Songs Our Daddy Taught Us

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Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us cover
Studio album by The Everly Brothers
Released 1958
Genre rock, close harmony, traditional music
Label Cadence
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 3/5 stars link
The Everly Brothers chronology
The Everly Brothers
(1958)[1]		 Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
(1958)		 The Everly Brothers Best
(1959)

Songs Our Daddy Taught Us is the second album by close harmony rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers, released in 1958. Originally released on Cadence Records, the album has been rereleased on LP and CD many times, primarily by Rhino and EMI. Music journalist Richie Unterberger notes that the album of traditional music, released at the peak of the duo's commercial success as a rock and roll act, was unexpected and "ahead of its time".[2] Rolling Stone, who awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, noted that not even Elvis Presley "had the nerve to do an album as rootsy " as this one.[1]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Roving Gambler" (traditional) – 3:41
  2. "Down in the Willow Garden" (Charlie Monroe, traditional) – 3:04
  3. "Long Time Gone" (Frank Hartford, Tex Ritter, traditional) – 2:26
  4. "Lightning Express" (Bradley Kincaid) – 4:53
  5. "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Gene Autry, Jimmy Long) – 3:09
  6. "Who's Gonna Show Your Pretty Little Feet?" (traditional) – 2:41
  7. "Barbara Allen" (traditional, Susan Urban) – 4:41
  8. "Oh So Many Years" (Frankie Bailes) – 2:37
  9. "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" (Karl Davis, Harty Taylor) – 3:38
  10. "Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin' Chair)" (Bob Miller) – 3:01
  11. "Kentucky" (Karl Davis) – 3:10
  12. "Put My Little Shoes Away" (Don Everly, Phil Everly, traditional) – 3:21

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Brackett, Nathan. (2004) The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th ed, Fireside. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. p 287.
  2. ^ Songs Our Daddy Taught Us at Allmusic