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The most commercially successful version of the song was Bobby Bare's in 1963. Billboard Hot 100, as well as a Top 5 hit on both the Country and Adult Contemporary charts. In 2005, he released his first new album in two decades, The Moon Was Blue, produced by his son Bobby Bare Jr., who is also a musician. From 1983 to 1988, Bare hosted Bobby Bare and Friends on The Nashville Network which featured him interviewing songwriters who sang their hit songs on the show.
It was nominated in Best Group category in Grammy Awards, but was declined by Bare himself. In 1977, Bare released an entire album of songs by songwriter Bob McDill called Me and McDill, which contained the popular hit "Look Who I'm Cheatin' On Tonight." Bobby Bare's first two albums, Detroit City and 500 Miles Away From Home, are combined on this single disc. Though there are some weak tracks on the disc, this is one of the strongest and most exciting collections of Bare's music, showcasing the songwriter in his earliest stages. He might not have perfected his sound, but it is thrilling to hear him sort it out.
Detroit City/500 Miles Away from Home
The record reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, but Fraternity erroneously credited Bill Parsons on the label. The same track, with the same billing error, peaked at No. 22 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1959. In 1965, an album of older recorded material, Tender Years (JM-6026), was released on the Hilltop label. That same year, the material was repackaged by Sears and released under the title Bobby In Song (SPS-115).
The song was covered by Sonny & Cher on their 1965 album Look at Us. This version was played over the credits of the 1966 BBC TV film Cathy Come Home. Dick and Dee Dee released a version of the song on their 1964 album, Turn Around.
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It received positive reception from AllMusic in later years following its original release. Silverstein penned other songs for Bare including a Grammy-nominated hit, "Daddy What If", which he recorded with his five-year-old son, Bobby Bare Jr. The song was an immediate success as well, not only reaching No. 2 on the country charts, but nearly reaching the Top 40 on the pop charts.
He also scored a #12 hit in 1972 with a version of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show's pop hit "Sylvia's Mother", written by Shel Silverstein. In 2018, Japanese singer Kiyoe Yoshioka sang a Japanese version of the song, "500 Mairu" (500マイル) on her debut album Uta Iro. Bengali singer Anjan Dutt sung the song in Bengali called "Mr. Hall" in his 1997 album Keu Gaan Gaye. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. In 1985, Bare signed with EMI America Records where he scored three low-charting singles.
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RCA originally distributed the project as a vinyl LP, with six songs on each side of the record. Decades later, it was re-released for music download and streaming purposes. In its original release, the album spent nine weeks on the American Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It peaked at number nine on the chart the week of February 28, 1964 and became his second top ten album on the chart. It also became Bare's second album to chart the Billboard 200, peaking at the number 133 position on February 8, 1964. Bobby Bare launched his career as a pop and rock singer with the 1958 top ten American single, "The All American Boy".
He also released "Used Cars", the theme song from the film of the same name. American country music singer Bobby Bare recorded a version with new lyrics, which became a hit single in 1963. 500 Miles Away from Home was originally released in December 1963 by RCA Victor. It was the debut studio album of Bare's career and his second with the label.
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Peter, Paul and Mary provided background vocals for them, as well. The song is generally credited as being written by Hedy West, and a 1961 copyright is held by Atzal Music, Inc. "500 Miles" is West's "most anthologized song". Some recordings have also credited Curly Williams, or John Phillips as co-writers, although Phillips admitted he had only rearranged it and "didn't deserve the credit". This extension has a feature called 'The Human Web' that silently re-downloads all the pages you've recently visited in your browser in the background to collect data, which causes you to be blocked.
These albums are not usually included in Bare's published discographies. 500 Miles Away from Home is a studio album by American country artist, Bobby Bare. It was released in December 1963 via RCA Victor and contained 12 tracks. It was the debut studio album of Bare's career and second with RCA Victor. It became a top ten single on the American country, pop and adult contemporary music charts. The album itself reached the top ten of the American country albums chart.
500 Miles Away from Home was met with positive reception in later years from AllMusic. They also named the project's title track as an "album track pick". The only single included on the album was the title track, which was originally released by RCA Victor in September 1963. It became Bare's second top ten single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number five. Crossing over onto the Billboard Hot 100, it became his second top ten single on that chart as well, peaking at number ten. On the Billboard adult contemporary chart, the song reached the number four position.
In 1968, he recorded an album with a group from England called The Hillsiders. In 1969, he had a Top 5 hit with Tom T. Hall's "(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn". In the early seventies, Bare recorded five studio albums for Mercury Records. His most successful was 1972's What Am I Gonna Do, which reached number 19 on the Top Country Albums chart.
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