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"Goodbye Marie" is a country-pop song written by Mel McDaniel
Mel McDaniel

Mel McDaniel is an American country music artist. His hitmaking years were the 1980s; his hits include "Louisiana Saturday Night," "Stand Up," "Anger and Tears," the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," "I Call It Love", "Stand On It" and a remake of Chuck Berry's "Let It Roll ."...
 and Dennis Linde
Dennis Linde

Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country music.Although he is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love", Dennis Linde wrote numerous hit songs for mainly country music singers, beginning with hits for Roger Miller and Roy Drusky in 1970....
. The song is about a man who has to leave his lover to head for "the lonesome highway" back to his home in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
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Bobby Goldsboro
Bobby Goldsboro

Bobby Goldsboro is an United States Country music and Popular music singer-songwriter as well as an accomplished painting and television producer....
 took a version of the song to #17 on the Billboard Country chart in 1981. Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
 later covered the song on his 1979 #1 album Kenny
Kenny (album)

Kenny is a 1979 music album by Kenny Rogers. The album is noted to mix music genres and is heavily influenced by the disco sound that was popular at this time....
. Although the song was not issued as a single at the time, after Kenny Rogers signed to RCA Records
RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1983 and a partner from 1983 to 1986....
 his former label Liberty Records
Liberty Records

Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer....
 issued a newly overdubbed version as a single that went to #47 in 1986.

McDaniel also released the song on his I'm Countryfied
I'm Countryfied

I'm Countryfied is the name of a 1981 Country music album by Mel McDaniel. The album peaked at number 24 on the Top Country Albums charts. The biggest hit on the album, and also one of McDaniel's biggest hit, was "Louisiana Saturday Night," which reached number 7 on the Hot Country Songs charts....
 album in 1981.






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"Goodbye Marie" is a country-pop song written by Mel McDaniel
Mel McDaniel

Mel McDaniel is an American country music artist. His hitmaking years were the 1980s; his hits include "Louisiana Saturday Night," "Stand Up," "Anger and Tears," the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," "I Call It Love", "Stand On It" and a remake of Chuck Berry's "Let It Roll ."...
 and Dennis Linde
Dennis Linde

Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country music.Although he is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love", Dennis Linde wrote numerous hit songs for mainly country music singers, beginning with hits for Roger Miller and Roy Drusky in 1970....
. The song is about a man who has to leave his lover to head for "the lonesome highway" back to his home in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
.

Bobby Goldsboro
Bobby Goldsboro

Bobby Goldsboro is an United States Country music and Popular music singer-songwriter as well as an accomplished painting and television producer....
 took a version of the song to #17 on the Billboard Country chart in 1981. Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
 later covered the song on his 1979 #1 album Kenny
Kenny (album)

Kenny is a 1979 music album by Kenny Rogers. The album is noted to mix music genres and is heavily influenced by the disco sound that was popular at this time....
. Although the song was not issued as a single at the time, after Kenny Rogers signed to RCA Records
RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1983 and a partner from 1983 to 1986....
 his former label Liberty Records
Liberty Records

Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer....
 issued a newly overdubbed version as a single that went to #47 in 1986.

McDaniel also released the song on his I'm Countryfied
I'm Countryfied

I'm Countryfied is the name of a 1981 Country music album by Mel McDaniel. The album peaked at number 24 on the Top Country Albums charts. The biggest hit on the album, and also one of McDaniel's biggest hit, was "Louisiana Saturday Night," which reached number 7 on the Hot Country Songs charts....
 album in 1981.