You don't hear this song very often today. When I do hear it, it brings back so many memories. It wasn't my first time but I wish it was. A beautiful older woman and a night I'll never forget.
I'm 73 and a big fan of The Jackie Gleason Orchestra. He was pretty much responsible for the start of "Romantic Mood Music" back in 1952 with the LP "Music For Lovers Only." All instrumentals, with a lot of strings, a haunting trumpet solo, quiet piano. Where he got the idea was watching movies where the guy and the gal got to the "loving" scenes, there was all this wonderful orchestration that came up low and climbed to a high just as the scene faded to black, leaving the viewer to imagine the next scene. He figured if a romantic couple on the screen needed some wonderful background music, why not a guy from Canarsie in Brooklyn. All this to say that great romantic songs should have great orchestration, like this song.
This was Goldsboro's biggest hit in the UK, peaking at #9 in 1973. It did better in the UK than it did in the US, where it peaked at #21. The last Top 40 hit on Billboard's pop chart for Goldsboro, 10 years after his first Top 40 hit, "See the Funny Little Clown." Remembered nowadays mostly for his sentimental (some say maudlin) opus, "Honey."
I loved this song when it came out. I was a young teenager. It was huge here in UK, and i have a specific memory of listening to it on my transister radio with my friends, in Formby sand dunes on a baking hot summer day. It was my favourite song that summer. Still love it and it takes me right back... I'm a singer/ songwriter / pianist now, so I can appreciate the lyrics and beautiful arrangement even more.🎶❤️
This song takes me back 1970 I was a bag boy at Dominic's in Maywood I met a woman used to come into the store we would talk when I would put groceries in her car one day she asked if I could come to her house and talk to her because she was lonely because her husband was a doctor and was never home that one on or about two weeks that was the first time that I was ever with a woman because at that time I was 16 and she was 39 that lasted about a month then I had to leave that's why this song is so fine memories
Bobby was in Roy Orbisons band as a guitarist. he went solo and had a few hits. Watching Scotty grow was a minor hit but since my name is Scott I got teased every time it was played. That song was written by Mac Davis for Bobby.
Bobby had a very smooth and easy to listen to voice .. I remember quite a few of his many hits, as he was on the radio a lot in the late 60s and early 70s .. He is mainly known for his slower numbers like this one and "Honey" .. But I really liked some of his more uptempo songs such as "The Straight Life", "I'm A Drifter", and "Watching Scotty Grow" .. Great reaction, Harri.
I haven't heard this in years!! I don't think I knew Bobby Goldsboro sung this song. Quite juicy for the time. Thank you for the request. Harri what a wonderful reaction !
Keep looking through the back music friend ...almost every experience has had a tune/song written which fits can help enjoy/understand life more!.My lady was girlfriend of a fighter pilot who never came back..... I lodged with her on my first job, did chores etc she said I looked a bit like him... so sad yet wonderful for me... ...she never married... been so lucky in life ..im 80+
I remember this songs release, loved it then and love it now. The only difference is it now stirs even more emotion. Little did I know that later in life when I was 18 I would be dating a lady of 40 and this became our "our song".
Always thought it was interesting how (in this song) he referenced was "a hot afternoon,, the last day of June". When I first heard this song it was just after mid September (year 1973) but while singing,, he was referencing the June of 10 years earlier. Just the same,, quite a soothing song (then AND now) and very nice message to it.
The lyrics paint quite the image of what's happening. I was always a fan of this one!! When I sing this one, I switch the gender and then I'm inside the song and it's all playing out in my mind.
That was a great, great 'first time hearing' video. I agree with many on how the strings, piano, accoustic and sound effects swell. They don't make music like that anymore. I was 11 when this song came out, and I heard this song for the first time as my grandmother was a big Bobby Goldsboro fan, with many others like this genre from that period in pop music. She would stack as many LPs that her living room console could handle, crank it to '3/4" and go about her housework. With no AC, the windows in her country home were often wide open. And it was not unusual for me to be 1/2 mile away in the woods hearing the music from the house in the summer. I really don't think she paid much attention to the story of this song for the first dozen times it played that summer. But I did. And it would not be that many summers later that I completely understood the whole story. All these years later, I set a reminder in my calendar to always get this on my playlist "on the last day of June". If you take suggestions for "First Time Hearing," let me know, I have (at least) one from this time in pop AM gold that was also a great song that didn't get overplayed. ""I Was Only Joking" written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart went to #22 in 1978. ""a gentle ballad about growing and learning."
