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Bobby Goldsboro

Long Way to Be Happy

1965 · via Darlene Love

Bobby Goldsboro’s 1965 recording of “Long Way to Be Happy” is the earliest on file. Gerry Goffin and Carole King are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Carolyn Daye (2009) and Darlene Love (1992), among 9 recordings on MusicBrainz.

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Bobby Goldsboro got to this one first in 1965, and Darlene took it on in 1992. Follow the songwriting credit and you are walking straight into the Goffin and King catalog, which is a very good place to get lost.

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Credited writers: Gerry Goffin and Carole King.

Earliest recording on file: this one, 1965.

Other recordings on file

9 recordings of “Long Way to Be Happy” on MusicBrainz in all.

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Darlene Love sang "Long Way to Be Happy," a song Bobby Goldsboro recorded first. Who wrote it alongside Gerry Goffin?Carole King
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