The rhythmic elements of 'Cathy's Clown' helped it hit #1 on both the pop and R&B singles charts. The towering chorus helped make it the biggest hit single of the pair's career. The persistent drum rolls also add to the power of the emotions experienced by the song's protagonist who can't seem to rid himself of a manipulative girlfriend. The drum sound was obtained by recording the drums on a tape loop and creating the illusion of two drummers. 'Cathy's Clown' was the first single released by the Everly Brothers after moving to the Warner Bros.

Following the #1 success of her recording of 'You're No Good,' Linda Ronstadt took 'When Will I Be Loved' to #2 on the pop chart, #1 on the country chart, and #3 on the adult contemporary chart.

Linda Ronstadt recorded 'When Will I Be Loved' for her album Heart Like a Wheel in 1975. She changed the order of the lyric verses. Legendary session musicians Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, and Buddy Harman all played on the record. smash 'Cathy's Clown' when Cadence pulled 'When Will I Be Loved' and released it. The Everly Brothers had already left the record label Cadence and released their first #1 Warner Bros.

Wesley Rose, a driving force in the development of the country music industry, produced the record. Phil Everly wrote the song and it peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the original recording carries plenty of its own charms including the harmonies that lead into and carry through the song's chorus. The song is best known today in its hit version by Linda Ronstadt. 'When Will I Be Loved' finds the Everly Brothers in swaying rockabilly style. A cover by Andy Gibb and Victoria Principal went to #51 on the pop chart in 1981. The duo of Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry recorded 'All I Have To Do Is Dream' in 1970 and reached #27. Richard Chamberlain covered 'All I Have To Do Is Dream' in 1963 and took it to #4 on the pop chart. He signed a contract with the Everly Brothers' publisher Acuff-Rose Music and two years later had his first major pop smash 'Only the Lonely.' The B-Side of the Everly Brothers record 'Claudette' was Roy Orbison's first major songwriting success. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has named 'All I Have To Do Is Dream' as one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. Country legend Chet Atkins plays guitar on the recording. The romantic, lightly rocking chorus helped the song be the second and last by the duo to top the pop, country, and R&B charts. This sweet rock and roll ballad continued the Everly Brothers' fertile collaboration with married songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. Bob Dylan included his own version of 'Let It Be Me' on the 1970 album Self Portrait. 'Let It Be Me' was also the duo's final single for the Cadence label before they moved to Warner Bros.Ī 1964 duet version by soul singers Betty Everett and Jerry Butler climbed to #5, and later versions by Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry as a duet and a solo recording by Willie Nelson all hit the pop top 40 as well. They took the song to #7 on the US pop singles chart. The Everly Brothers recording of 'Let It Be Me' has a more lush orchestration than their previous hits. American pop standards singer Jill Corey released an English language version of the song in 1957 and it climbed to #57 on the US pop chart. Originally recorded in French, the song 'Let It Be Me' was the first single the Everly Brothers worked on in New York instead of Nashville. French singer and songwriter Gilbert Becaud recorded the song under the title 'Je t'appartiens' in 1955.

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