The Definitive Everly Brothers

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Tracklist

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1Bye Bye Love
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-03-01)
bass:
Floyd D. 'Lightnin'' Chance (on 1957-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Murrey Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1957-03-01)
electric guitar:
Chet Atkins (on 1957-03-01)
guitar:
Don Everly (on 1957-03-01), Phil Everly (on 1957-03-01) and Hank Garland (on 1957-03-01)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1957-03-01)
vocals:
Don Everly (on 1957-03-01) and Phil Everly (on 1957-03-01)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 25), Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 33) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 207)
recording of:
Bye Bye Love (on 1957-03-01)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Sony ATV Acuff Rose Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
4.352:24
2I Wonder If I Care as Much
recording of:
I Wonder If I Care as Much (on 1957-03-01)
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
2:16
3Wake Up Little Susie
recording of:
Wake Up Little Susie (on 1957-08-16)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
2:07
4Maybe Tomorrow
recording of:
Maybe Tomorrow (on 1957-08-16)
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
2:11
5All I Have to Do Is Dream
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 141) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 323)
recording of:
All I Have to Do Is Dream (on 1958-03-06)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1958-04-21)
42:22
6Claudette
recording of:
Claudette (on 1958-03-06)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI)
2:14
7Bird Dog
recording of:
Bird Dog (on 1958-07-10)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1958-08-15) and House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1978)
2:18
8Devoted to You
recording of:
Devoted to You (on 1958-07-10)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI)
2:25
9Problems
recording of:
Problems (on 1958-10-13)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
1:59
10Poor Jenny
recording of:
Poor Jenny (on 1959-03-02)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
2:19
11Take a Message to Mary
recording of:
Take a Message to Mary (on 1959-03-02)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI) and House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:28
12(’Til) I Kissed You
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cadence (NYC-based label founded by Archie Bleyer) (in 1959)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1959 (number: 28)
recording of:
(’Til) I Kissed You (on 1959-07-07)
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
2:27
13Let It Be Me
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cadence (NYC-based label founded by Archie Bleyer) (in 1960)
cover recording of:
Let It Be Me (on 1959-12-15)
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
translator:
Mann Curtis
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing France, EMA-Suisse, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
translated version of:
Je t’appartiens
2:38
14Since You Broke My Heart
recording of:
Since You Broke My Heart (on 1959-12-15)
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
writer:
The Everly Brothers
1:58
15Cathy’s Clown
bass:
Floyd Chance (on 1960-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1960-03-18)
guitar:
Don Everly (on 1960-03-18)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1960-03-18)
performer:
The Everly Brothers (on 1960-03-18)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1960 (number: 30) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 149)
recording of:
Cathy’s Clown (on 1960-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
writer:
Don Everly and Phil Everly
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
3.352:27
16When Will I Be Loved
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cadence (NYC-based label founded by Archie Bleyer) (in 1960)
recording of:
When Will I Be Loved? (on 1960-02-18)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Everly
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI), Everly and Sons Music Publishing (BMI) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
2:05
17Love Hurts
recording of:
Love Hurts (on 1960-07-13)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1960-08-30)
sub-publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
2:24
18Lucille
cover recording of:
Lucille (on 1960-07-08)
writer:
Albert Collins (US blues guitarist/vocalist/harmonica), Albert Collins (composer of “Lucille” & “Slippin’ and Slidin’”) and Richard Wayne Penniman
publisher:
Leeds Music Ltd., MCA Music Inc. (Universal Music Philippines’ legal name), MCA Music Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Venice Music
2:33
19So Sad (to Watch Good Love Go Bad)
recording of:
So Sad (to Watch Good Love Go Bad) (on 1960-03-24)
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
32:36
20Like Strangers
recording of:
Like Strangers (1960 song) (on 1960-02-18)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI)
2:04
21Sleepless Nights
recording of:
Sleepless Nights (on 1960-03-08)
composer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
22:25
22Walk Right Back
recording of:
Walk Right Back (on 1960-09-17)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Curtis
2:20
23Ebony Eyes
recording of:
Ebony Eyes (on 1960-11-01)
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
3:08
24Temptation
cover recording of:
Temptation (on 1960-11-01)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
part of:
Going Hollywood (1933 film)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
2:15
25Muskrat
cover recording of:
Muskrat
writer:
Harold Hensley and Merle Travis
publisher:
Cross Music Ltd.
