Ebony Eyes (John D. Loudermilk song)

"Ebony Eyes"

Single by The Everly Brothers

B-side

"Walk Right Back"

Released

January 1961

Format

7" 45rpm

The Everly Brothers singles chronology

"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
(1960)

"'Ebony Eyes"
(1961)

"Temptation"
(1961)

"Ebony Eyes" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk, recorded in 1961 by The Everly Brothers (b/w "Walk Right Back"), and reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[1] The lyrics tell a young man's tragic story of losing his beloved fiancee in an airplane crash during the dark, bad weather, which reminds him of her "ebony eyes".

It is noticeable that the drums begin with a soft intermittent roll at the point where the spoken text says, "..beacon light in the control tower .." which actually does remind one of a rotating lighthouse beacon.

The single, with reversed sides, reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was initially banned by the BBC as its lyrics were considered too upsetting to play on the radio.^[1]

References

1 2 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.

Preceded by "Sailor" by Petula Clark	UK number one single "Walk Right Back" b/w "Ebony Eyes" by The Everly Brothers March 2, 1961 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by "Wooden Heart" by Elvis Presley

The Everly Brothers

Studio albums	The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us It's Everly Time A Date with the Everly Brothers Both Sides of an Evening Instant Party! Christmas with the Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits Gone Gone Gone Rock'n Soul Beat & Soul In Our Image Two Yanks in England The Hit Sound of the Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers Sing Roots Stories We Could Tell Pass the Chicken & Listen EB 84 Born Yesterday Some Hearts

Live albums	Everly Brothers Show

Compilation albums	The Best of The Everly Brothers Greatest Hits Vol. III The New Album All They Had to Do Was Dream Heartaches and Harmonies Stories We Could Tell:The RCA Years Too Good to Be True Give Me a Future

Singles	"Bye Bye Love" "Wake Up Little Susie" "This Little Girl of Mine" "Should We Tell Him" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" "Bird Dog" "Devoted to You" "Problems" "Take a Message to Mary" "Poor Jenny" "(Till) I Kissed You" "Let It Be Me" "Cathy's Clown" "When Will I Be Loved" "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" "Like Strangers" "Be-Bop-A-Lula" "Lucille" "Walk Right Back" "Ebony Eyes" "Temptation" "Don't Blame Me" "Crying in the Rain" "That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)" "Don't Ask Me to Be Friends" "Love Her" "Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby" "That'll Be the Day" "The Price of Love" "Love Is Strange" "(You Got) The Power of Love" "Somebody Help Me" "Bowling Green" "Love of the Common People" "Carolina in My Mind" "Not Fade Away" "The Air That I Breathe" (Phil Everly solo) "Brother Jukebox" (Don Everly solo) "Dare to Dream Again" (Phil Everly solo) "On the Wings of a Nightingale" "Don't Worry Baby" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"

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