"Honey", also known as "Honey (I Miss You)", is a song written by Bobby Russell. He first produced it with former . Then he gave it to American singer Bobby Goldsboro, who recorded it for his 1968 album of the same name, originally titled Pledge of Love.
The song's narrator mourns his deceased lover, beginning with him looking at a tree in their garden, remembering how "it was just a twig" on the day she planted it (with his disapproval).
Goldsboro recorded this in Nashville, Tennessee in RCA Studio B, which was known as "home of a thousand hits" and was later turned into a museum. The musicians who played on "Honey" were session pros who moved to Nashville after working at FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. This included Norbert Putnam on bass, Jerry Carrigan on drums, and David Briggs on keyboards.
This song uses the same ethereal, "angelic" background vocals as .
"Honey", also known as "Honey (I Miss You)", is a song written by Bobby Russell. He first produced it with former [Kingston Trio member Bob Shane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44uuDiRORbY). Then he gave it to American singer Bobby Goldsboro, who recorded it for his 1968 album of the same name, originally titled Pledge of Love.
The song's narrator mourns his deceased lover, beginning with him looking at a tree in their garden, remembering how "it was just a twig" on the day she planted it (with his disapproval).
Goldsboro recorded this in Nashville, Tennessee in RCA Studio B, which was known as "home of a thousand hits" and was later turned into a museum. The musicians who played on "Honey" were session pros who moved to Nashville after working at FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. This included Norbert Putnam on bass, Jerry Carrigan on drums, and David Briggs on keyboards.
This song uses the same ethereal, "angelic" background vocals as ["J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers - Last Kiss"](https://hooktube.com/watch?v=bh4se9YMV3A).
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