The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits

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The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1963
RecordedJune 20 & 21, 1963 Nashville, TN
Length29:35
Label Warner Bros.
The Everly Brothers chronology
Christmas with the Everly Brothers
(1962)
The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits
(1963)
Gone, Gone, Gone
(1964)

The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits is an album by the Everly Brothers, originally released in 1963. It was re-released on CD in 2005 on the Collectors' Choice Music label.

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Reception

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Allmusic stated in their review: "The singing is some of the most beautiful in the Everlys' output, and the arrangements are models of creative simplicity — and for fans of the duo, it's almost as essential a record as Roots ."

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 2:17
  2. "Born to Lose" (Frankie Brown, Ted Daffan) – 2:24
  3. "Just One Time" (Don Gibson) – 2:19
  4. "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On" (Hank Locklin) – 2:32
  5. "Release Me" (Eddie Miller, Dub Williams, Robert Yount) – 2:21
  6. "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Hal Blair, Don Robertson) – 2:24
Side two
  1. "I Walk the Line" (Johnny Cash) – 2:40
  2. "Lonely Street" (Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S. Stevenson) – 2:22
  3. "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (Dick Reynolds, Jack Rhodes) – 2:16
  4. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams) – 2:57
  5. "Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson) – 2:48
  6. "This Is the Last Song I'm Ever Going to Sing" (Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis) – 2:15

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.