Bobby last charted the number 48 country music single "One Step" on United Artists Records in 1975.

His greatest success was, however, as a songwriter all the way up until his unexpected death on May 30, 2006, with two minor hits for Loretta Lynn, one for Reba McEntire, and two for Mark Chesnutt.

Her biggest chart success came with the female version of the Roy Orbison hit "Oh Pretty Woman".

Also notable was "True Love Is Greater Than Friendship" written for Arlene by Carl Perkins and used in the Robert Redford movie "Little Fauss and Big Halsy" the same year.

Bobby Harden co-wrote Mark Chesnutt's 1990 single "Too Cold at Home" and 1992 Ol' Country.