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
translated version of:
Porque heriste mi corazón
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)
3.52:27
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 (composer of “Lucille” & “Slippin’ and Slidin’”) and Richard Wayne Penniman
publisher:
Budde Music Publishing GmbH, Flora GmbH, Josef Hochmuth Musikverlag, Leeds Music Corp., Leeds Music Ltd., MCA Music Inc. (Universal Music Philippines’ legal name), MCA Music Ltd., Melody Music Pty Ltd., Morro Music Corp., Strengholt Music Publishing BV, Universal Music Publishing Ricordi srl, Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Venice Music
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France (ended), Sony Music Publishing France 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)
2:33
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
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1963-01-27)
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 (country music singer-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
recorded at:
Fred Foster Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1964-12-03)
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
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1969-11-11 until 1969-12-12)
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