Today

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TODAY

SIDE ONE 1. GLAD SHE’S A WOMAN (Bodie Chandler) (2:48) 2. RICHER MAN THAN I (Bobby Goldsboro) (2:57) 3. THE WORLD I USED TO KNOW (Rod McKuen) (2:35) 4. TOMORROW IS FORGOTTEN (Bobby Goldsboro) (2:14) 5. YOU’RE HERE (Bob Morrison) (2:23) 6. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (Bob Thiele/George David Weiss) (1:58) SIDE TWO 1. I’M A DRIFTER (Bobby Goldsboro) (3:23) 2. WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE (Jerry Chesnut) (3:03) 3. TODAY (Randy Sparks) (3:13) 4. AIN’T THAT LIVIN’ (Alex Harvey) (3:11) 5. SAY IT’S NOT OVER (Val Stoecklein) (3:25) 6. HOBOES AND KINGS (Bobby Goldsboro) (3:02)

1969 United Artists Records UAS 6704

“Today” Album Top Position: #34 Country, #60 Pop "Glad She’s a Woman" Single (UA #50497) Top Position: #7 Easy Listening, #49 Country, #61 Pop “I’m a Drifter” Single (UA #50525) Top Position: #14 Easy Listening, #22 Country, #46 Pop Billboard magazine, April 12, 1969, Page 72, Spotlight Singles, Pop Spotlight - Predicted to reach the Top 60: An original number with much of the rhythm, drive and sales appeal of another “Gentle on My Mind.” Strong performance and commercial potential.

Available on Compact Disc: Entire album released on CD Available on Tape: 8-Track, cassette, and reel-to-reel Available on Vinyl Singles: “Glad She’s a Woman,” “Richer Man Than I,” “Tomorrow is Forgotten,” “I’m a Drifter,” “Hoboes and Kings” Notable Covers: “I’m a Drifter” was recorded by Don Ho and performed on his television show

The album back cover shows “Richer Man Than I” as “Richer Men Than I.” “What a Wonderful World” was misidentified on the album as the song popularized by Sam Cooke (”Don’t know much about history, ...”), written by Lou Adler, Herb Alpert and Barbara Campbell (Sam Cooke’s pseudonym), and not this Thiele/Weiss song first recorded by Louis Armstrong (”I see trees of green, red roses, too, ...and I think to myself, what a wonderful world”). “I’m a Drifter,” with its message of leaving but with hope of returning, became the closing theme song of “The Bobby Goldsboro Show” television show and a frequent finale/encore song at concert performances.

No, there could never be a man who had more than I ‘Cause I’ve got the earth and the sky And is all the gold in the world Worth the smile of a happy little girl? - “Richer Man Than I” Tomorrow is forgotten I erase the coming day Tomorrow is forgotten And I’ll live in yesterday - “Tomorrow is Forgotten” Let’s make the most of time before the break of day But don’t try to make me stay if I don’t want to Because I’ve got to keep on searching for that dream And you can’t bind me with the simple words “I love you” - “I’m a Drifter” And you realize that somehow he’s a savior In his tattered clothes, to them he is a king ‘Cause he gives them one more day that they can live for And the promise of the joy that it will bring And you wonder what will happen in the morning When they find that they no longer have their king - “Hoboes and Kings”

WITH PEN IN HAND The Songwriting of Bobby Goldsboro

Radio Advertisement United Artists Records prepared radio commercials for the album, including this particular one available on the EMI “Honey - Best of Bobby Goldsboro” compact disc: Bobby Goldsboro is on the move drifting in with a suitcase full of songs and dropping by just long enough to leave a dream from him to you, “Today” “Today,” a new album by Bobby Goldsboro from United Artists Records Also available on United Artists eight- and four-track stereo tape cartridges and compatible cassettes “Today,” crossing yesterday and leaving it behind picking up steam toward tomorrow close to home Bobby Goldsboro here “Today” and heard forever