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Bobby captured, in one a song, a boy becoming a man, the feeling and essence of summer and the magical all be it complex feeling of desire. What a sensational song.❤❤❤
So many of these songs. Maggie may by Rod Steward, Desiree By Neil Diamond and Oh What a Night by Frankie Valli. "Late December back in 63" I was turning 10.
I don't believe I've ever heard this song before thank you for your reactions all I can tell you is a 70s were a trip. This reminds me of the movie Summer of 42❤❤❤❤❤
Around the same time '73/'74 Terry Jacks realeased Seasons In The Sun. A very sad song inspired by his friends battle with leukaemia. Another song that will live with me forever, pull at my heart and soak my eyes for my own personal reasons.
Bobby Goldsboro was an American pop & country singer-songwriter from the 60's-70's. "Honey" was his biggest hit but he had a lot of great songs including "See The Funny Little Clown", "It's Too Late", "Little Things", "Too Many People", "With Pen In Hand", "Hello Summertime", "Watching Scotty Grow" etc. Some of his songs were performed by other artists such as Brenda Lee, Dolly Parton & John Denver.
I had the piano riff from this song stuck in my head for years- but didn't know what it was from. I found out Google has a song recognition feature and found it a week or so ago by humming the tune. Wish I would've waited an extra couple of weeks now. It would have been such a kick to rediscover it by accident from your reaction!
There's a crystal clarity to his voice. Always liked this one. Another of Bobby Goldsboro classic you should hear is "The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore" from 1973.
Got to watch the version with the movie Summer of 42 in background as it is incredibly touching or better yet watch the movie with the Jennifer Connelly and Gray Grimes it’s what the song is about
Remember summer the first time. It might not have been summer, it does not matter. But I pity those who cannot relate to the core of this song in some way.
There is a music video of this song (perhaps the first ever) on RUclips. The video quality is not good (it's quite old) but it plays well with this song.
It doesn't matter to me, but out of curiosity I checked the age of consent, and this would have been illegal in 12 states where the age of consent is 18. 🤭
Actually, other way round - Bobby's song was written and released first. From Wikipedia: "Summer (The First Time)" is a song by American singer Bobby Goldsboro, recorded for his album of the same name and released as a single in June 1973. It was written by Bobby Goldsboro, Ashley Abram and Timmy Tappan, and produced by Goldsboro and Bob Montgomery. It has been suggested that the musical theme of the song may have provided inspiration for Jean-Claude Borelly's 1975 hit "Dolannes Melodie". The song was also inspired by the movie "Summer of 42" (1971)
You probably wouldn't be hoping for some juicy details if she was 17 and he was 31. Feel creepy doesn't it? In that scenario I'd be thinking the man was a predator. Yet somehow older woman, younger male doesn't make me react the same way. At least the way it's sweetly and tastefully portrayed in this song. Reminds me of the movie Summer of 72.
You don't hear this song very often today. When I do hear it, it brings back so many memories. It wasn't my first time but I wish it was. A beautiful older woman and a night I'll never forget.
Bobby Goldsboro was a big hit in the 60s and 70s
Yes, he was. I loved his song "Honey," released in 1968, I was 13 yrs old. All the girls loved his song "Honey" too.
One of my favorite songs.
The orchestration of this song is on another musical plain. Pure moodie magic.
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I'm 73 and a big fan of The Jackie Gleason Orchestra. He was pretty much responsible for the start of "Romantic Mood Music" back in 1952 with the LP "Music For Lovers Only." All instrumentals, with a lot of strings, a haunting trumpet solo, quiet piano. Where he got the idea was watching movies where the guy and the gal got to the "loving" scenes, there was all this wonderful orchestration that came up low and climbed to a high just as the scene faded to black, leaving the viewer to imagine the next scene. He figured if a romantic couple on the screen needed some wonderful background music, why not a guy from Canarsie in Brooklyn. All this to say that great romantic songs should have great orchestration, like this song.
I always liked Bobby, a gentle soulful singer.
This was Goldsboro's biggest hit in the UK, peaking at #9 in 1973. It did better in the UK than it did in the US, where it peaked at #21. The last Top 40 hit on Billboard's pop chart for Goldsboro, 10 years after his first Top 40 hit, "See the Funny Little Clown." Remembered nowadays mostly for his sentimental (some say maudlin) opus, "Honey."
