Kathy Linden was an American pop singer from Moorestown Township, New Jerse… Read Full Bio ↴Kathy Linden was an American pop singer from Moorestown Township, New Jersey.

Linden scored two hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 late in the 1950s. The first was "Billy", a song originally written in 1911; it hit #7 in 1958. The second was "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye", which rose to #11 in 1959. Both singles were released on Felsted Records and featured Joe Leahy's backing orchestra. "Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye" incorporated elements of two previous tunes - the British music hall song "Two Lovely Black Eyes" and the country song "Goodbye Little Darling". There were a few covers, the biggest of which was by Ruby Murray in the UK. At the time of her first hit single Kathy was a married woman in her 20s, but her record company wanted her to appear as a child due to her childish voice.

Goodbye
Kathy Linden Lyrics

Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye
Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye
I'll see you again but I don't know when
Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye

Wind is a blowing, rain starts to fall
Train is a tooting its long, lonesome call
Wheels are clicking their way down the track
Counting the days till he's coming back

Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye
Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye
I'll see you again but I don't know when
Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye

When he has traveled the land and the sea
He'll stop his roaming and come home to me
Give me a kiss for each tear and each sigh
'Til then my Jimmy, my Jimmy, goodbye

Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye
Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye
I'll see you again but I don't know when
Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye
Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbye

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS

Written by: Jack Vaughn

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蔡玉英

4y↑2

Oh , beautiful song !
I always loved this song .

Jim Staudt

12y↑5

I remember this song well, and it is indeed the original! I was "Jimmy" then (now Jim or James), and one of my best friends was as well -- and I remember when my friend Jimmy enlisted in the Air Force, after our senior year, his mother dedicated this song to him.

Ronnie Allen

Your comment is touching. But Jim, this is NOT the original and not even Kathy Linden. Surprised? (I was when I found out!) The original was released as Felsted 45-8571 with a flipside of "Heartaches At Sweet Sixteen." On that original hit version, Kathy sings "Wind is" in the line "Wind is a-blowin'" with a pause between those two words. In the version here, whoever is singing it (not Kathy) sings the line with no pause between those two words.

坂本龍一

5y↑3

Beautiful song, I just want to sing along with it.

A-MUSIC

11y↑2

Que Hermosa Voz!!!!!!!!!

Suzi64grad

5y↑11

I was 13 when this was popular....loved hearing it again at 72!!

birchlake31

I was 13 too, and 72 today. Nice to hearing it again at this age.

Randy Torres

14y↑3

Beautiful song thanks for posting!

mkl62

9y↑2

This hit by Kathy Linden went to #11 on the Top 40 charts. It would finish at #85 for the year, 1959.

Ronnie Allen

The chart info is true except it was not "this hit" (recording). Please check my other comments.

wincy chan

It is a really old song, I still remember when I was in grade 3, I listened to it on my radio. I love it still..👊🏻👊🏻

Ken Newell

12y↑1

Although I had heard of Kathy and her hit "Billy", I have never heard this song before today. Lovely; and I agree with MrLions49 - definitely a soulful ballad for a John Wayne western. :)

Ronnie Allen

It's "close" but it's not Kathy. Please check out my other messages.

catman916

11y↑9

I don't think that I have heard this since 1959, but I remember it as if it were yesterday.

allan steen iverssøn

8y↑2

I actually like this version a little better. The speed is faster, and it is not quite so emotional and sad as the the other take. Probably recorded at the same studio session as the other more known, as the instrumentation seem to be the same. I love her voice as much as I love Julie London´s

Ronnie Allen

Please check out my other comments here. This version is by a sound-alike singer. Recorded at the same studio session? Likely. But the circumstances remain a mystery.

Joan Morris

I remember it. A good song.

ausfan100

8y↑2

Yes, this is not the hit version but a close-sounding alternate take from the same session.

