"Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" is a song written by Jack Vaughn and performed by

Kathy Linden Kathy Linden (born 1938) is an American pop singer from Moorestown Township, New Jersey. She grew up in Burlington, New Jersey. Linden scored two big hits on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 late in the 1950s. The first was "Billy", a song origina ...

. It reached #11 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart in April 1959. The song was A Worchester Production and featured the Joe Leahy Orchestra. The single ranked #85 on ''Billboard's'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959.

Other versions

Ruby Murray Ruby Florence Murray (29 March 1935 – 17 December 1996) was a Northern Irish singer. One of the most popular singers in the British Isles in the 1950s, she scored ten hits in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1959. She also made pop chart ...

released a version of the song in the

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as a single that reached #10 in June 1959 and reached #2 in

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. * Ruby Wright released a version of the song as a single in May 1959. * The Kaye Sisters released a version of the song in the

as a single in April 1959. * Lily Berglund released a Swedish version of the song in Sweden as a single in 1959. *

Maureen Evans Maureen Evans (born 23 March 1940, Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh pop singer who achieved fame in the 1950s and 1960s. Career Evans career began as a singer with Waldini's Gypsy Band in the mid-1950s, mainly doing summer seasons at UK holiday res ...

released a version of the song as the

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to her 1959 single " May You Always". *

Alice Babs Hildur Alice Nilsson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer and actress. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known i ...

released a Swedish version of the song as part of an EP in 1959. *

Bente Lind Bente is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão in the Minho region, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Carreira e Bente. Its surface area is 1.30 km² and its population Population t ...

released a version in Norway 1964 (Manu MA 80), later released in Sweden 1972 (Decca F 44571) *

Claudine Longet Claudine Georgette Longet (born 29 January 1942) is a Franco-American singer, actress, dancer, and recording artist popular during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Paris, France, Longet was married to American singer and television entertainer Andy ...

released a version of the song as the

to her 1974 single "Who Broke Your Heart (And Made You Write That Song)". * Schytts released a version of the song on their 1975 album, '' Hålligång 5''.Schytts, ''Hålligång 5''
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