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John_Chu. His biggest UK hit was Honey in 1968 and reached No.2 in the chart.
He had a TV show for a while in the 70's. My cousin made a leather guitar case for him back in the day in Indianapolis Indiana.
Couldn't agree more. The strings add such a haunting, dream like feeling to this amazing song.
I loved this song when it came out. I was a young teenager. It was huge here in UK, and i have a specific memory of listening to it on my transister radio with my friends, in Formby sand dunes on a baking hot summer day. It was my favourite song that summer.
Still love it and it takes me right back...
I'm a singer/ songwriter / pianist now, so I can appreciate the lyrics and beautiful arrangement even more.🎶❤️
This reminds me of the movie summer of 1942.
The song came out a year after the movie.
@@jdw5678, so the movie may have at least indirectly inspired it.
I just love Bobby Goldsboro and of course Honey was his big hit I believe. Thanks André AKA Guardia, thanks to Harri also
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I was there, but don't remember this one at all! The voice however, takes me back to the era.
This song takes me back 1970 I was a bag boy at Dominic's in Maywood I met a woman used to come into the store we would talk when I would put groceries in her car one day she asked if I could come to her house and talk to her because she was lonely because her husband was a doctor and was never home that one on or about two weeks that was the first time that I was ever with a woman because at that time I was 16 and she was 39 that lasted about a month then I had to leave that's why this song is so fine memories
Bobby was in Roy Orbisons band as a guitarist. he went solo and had a few hits. Watching Scotty grow was a minor hit but since my name is Scott I got teased every time it was played. That song was written by Mac Davis for Bobby.
This song so captures summer and first experiences. Magical.
Cher would love you
Bobby had a very smooth and easy to listen to voice .. I remember quite a few of his many hits, as he was on the radio a lot in the late 60s and early 70s .. He is mainly known for his slower numbers like this one and "Honey" .. But I really liked some of his more uptempo songs such as "The Straight Life", "I'm A Drifter", and "Watching Scotty Grow" .. Great reaction, Harri.
I haven't heard this in years!! I don't think I knew Bobby Goldsboro sung this song. Quite juicy for the time. Thank you for the request. Harri what a wonderful reaction !
I remember Bobbie Goldsboro on Tonight Show telling Johnny Carson how he was accident prone and listed off all his accidents/injuries.
lol ---yeah he always walked out in some kind of cast
He had many hits back then.
Keep looking through the back music friend ...almost every experience has had a tune/song written which fits can help enjoy/understand life more!.My lady was girlfriend of a fighter pilot who never came back..... I lodged with her on my first job, did chores etc she said I looked a bit like him... so sad yet wonderful for me... ...she never married... been so lucky in life ..im 80+
I remember this songs release, loved it then and love it now. The only difference is it now stirs even more emotion. Little did I know that later in life when I was 18 I would be dating a lady of 40 and this became our "our song".
Always thought it was interesting how (in this song) he referenced was "a hot afternoon,, the last day of June". When I first heard this song it was just after mid September (year 1973) but while singing,, he was referencing the June of 10 years earlier. Just the same,, quite a soothing song (then AND now) and very nice message to it.
Rod Stewart had the same experience with Maggie May.
The lyrics paint quite the image of what's happening. I was always a fan of this one!! When I sing this one, I switch the gender and then I'm inside the song and it's all playing out in my mind.
That was a great, great 'first time hearing' video. I agree with many on how the strings, piano, accoustic and sound effects swell. They don't make music like that anymore. I was 11 when this song came out, and I heard this song for the first time as my grandmother was a big Bobby Goldsboro fan, with many others like this genre from that period in pop music. She would stack as many LPs that her living room console could handle, crank it to '3/4" and go about her housework. With no AC, the windows in her country home were often wide open. And it was not unusual for me to be 1/2 mile away in the woods hearing the music from the house in the summer. I really don't think she paid much attention to the story of this song for the first dozen times it played that summer. But I did. And it would not be that many summers later that I completely understood the whole story. All these years later, I set a reminder in my calendar to always get this on my playlist "on the last day of June". If you take suggestions for "First Time Hearing," let me know, I have (at least) one from this time in pop AM gold that was also a great song that didn't get overplayed. ""I Was Only Joking" written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart went to #22 in 1978. ""a gentle ballad about growing and learning."
