Robert Jerome "Bobby" Borchers (born June 19, 1952 in

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, Ohio) is an American

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singer. Borchers was raised in

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. He learned to play guitar at age twelve, and got his first break in the mid-1970s, when

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recorded his song "Jamestown Ferry." In the mid-1970s, recorded for the

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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

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charts, including the number seven "Cheap Perfume and Candlelight" in 1977. Borchers later moved to

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, where he released three singles: "Sweet Fantasy," "Wishing I Had Listened to Your Song" and "I Just Wanna Feel the Magic." Borchers also owned the Longhorn Ballroom restaurant in

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in the 1980s. 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."

Discography

Albums

Singles

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