BETTER THAN THAT” - COMMON BOBBY GOLDSBORO MISCONCEPTION
“Summer (The First Time)” was from the movie soundtrack of “Summer of ‘42.”
False. Though the subject matter is similar, the film preceded the song. Bobby Goldsboro wrote
and recorded “Summer (The First Time)” in 1973. The Warner Bros. movie, “Summer of ‘42,” was
released two years earlier, in 1971. The actual title theme earned an Academy Award for
Original Dramatic Score for composer Michael Legrand.
