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Robert Jerome "Bobby" Borchers (born June 19, 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American country music singer.

Bobby Borchers
Birth name	Robert Jerome Borchers
Born	(1952-06-19) June 19, 1952 (age 69)
Origin	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1976–1987
Labels	Playboy Epic Longhorn

Borchers was raised in Kentucky. He learned to play guitar at age twelve, and got his first break in the mid-1970s, when Tanya Tucker recorded his song "Jamestown Ferry."[1] In the mid-1970s, recorded for the Playboy Records label. Borchers released two albums for Playboy: Bobby Borchers in 1977 and Denim and Rhinestones a year later. He also charted nine times within the Top 40 of the Hot Country Songs charts, including the number seven "Cheap Perfume and Candlelight" in 1977.[2] Borchers later moved to Epic Records, where he released three singles: "Sweet Fantasy," "Wishing I Had Listened to Your Song" and "I Just Wanna Feel the Magic."[2]

Borchers also owned the Longhorn Ballroom restaurant in Fort Wright, Kentucky in the 1980s.[3] In 1987, he issued two singles on Longhorn Records: "It Was Love What It Was" and "(I Remember When I Thought) Whiskey Was a River."[2]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country
1977	Bobby Borchers Release date: 1977 Label: Playboy Records	21[4]
1978	Denim and Rhinestones Release date: 1978 Label: Playboy Records	49[5]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		US Country[2]	CAN Country[6]
1976	"Someone's with Your Wife Tonight, Mister"	29	—
	"They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore"	32	—
	"Whispers"	12	19
1977	"Cheap Perfume and Candlelight"	7	15
	"What a Way to Go"	18	—
	"I Promised Her a Rainbow"	18	17
1978	"I Like Ladies in Long Black Dresses"	23	—
	"Sweet Fantasy"	20	25
1979	"Wishing I Had Listened to Your Song"	32	60
	"I Just Wanna Feel the Magic"	43	—
1987	"It Was Love What It Was"	80	—
	"(I Remember When I Thought) Whiskey Was a River"	86	—

References

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