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The All American Boy" is a 1958 talking blues song written by Orville Lunsford and sung by Bobby Bare, but credited by Fraternity Records to Bill Parsons, [1] with songwriting credit to Bill Parsons and Orville Lunsford. [2] While Bare was in the army, Parsons lip synced the record on television.
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.
A year later came the Jimmy Dorsey #2 charting instrumental "So Rare", the famous bandleader's final hit before his death. 1959 saw another big hit, Bill Parsons' "The All American Boy", which also peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop charts. [2] Parsons was a friend of country singer Bobby Bare and it was actually Bare's voice heard on the hit ...
Bare's first single to chart was 1958's "The All-American Boy", which reached number two on the American Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the Australian Kent pop chart. Bare's singles would not receive more commercial success until he signed with RCA Victor.
Bobby Bare first had found success as a pop singer with 1958's "The All American Boy". For several years, he toured with other pop and rock artists such as Bobby Darin and Roy Orbison. Unhappy with his musical trajectory, he reinvented himself as a country music artist in the sixties and signed with the RCA Victor label.
"All American Boy" Bill Parsons, Orville Lunsford: Originally a hit for Bobby Bare, the song has references to Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker. [10] Dylan's version has different lyrics, [11] and some have seen the song as being critical of his own manager during the 1960s, Albert Grossman. [10] "All You Have to Do is Dream" (takes ...
"The All American Boy" by Bobby Bare (as Bill Parsons) [2] [3] "Apparition In Las Vegas" Pete Atkin "Baby Boom Che" by John Trudell [4] "Back to Tupelo" by Mark Knopfler [2] "Back 2 the Base" by X "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles [2] "Blue Moon Revisited (A Song For Elvis)" by Cowboy Junkies on The Trinity Session [5] "Body Electric" by Lana Del Rey
"All-American Boy", a 2013 song by Steve Grand "The All American Boy", a 1958 song by Bobby Bare; Other uses. The All-American Boy ...