Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye Explained
| Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kathy Linden |
| B-Side: | Heartaches at Sweet Sixteen |
| Released: | March 1959 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Felsted 8571 |
| Producer: | A Worchester Production |
| Prev Title: | Somebody Loves Me |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | So Close to My Heart |
| Next Year: | 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]
Other versions
- Ruby Murray released a version of the song in the United Kingdom as a single that reached #10 in June 1959[4] and reached #2 in Norway.
- Ruby Wright released a version of the song as a single in May 1959.[5]
- The Kaye Sisters released a version of the song in the United Kingdom as a single in April 1959.[6]
- Lily Berglund released a Swedish version of the song in Sweden as a single in 1959.[7]
- Maureen Evans released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1959 single "May You Always".[8]
- Alice Babs released a Swedish version of the song as part of an EP in 1959.[9]
- Bente Lind released a version in Norway 1964 (Manu MA 80), later released in Sweden 1972 (Decca F 44571)
- Claudine Longet released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1974 single "Who Broke Your Heart (And Made You Write That Song)".[10]
- Schytts released a version of the song on their 1975 album, Hålligång 5.[11]
Notes and References
- http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Goodbye%2C+Jimmy%2C+Goodbye+by+Kathy+Linden&id=23899 Kathy Linden, "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" chart positions
- http://www.45cat.com/record/458571 Kathy Linden, "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" single release
- Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1959 . January 24, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140102011043/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1959.php . January 2, 2014 .
- http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Goodbye+Jimmy%2C+Goodbye+by+Ruby+Murray&id=36040 Ruby Murray, "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" chart position
- http://www.45cat.com/record/45s5208 Ruby Wright, "Goodbye, Jimmy, Goodbye" single release
- http://www.45cat.com/record/pb925 The Kaye Sisters, "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" chart position
- http://www.discogs.com/Lily-Berglund-Goodbye-Jimmy-Goodbye/release/7160958 Lily Berglund, "Goodbye, Jimmy, Goodbye" single release
- http://www.45cat.com/record/6146028 Maureen Evans, "May You Always" single release
- http://www.45cat.com/record/sde7169 Alice Babs, "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" EP
- http://www.45cat.com/record/6146028 Claudine Longet, "Who Broke Your Heart (And Made You Write That Song)" single release
- http://www.discogs.com/Schytts-H%C3%A5llig%C3%A5ng-5/release/2358910 Schytts, Hålligång 5
