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unusual facts about Bobby Bare, Jr.



Baxter Taylor

1973- "Marie Laveau" - recorded by Bobby Bare Sr, found on BOBBY BARE SINGS LULLABYS, LEGENDS AND LIES (AND MORE), (RCA/RLG/LEGACY Records), RCA Victor CPL2-0290

Bobby Bare, Jr.

2005: Tanglewood Numbers by Silver Jews (Drag City – vocals on "I'm Getting Back into Getting Back into You"

Call Me the Breeze

Like many Cale songs, "Call Me the Breeze" has been covered numerous times by an assortment of musicians, most notably Lynyrd Skynyrd (on their album Second Helping (1974)), Mason Proffit (on their 1972 album Rockfish Crossing), Bobby Bare (on his album Bobby Bare - The Country Store Collection (1988)), Johnny Cash (on his album Water from the Wells of Home (1988) with his son, John Carter Cash.

Liz Anderson

Anderson received two Grammy Award nominations in 1967, for "Best Female Country Vocal Performance" for her Top 5 hit, the self-penned "Mama Spank" and with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean for "Best Country Vocal - Group" for another top 5 hit "The Game of Triangles".

Long Black Limousine

Many other artists have covered the song, including Bobby Bare (1964), Merle Haggard (1967), Jeannie Seely (1968), Connie Smith (1969), Doug Jernigan (1970), Rattlesnake Annie (1981), The Grateful Dead (1982) and Barb Jungr (2005).

Robert Bowlin

In addition, Bowlin has toured with artists such as Ray Price, Bobby Bare, Faron Young, and Ricky Van Shelton.

She Called Me Baby

The song has also been recorded - as "She Called Me Baby" - by Eddy Arnold, Bobby Bare, Glen Campbell, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Mickey Gilley, Ferlin Husky, Waylon Jennings, John D. Loudermilk, Ernest Tubb and Sheb Wooley; and as "He Called Me Baby" by Jessi Colter (A Country Star is Born), Skeeter Davis, Bobbi Martin, Melba Montgomery and Dinah Shore.

We'll Sing in the Sunshine

"We'll Sing in the Sunshine" has also been recorded as an album cut in 1964 by Bobbi Martin and also by Dean Martin, in 1965 by the Fleetwoods and also Jane Morgan plus as a duet by Bobby Bare and Skeeter Davis, in 1967 by Sonny & Cher, in 1969 by Wanda Jackson, in 1972 by Wayne Newton, in 1974 by Susan Maughan and in 1984 by Dolly Parton.


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