Ronnie Allen

That is what I thought. But I have been assured by someone very reliable (Kathy herself!) that the alternate take was done with a different singer. The circumstances remain a mystery. I wrote a longer comment here (new thread) which you can check out.

ausfan100

I forgot to add - the hit version is available on the UK Sepia CD "Popular Favourites Of Yesterday" available from Amazon UK and other outlets. On the alternate take posted here, her vocal falters in a number of spots, e.g, listen at 1:07 into the song. The hit version is a much smoother (and softer) vocal and the song has an early fade compared to this take.

濱田隆雄

11y↑2

Nice music!! Thanks!

Drs. Marco H.

11y

Mon père n'avait que 16 ans cette année là, mais j'adore cette chanson

Claes K

10y↑1

I remember when I was In the school age we used to listen to Radio Luxemburg (MW) which at that time was the top source for pop music. This was at that time one of the greatest hits.
Goodbye old friend

NiCKi BRaTZ

9y↑5

Kathy is my cousin. She helped raise me when I was little in Burlington NJ. Funny her #1 song is "Billy" because that is also my name. Does anyone have her contact info?? I lost it over the years. Thank you

James Greenfield

9y↑2

I have looked her up on Wikipedia and then noticed a post about a radio show she did in 2015, it seems that she moved to California and recorded for Capital records, she now mainly writes songs for records and movies. Go there and click on the radio show and maybe you can go from there.

James Greenfield

9y↑1

Try contacting her record label, she recorded for a sub-record label of Decca Records, if she is still receiving royalities from her records they should know where they are sending them to her.

Gary VanDecar

9y↑1

@NiCKi BRaTZ That's awesome your cousin has a gorgeous voice, I love listening to this song over and over.

linguini

14y↑2

awesome audio quality

Vinnie

My dad's name was Jimmy. The song makes me cry

Jim Beckham

6y↑1

Beautiful..

peterstang

8y↑6

A good old favourite

Orn 1111

10y

ชอบเพลงนี้มาก ๆ ถึงแม้ว่าเนื้อร้อง+ทำนองออกจะเศร้าไปซักนิด แต่ก็โดนใจค่ะ.....

rakpandin

10y

เพราะมากครับ ผมชอบเพลงนี้เช่นกันครับ....

Kobkoon P

6y↑2

Why does god bless this song happened with such collaboration of her special voice?

kita daikiti

12y

憧れのケーシ・リンデンの歌声を52年ぶりに聞いてとても感動してます。

Aussie Digger

5y↑2

Hot 100
Billboard US Charts. #85 for 1959

sam rowe

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

Labaron26

4y↑1

A lot of people claimed this was in reference to the death of James Dean in 1955...However, it was denied.

Charlotte Wolfe

8y↑6

I awoke humming this song today. Don't know why. My schoolmate named Jimmy left us several years ago.

Jimmy Ma

Charlotte Wolfe ,I wish I were that Jimmy who would have been in place of old Jimmy.

Yao Li Ang

6y↑1

a song most cherished n rememberd thks very much

hideharu takeda

11y

懐かしい青春時代を思い出します。

Tamara

6y↑3

This song makes me way too sad

Bob Hennessey

Wasnt the the English version done b y Ruby Wright? Always loved this song. Thanks for posting.

Bob Hennessey

Hi Ronnie. Actually I have an album by Ruby Wright titled Ruby Wright Regular Gal which has a version of the song perhaps was not a hit for her. She also sang the English version of the Tommy Dee song "Three Stars" Anyway I have always liked the song.

Ronnie Allen

I believe the hit English version was done by Ruby Murray.

Labaron26

9y↑4

I think this was written about the late James Dean, who died in an Auto Accident in 1955,

Suzi64grad

Labaron26 The words are about a guy returning home!!

Ronnie Allen

6y↑1

Not true. That should be obvious when you listen to ALL the words.

fruitgum2008

12y

等身大のラブソング、名曲です。忘れられないラブソング。ありがとうございます。

Ray Burns

14y↑2

FOR SOME REASON I THINK THIS IS ASONG THAT SHOULD BE IN THE BACKGROUND OF A MOVIE ,A WESTERN, MAY BE JOHN WAYNE SCENE. CRAZY THOUGHTS. LOVE THE SONG THOUGH.