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'"Goodbye Marie"' is a country-pop song written by Mel McDaniel and Dennis Linde."Soon McDaniel was signed to a songwriting contract with Combine and he and another Combine writer Dennis Linde wrote Goodbye Marie which was recorded by ..." Hurse, Jack, [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/633069392.html?dids=633069392:633069392&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+26%2C+1984&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=COUNTRY&pqatl=google Country], Chicago Tribune, February 26, 1984 The song is about a man who has to leave his lover to head for "the lonesome highway" back to his home in Houston, Texas. It was first released by Johnny Rodriguez on his March 1979 album, 'Rodriguez Was Here'.
In September 1979, Kenny Rogers released the song on his album, 'Kenny'. Although the song was not issued as a single at the time, after Kenny Rogers signed to RCA Records his former label, Liberty Records, issued a newly overdubbed version on a Rogers compilation album called 'Short Stories' and as a single in December 1985 that went to #47 in 1986.""Goodbye Marie," the new Liberty release of a cut recorded some years ago by Kenny Rogers, was cowritten by Mel McDaniel. biography of George Jones written ..." Hurst, Jack, [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1087395292.html?dids=1087395292:1087395292&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+06%2C+1986&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Stage+fright+takes+on+new+meaning+when+singer+moves+to+TV&pqatl=google Stage fright takes on new meaning when singer moves to TV], Chicago Tribune, February 6, 1986[https://books.google.com/books?id=5CQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT66&dq=%22Goodbye+Marie%22+song&hl=en&ei=572LTLnoOMH78AaVlvm7CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=%22Goodbye%20Marie%22%20&f=false "Hot Country Singles"], Billboard, February 15, 1986
Bobby Goldsboro took a version of the song to #17 on the Billboard Country chart in December 1980.'[https://books.google.com/books?id=eKicir5sZr4C&pg=PA434&dq=%22goodbye+marie%22+goldsboro The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits]'. pg. 434."His other Top 20 country singles include "Muddy Mississippi Line" (1969), "Goodbye Marie" (1980), ...", '[https://books.google.com/books?id=Bi_aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Goodbye+Marie%22+song&dq=%22Goodbye+Marie%22+song&hl=en&ei=572LTLnoOMH78AaVlvm7CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwATgU The comprehensive country music encyclopedia]' by Country Music Magazine Editors, Times Books, 1994, Pg. 146
Mel McDaniel also released the song on his 1981 album, 'I'm Countryfied', and as the B-side of his single "I Call It Love." Bluegrass group Merle Monroe covered the song for a hit in 2021 with Tim Raybon as lead singer (the group later renamed itself Tim Raybon Band).
Chart performance
Bobby Goldsboro
Kenny Rogers
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Category:1981 singles
Category:1986 singles
Category:Bobby Goldsboro songs
Category:Kenny Rogers songs
Category:Songs written by Dennis Linde
Category:Songs written by Mel McDaniel
Category:1980 songs
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