Autumn of My Life explained

Autumn of My Life
Type:single
Artist:Bobby Goldsboro
Album:Word Pictures
B-Side:She Chased Me
Released:1968
Recorded:April 24, 1968[1]
Studio:RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:Traditional pop
Label:United Artists Records
Producer:Bob Montgomery & Bobby Goldsboro
Prev Title:Honey
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:The Straight Life
Next Year:1968

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

Charts

Chart (1968)Peak
position
Australia - Go-Set18
Canada - RPM 10011
Canada - RPM Country Chart2
UK - Record Retailer[9] 58
US Billboard Hot 10019
US Billboard Easy Listening2
US Billboard Hot Country Singles[10] 15
US Cash Box Top 100[11] 14
US Record World 100 Top Pops12
US Record World Top Non-Rock1
US Record World Top C&W Singles[12] 9

Notes and References

  1. "You've come a long way Bobby.", Billboard, October 5, 1974. p. BG-20
  2. http://www.billboard.com/artist/294646/bobby-goldsboro/chart?f=379 Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - The Hot 100
  3. http://www.billboard.com/artist/294646/bobby-goldsboro/chart?page=2&f=341 Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - Adult Contemporary
  4. "100 Top Pops", Record World, August 10, 1968. p. 27. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  5. "Record World's Top Non-Rock", Record World, August 10, 1968. p. 45. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  6. "The RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 9, No. 23-24, August 19, 1968. p. 5. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  7. "Country Chart", RPM Weekly, Volume 10, No. 1, September 02, 1968. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  8. "Go-Set National Top 40 With Ed Nimmervoll", Go-Set, 7 August 1968. poparchives.com. Accessed July 28, 2015
  9. http://musicvf.com/song.php?id=6119 Autumn of My Life - By: Bobby Goldsboro
  10. "Hot Country Singles", Billboard, August 17, 1968. p. 76
  11. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1968/CB-1968-08-10.pdf Cash Box Top 100
  12. "Top C&W Singles", Record World, August 24, 1968. p. 56. Retrieved March 4, 2018.