wasn't she just a secretary for a producer or something? or maybee just a name he'd heard? I remember reading that Bobby was a real person, just pretty much a nobody with nothing to do with the song other than her name fit.
You are correct sir! Fred Foster wrote the song in conjunction with Kris Kristofferson. Later recorded by Janis it released at #1 after her death. Second time in history a song released after an artist death, the first was "dock of the bay" from Otis Reading. YOU WIN!
That's just wrong on all fronts. Here's Mama Cass at her finest: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vZPmZ64m3_4