See the Funny Little Clown

"See the Funny Little Clown"
Single by Bobby Goldsboro
from the album The Bobby Goldsboro Album
B-side"Hello Loser"
ReleasedNovember 18, 1963
RecordedOctober 17, 1963
StudioBell Sound (New York City)[1]
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:35
LabelUnited Artists Records
Songwriter(s)Bobby Goldsboro[2]
Producer(s)Jack Gold
Bobby Goldsboro singles chronology
"That's What Love Will Do"
(1963) 		"See the Funny Little Clown"
(1963) 		"Whenever He Holds You"
(1964)

"See the Funny Little Clown" is a song written and sung by Bobby Goldsboro, which he recorded on October 17, 1963 and released on November 18, 1963.[3] In 1964, the song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9,[4] while reaching No. 3 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart,[5] No. 10 on the Cash Box Top 100,[6] and No. 30 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[7]

The song was ranked No. 90 on the Cash Box "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964."[8]

  1. ^ "Songs of Bobby Goldsboro" (PDF). Billboard. 5 October 1974. p. BG-20. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  2. ^ Fred Bronson, "The Billboard Book of Number One Hits", Billboard Books, (2003) p. 239
  3. ^ "You've come a long way Bobby.", Billboard, October 5, 1974. p. BG-20. Accessed December 2, 2015.
  4. ^ Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  5. ^ Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed July 27, 2015
  6. ^ Cash Box Top 100, Cash Box, March 14, 1964. p. 4. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  7. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade", CHUM, Week of March 16, 1964
  8. ^ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, December 26, 1964. p. 14. Accessed August 3, 2016.