Bobby's Greatest Hits is a wonderful album.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Bobby captured, in one a song, a boy becoming a man, the feeling and essence of summer and the magical all be it complex feeling of desire. What a sensational song.❤❤❤
So many of these songs. Maggie may by Rod Steward, Desiree By Neil Diamond and Oh What a Night by Frankie Valli. "Late December back in 63" I was turning 10.
This reminds me of the movie summer of 42 5:45
I don't believe I've ever heard this song before thank you for your reactions all I can tell you is a 70s were a trip. This reminds me of the movie Summer of 42❤❤❤❤❤
Around the same time '73/'74 Terry Jacks realeased Seasons In The Sun. A very sad song inspired by his friends battle with leukaemia. Another song that will live with me forever, pull at my heart and soak my eyes for my own personal reasons.
Seasons in the Sun was actually written and recorded, in French, in the early 1960s by Jacques Brel--it has an interesting background.
@@kathybest741 Yes but Terry jacks reworked the French version of Le Moribond for his friend.
Happened to me,, beautiful words melody and those strings..
Magical. This song makes me cry!
Bobby Goldsboro was an American pop & country singer-songwriter from the 60's-70's. "Honey" was his biggest hit but he had a lot of great songs including "See The Funny Little Clown", "It's Too Late", "Little Things", "Too Many People", "With Pen In Hand", "Hello Summertime", "Watching Scotty Grow" etc. Some of his songs were performed by other artists such as Brenda Lee, Dolly Parton & John Denver.
I had the piano riff from this song stuck in my head for years- but didn't know what it was from. I found out Google has a song recognition feature and found it a week or so ago by humming the tune. Wish I would've waited an extra couple of weeks now. It would have been such a kick to rediscover it by accident from your reaction!
Wow I remember this name but haven't heard for a very long time!
Bobby played guitar in back up band for Roy Orbison, Australian tour. Does fine art paintings now.
Unless Cher comes along, so funny 😂😂
Looks like this song has been quietly dropped from BBC Radio. Can't remember the last time I heard them play it.
Listeh to " Honey"
There's a crystal clarity to his voice. Always liked this one. Another of Bobby Goldsboro classic you should hear is "The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore" from 1973.
The stopping spoilt the whole songs feeling 😔
Millie Jackson does this song on the Caught Up album. You need to listen to that album from start to finish.
Got to watch the version with the movie Summer of 42 in background as it is incredibly touching or better yet watch the movie with the Jennifer Connelly and Gray Grimes it’s what the song is about
Remember summer the first time. It might not have been summer, it does not matter. But I pity those who cannot relate to the core of this song in some way.
There is a music video of this song (perhaps the first ever) on RUclips. The video quality is not good (it's quite old) but it plays well with this song.
This song was considered controversial at the time and many radio stations wouldn't play it.
It doesn't matter to me, but out of curiosity I checked the age of consent, and this would have been illegal in 12 states where the age of consent is 18. 🤭
Interesting song with hindsight. If the girl was 17 and the man 31.
The melody is from the song "Dolannes Melodie" by Jean-Claude Borelly. ruclips.net/video/-qR3jHJws3s/видео.html
Actually, other way round - Bobby's song was written and released first.
From Wikipedia:
"Summer (The First Time)" is a song by American singer Bobby Goldsboro, recorded for
his album of the same name and released as a single in June 1973. It was written by
Bobby Goldsboro, Ashley Abram and Timmy Tappan, and produced by Goldsboro and Bob
Montgomery.
It has been suggested that the musical theme of the song may have provided inspiration
for Jean-Claude Borelly's 1975 hit "Dolannes Melodie".
The song was also inspired by the movie "Summer of 42" (1971)
Been there, pushups as a 'reprimand', and a some extras. Nobody gives a flying one about the men. #metoobollox.
You probably wouldn't be hoping for some juicy details if she was 17 and he was 31. Feel creepy doesn't it? In that scenario I'd be thinking the man was a predator. Yet somehow older woman, younger male doesn't make me react the same way. At least the way it's sweetly and tastefully portrayed in this song. Reminds me of the movie Summer of 72.
Moon, spoon, June, toon, loon etc.
What if he were 31 and she 17....?
Aaaaasgh Prince Andrew!
Right, not ok. Older woman taking advantage of a young kid.
never heard of it
this is not the original radio hit version.
I know, he changes the melody in the line: "and I tried not to stare..." The instrumental part also has some minor differences.