Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye

"Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" is a song written by Jack Vaughn and performed by Kathy Linden. It reached #11 on the Billboard pop chart in April 1959.^[1]

"Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye"
Single by Kathy Linden
B-side	"Heartaches at Sweet Sixteen"
Released	March 1959
Genre	Pop
Length	2:33
Label	Felsted 8571
Songwriter(s)	Jack Vaughn
Producer(s)	A Worchester Production
Kathy Linden singles chronology
"Somebody Loves Me" (1959) "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" (1959) "So Close to My Heart" (1959)

The song was A Worchester Production and featured the Joe Leahy Orchestra.^[2]

The single ranked #85 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959.^[3]

Other versions

• Ruby Murray released a version of the song in the United Kingdom as a single that reached #10 in June 1959^[4] and reached #2 in Norway.
• Ruby Wright released a version of the song as a single in May 1959.^[5]
• The Kaye Sisters released a version of the song in the United Kingdom as a single in April 1959.^[6]
• Lily Berglund released a Swedish version of the song in Sweden as a single in 1959.^[7]
• Maureen Evans released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1959 single "May You Always".^[8]
• Alice Babs released a Swedish version of the song as part of an EP in 1959.^[9]
• Bente Lind released a version in Norway 1964 (Manu MA 80), later released in Sweden 1972 (Decca F 44571)
• Claudine Longet released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1974 single "Who Broke Your Heart (And Made You Write That Song)".^[10]
• Schytts released a version of the song on their 1975 album, Hålligång 5.^[11]