Bird Dog (song)

"Bird Dog"
Single by the Everly Brothers
from the album The Best of The Everly Brothers
B-side "Devoted to You"
Released July 28, 1958
Format 7" single
Genre Country
Length 2:20
Label Cadence 1350
Writer(s) Boudleaux Bryant
the Everly Brothers singles chronology
"All I Have to Do Is Dream"/
"Claudette"
(1958)
"Bird Dog"/
"Devoted to You"
(1958)
"Problems"/
"Love of My Life"
(1958)

"Bird Dog" is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant and recorded by the Everly Brothers[1] released in 1958 and was a #1 hit on the Billboard Country Chart.[2] The song also hit number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as well as peaking at number two for three weeks on the R&B charts.[3]

The musical structure is relatively unusual in that it has a 12 bar blues stanza and an 8 bar blues chorus.

Cover versions

Charts

Chart (1958) Peak
position
US Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers 1
US Billboard Hot 100 2
US Billboard Hot R&B Sides 2
Australian Singles Chart 1
Canadian Singles Chart 1
United Kingdom (NME) 2[5]
United Kingdom (Record Mirror) 1[6]

References

  1. The Everly Brothers interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 117.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 194.
  4. The Newbeats, "Bird Dog" single release Retrieved April 25, 2015
  5. "Artist Chart History Details: Everly Brothers". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  6. McAleer, Dave. "Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts!". Dave McAleer's website. Retrieved 4 November 2010.

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Preceded by
"Blue Blue Day" by Don Gibson
C&W Best Sellers
number one single by The Everly Brothers

September 8, 1958 - October 13, 1958
Succeeded by
"City Lights" by Ray Price
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