Load of bluegrass in those boys.” The song had an endless life, hitting the charts in 1963 (by Richard Chamberlin), 1970 (by Glen Campbell) and 1981 (by Andy Gibb and Victoria Principal). “‘Dream, dream dream …’ slipping in and out of unison and harmony. “The band plays very quietly, and their voices, that beautiful, beautiful refrain – almost mystical,” Keith Richards once said. Phil Everly called this gorgeously haunting ballad (again written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) one of the most important songs his group ever recorded, and it’s easy to hear why. I think they could sing the telephone book to me.

Anything they put their voices on seemed to blend like custard. “Coming out of their mouths, it was pure honey. The recording blew away Felice Bryant, who co-wrote the song with her husband, Boudleaux. It may sound innocent, but the song was banned in Boston for suggestive lyrics. and start panicking about what to tell their parents. The Everly’s first Number One hit has a hilarious premise: a teenage couple attend a lame movie, fall asleep, only to wake up at 4 a.m. “Don said, ‘We’re hoping the record does good enough so I can buy a new case for my guitar.’ He did better than a new case for his guitar.” “Archie Bleyer was down from New York, and he wanted to know what the kids hoped to get out of the whole thing,” Wesley Rose, the group’s music publisher and manager, told Rolling Stone in 1986. Their recording was soon a Number Two pop hit and Number One country hit.

“Bye Bye Love” had been rejected by 30 acts when songwriter Boudleaux Bryant played it for the Everlys, who had recently signed to Cadence Records in Nashville.

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