Robert Charles Goldsboro (born January 18, 1941)[2] is an American pop and country singer and songwriter.

1 hit "Honey", which sold over 1 million copies in the United States, and the UK top-10 single "Summer (The First Time)".

Goldsboro left college after his second year to pursue a musical career, playing guitar in the backup band for Roy Orbison.

[3][4] Goldsboro continued performing with The Webbs and Orbison until his solo career kicked off with the top 10 hit "See the Funny Little Clown".

[citation needed] In 1968, Goldsboro released the biggest hit of his career, "Honey", a tearjerker about the death of a man's wife.

One of Goldsboro's compositions, "With Pen in Hand", was recorded by several artists, including a Grammy-nominated pop version by Vikki Carr that reached the Hot 100's top 40 in 1969; Johnny Darrell had taken the song to No.

"Summer (The First Time)", a 1973 reminiscence about a 17-year-old boy's first sexual experience (with a 31-year-old woman), was a Top 25 hit in the U.S. and reached number 9 in the UK.

[10] Using a repeating piano riff, 12-string guitar, and an orchestral string arrangement, the song was suggestive enough to spark some controversy.

[12] He also created several animated specials and children's books with Peeler-Rose Productions: Snuffy: The Elf Who Saved Christmas, Easter Egg Mornin', Stinger: King of the Bee's, Boy Who Became a Frog, A Cat Named Bob, and Lumpkin the Pumpkin.

They divorced in 1982 after a bitter court case in which Goldsboro's daughter made accusations against him that he rejected as false.