The Definitive Everly Brothers

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1Bye Bye Love
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 1957)
bass:
Floyd D. 'Lightnin'' Chance (in 1957)
drums (drum set):
Murrey Harman (in 1957)
electric guitar:
Chet Atkins (in 1957)
guitar:
Don Everly (in 1957), Phil Everly (in 1957) and Hank Garland (in 1957)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (in 1957)
vocals:
Don Everly (in 1957) and Phil Everly (in 1957)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 25) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 207)
recording of:
Bye Bye Love (in 1957)
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
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
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
2:07
4Maybe Tomorrow
recording of:
Maybe Tomorrow
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
2:11
5All I Have to Do Is Dream
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 141) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 323)
recording of:
All I Have to Do Is Dream (in 1958)
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 and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1958-04-21)
2:22
6Claudette
recording of:
Claudette (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI)
2:14
7Bird Dog
recording of:
Bird Dog
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 (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI)
2:25
9Problems
recording of:
Problems
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
1:59
10Poor Jenny
recording of:
Poor Jenny
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 (in 1959)
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 (in 1960-01)
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. 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
translated version of:
Je t’appartiens
2:38
14Since You Broke My Heart
recording of:
Since You Broke My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
1:58
15Cathy’s Clown
bass:
Floyd Chance (on 1960-03-18)
guitar:
Don Everly (on 1960-03-18)
membranophone:
Buddy Harman (on 1960-03-18)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1960-03-18)
performer:
The Everly Brothers (on 1960-03-18)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 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
3.52:27
16When Will I Be Loved
recording of:
When Will I Be Loved? (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Everly
writer:
The Everly Brothers
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (publisher) and Everly and Sons Music
2:05
17Love Hurts
recording of:
Love Hurts
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017), 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 and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1960-08-30)
2:24
18Lucille
cover recording of:
Lucille (in 1960)
writer:
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/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)
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
2:36
20Like Strangers
recording of:
Like Strangers (1960 song) (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
2:04
21Sleepless Nights
recording of:
Sleepless Nights
composer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
2:25
22Walk Right Back
recording of:
Walk Right Back (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Curtis
2:20
23Ebony Eyes
recording of:
Ebony Eyes (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
3:08
24Temptation
cover recording of:
Temptation (in 1961)
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
2:21
26Don’t Blame Me
2:24
▼ CD 2
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1Crying in the Rain
recording of:
Crying in the Rain (Everly Brothers song) (in 1962)
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
writer:
Carole King
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
52:01
2How Can I Meet Her
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
1:56
5It’s Been Nice (Goodnight)
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
2:20
8The Ferris Wheel
2:19
9Gone, Gone, Gone
recording of:
Gone, Gone, Gone
composer:
Don Everly and Phil Everly
2:06
10That’ll Be the Day
cover recording of:
That’ll Be the Day
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 (publishing and company credits) (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
2:09
13Love Is Strange
recording of:
Love Is Strange
lyricist:
Mickey Baker, Ethel Smith (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) and Sylvia Robinson
composer:
Ethel Smith (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Ben Ghazi Music, Inc. (publisher), Cromwell Music and Cromwell Music Ltd.
2:53
14It’s All Over
recording of:
It’s All Over
lyricist and composer:
Don Everly
2:20
15Bowling Green
2:48
16It’s My Time
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
3:34
21Stories We Could Tell
3:22
22Green River
4:43
23Lay It Down
recording of:
Lay It Down
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