The Everly Brothers (album)

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The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers cover
Studio album by The Everly Brothers
Released 1958
Genre rock
Label Cadence
Professional reviews

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

The Everly Brothers is the 1958 eponymous debut album of close harmony rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers. The album peaked at #16 on Billboard's "pop albums" chart and launched three very successful singles. Originally on the Cadence label, the album was re-released on LP in 1988 by EMI and on CD in 2000 by Emporio Records.

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[edit] Hit singles

"I Wonder if I Care as Much" reached #2 on the 'pop singles" chart. "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie" enjoyed crossover success. "Bye Bye Love" peaked at #1 on the "country singles" chart, #2 on the "pop singles" chart and #5 on the "black singles" chart. "Wake Up Little Susie" reached #1 on all three.

Two of the songs on this album are included in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[2] "Bye Bye Love", #207 on the list, had been rejected by thirty musicians before The Everly Brothers agreed to record and release it, whereupon it remained on the charts for 27 weeks.[3] "Wake Up Little Susie", song #311, was controversial enough as to be banned in Boston with its story of a teen couple who fall asleep during a boring film and wake far past curfew.[4]

[edit] Track listing

Except where otherwise noted, tracks written by Don Everly and Phil Everly.

  1. "This Little Girl of Mine" (Ray Charles)
  2. "Maybe Tomorrow"
  3. "Bye Bye Love" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant)
  4. "Brand New Heartache" (Bryant, Bryant)
  5. "Keep a Knockin'" (Little Richard)
  6. "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (Tex Davis, Gene Vincent)
  7. "Rip It Up" (Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, John Marascalco)
  8. "I Wonder If I Care as Much"
  9. "Wake Up Little Susie" (Bryant, Bryant)
  10. "Leave My Woman Alone" (Charles)
  11. "Should We Tell Him"
  12. "Hey Doll Baby" (traditional, Titus Turner)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Brackett, Nathan. (2004) The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th ed, Fireside. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. p 287.
  2. ^ The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (December 9, 2004). Accessed October 6, 2007.
  3. ^ Bye Bye Love. Rolling Stone (December 9, 2004). Accessed October 6, 2007.
  4. ^ Wake Up Little Susie Rolling Stone (December 9, 2004). Accessed October 6, 2007.