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500 Miles Away from Home is the debut studio album by American country artist Bobby Bare. It was released in December 1963 by RCA Victor and contained 12 tracks. RCA Victor had previously released a compilation album of Bare's songs.The album's title track was released as a single in 1963. The single reached the top ten on the American country ...
Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". [2] He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr. , also a musician.
"500 Miles Away from Home" 10: 5: 4: 47: 7 — 500 Miles Away from Home "Miller's Cave" 1964 33: 4: 12: 81: 13 — The Best of Bobby Bare "Have I Stayed Away Too Long" 94: 47 — — — — "He Was a Friend of Mine" — [d] — — — — — — "Four Strong Winds" 60: 3: 9 — 40 — The Best of Bobby Bare "Times Are Gettin' Hard" 1965 ...
The Best of Bobby Bare [21] Released: January 1966; Label: RCA Victor; Formats: LP — — The Best of Bobby Bare Volume 2: Released: April 1968; Label: RCA Victor; Formats: LP — 33 I'm a Long Way from Home [22] Released: 1971; Label: RCA Camden; Formats: LP — — This Is Bobby Bare [23] Released: December 1972; Label: RCA Victor; Formats ...
"Song of the South" is a song written by Bob McDill. First recorded by American country music artist Bobby Bare on his 1980 album Drunk & Crazy, a version by Johnny Russell reached number 57 on the U.S. Billboard country chart in 1981.
"Marie Laveau" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and Baxter Taylor. First recorded by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show on their 1971 album Doctor Hook, a 1974 live recording by Bobby Bare went to number one for a single week and spent a total of 18 weeks on the country charts.
500 Miles" (also known as "500 Miles Away from Home" or "Railroaders' Lament") is a song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return.
Bobby Bare Jr. Wall of Sound Festival, Ft. Worth, TX September 22, 2007. Many of Bare's songs incorporate a lot of humor and references to popular culture. [23] His writing has been characterized as "inventive and melodic." [24] Shel Silverstein was a huge influence in his approach to songwriting. Bare describes it as writing poems and turning ...