Name: The Everly Brothers' Best by The Everly Brothers
Brand: The Everly Brothers
SKU: 843041047906
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.5 (84 reviews)

COMPILATION

This Everly Brothers compilation came out in 1959 and covers the early hits they recorded for Cadence Records. Short in length (no tune plays over the 2:25 mark), The Everly Brothers’ Best makes for the ultimate introduction to the songs that made Don and Phil Everly legends in both the country and rock ‘n’ roll realms. It opens with 1957’s “Bye Bye Love” where you can immediately hear the magical close-harmonies that could only come from siblings. Audiophiles will dig that these recordings were revived from the original two-inch-wide studio tapes, and not the half-inch secondary masters — so songs like the intimate “I Wonder If I Care As Much” and the rockabilly tinged “Bird Dog” sound like they’re being performed right in front of you. And the production was engineered with attention paid to the advent of stereophonic sound (two-channel mixing surfaced in 1958), so if you’re listening to these songs through earbuds you can really hear the hard pans on each side. Along with the pristine recording quality you also get to hear what Nashville’s A-list session musicians sounded like in the ‘50s.

1. Bye Bye Love

by The Everly Brothers

Primary Artist: The Everly Brothers; Main Performer
Composer: Boudleaux Bryant
Felice Bryant; Composer
Composer: Boudleaux Bryant
Felice Bryant; Composer
Music Publisher: House Of Bryant Publications Llc; Other

2. I Wonder If I Care As Much

by The Everly Brothers

Primary Artist: The Everly Brothers; Main Performer
Composer: Don Everly; Composer
Composer: Don Everly; Composer
Music Publisher: Sony/atv Acuff Rose Music; Other

3. Wake Up Little Susie

by The Everly Brothers

Primary Artist: The Everly Brothers; Main Performer
Composer: Boudleaux Bryant
Felice Bryant; Composer
Composer: Boudleaux Bryant
Felice Bryant; Composer
Music Publisher: House Of Bryant Publications Llc; Other

4. Maybe Tomorrow

by The Everly Brothers

Primary Artist: The Everly Brothers; Main Performer
Composer: Don Everly; Composer
Composer: Don Everly; Composer
Music Publisher: Sony/atv Acuff Rose Music; Other

5. Should We Tell Him

by The Everly Brothers

Primary Artist: The Everly Brothers; Main Performer
Composer: Don Everly; Composer
Composer: Don Everly; Composer
Music Publisher: Sony/atv Acuff Rose Music; Other

6. This Little Girl Of Mine

by The Everly Brothers

Primary Artist: The Everly Brothers; Main Performer
Composer: Ray Charles; Composer
Composer: Ray Charles; Composer
Music Publisher: Unichappell Music
Hill & Range Songs; Other

7. All I Have To Do Is Dream

by The Everly Brothers

Primary Artist: The Everly Brothers; Main Performer
Composer: Boudleaux Bryant; Composer
Composer: Boudleaux Bryant; Composer
Music Publisher: House Of Bryant Publications Llc; Other

8. Claudette

by The Everly Brothers

Primary Artist: The Everly Brothers; Main Performer
Composer: Roy Orbison; Composer
Composer: Roy Orbison; Composer
Music Publisher: Barbara Orbison Music Company
Roy Orbison Music Company
Barbara Orbison Music
Roy Orbison Music; Other