2:21
26Don’t Blame Me
cover recording of:
Don’t Blame Me
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
2:24
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1Crying in the Rain
recording of:
Crying in the Rain (Everly Brothers song) (on 1961-11-14)
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
writer:
Carole King
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
52:01
2How Can I Meet Her
recording of:
How Can I Meet Her
writer:
Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller
1:51
3No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile
recording of:
No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile
writer:
Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller
2:07
4(So It Was… So It Is) So It Always Will Be
recording of:
(So It Was...So It Is) So It Always Will Be (on 1963-01-27)
writer:
Arthur Altman
1:56
5It’s Been Nice (Goodnight)
recording of:
It’s Been Nice (on 1961-03-05)
writer:
Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter)
2:07
6The Girl Sang the Blues
recording of:
The Girl Who Sang the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
2:12
7Love Her
recording of:
Love Her (on 1963-09-03)
writer:
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
2:20
8The Ferris Wheel
recording of:
The Ferris Wheel (on 1964-05-04)
writer:
Dewayne Blackwell (American songwriter) and Ronald Blackwell
2:19
9Gone, Gone, Gone
recording of:
Gone, Gone, Gone (on 1964-09-08)
composer:
Don Everly and Phil Everly
2:06
10That’ll Be the Day
cover recording of:
That’ll Be the Day (on 1964-12-03)
writer:
Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter) and Norman Petty
publisher:
MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company), Nor-Va-Jak Music, Inc, Peermusic (UK) Limited, Southern Music (publisher), Wren Music Co. and MPL Communications (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company) (in 1976)
2:21
11The Price of Love
recording of:
The Price of Love
writer:
Don Everly and Phil Everly
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Opryland Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music and Acuff-Rose (BMI) (in 1965)
2:07
12I’ll Never Get Over You
recording of:
I'll Never Get Over You (on 1965-04-04)
writer:
Don Everly and Phil Everly
2:09
13Love Is Strange
cover recording of:
Love Is Strange
lyricist:
Mickey Baker, Ethel Smith (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) and Sylvia Robinson
writer:
Ethel Smith
composer:
Ethel Smith (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Cromwell Music Ltd. and Ben Ghazi Music, Inc. (publisher) (in 1956)
2:53
14It’s All Over
recording of:
It’s All Over
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
2:20
15Bowling Green
recording of:
Bowling Green (1967 song)
lyricist:
Jaqueline Ertl (songwriter) and Terry Slater (songwriter Terry Ertl)
composer:
Jaqueline Ertl (songwriter)
2:48
16It’s My Time
cover recording of:
It’s My Time
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
2:57
17Empty Boxes
recording of:
Empty Boxes
lyricist and composer:
Ron Elliott (guitarist/songwriter, member of The Beau Brummels)
2:47
18Lord of the Manor
producer:
Wes Farrell
arranger:
Wes Farrell
4:50
19Milk Train
recording of:
Milk Train
lyricist and composer:
Tony Romeo
2:50
20Yves
recording of:
Yves (Scott McKenzie song) (from 1969-11-11 until 1969-12-12)
writer:
Scott McKenzie
3:34
21Stories We Could Tell
cover recording of:
Stories We Could Tell (on 1971-12-29)
writer:
John Sebastian
publisher:
Chicken Flats Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:22
22Green River
recording of:
Green River (from 1971-08-27 until 1971-12-20)
writer:
Don Everly and Phil Everly
4:43
23Lay It Down
cover recording of:
Lay It Down (in 1972-07)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Thomas (US country singer)
3:17
24On the Wings of a Nightingale
recording engineer and mixer:
Carey Taylor
producer:
Dave Edmunds
additional guitar:
Dave Edmunds and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
vocals:
Don Everly and Phil Everly
recorded at and mixed at:
Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
On the Wings of a Nightingale
lyricist and composer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
2:35