Bird Dog (song)

"Bird Dog"
Single by the Everly Brothers
from the album The Best of The Everly Brothers
A-sideDevoted to You[1][2]
ReleasedJuly 28, 1958
RecordedJuly 10, 1958
GenrePop[3]
Length2:20
LabelCadence 1350
Songwriter(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.[4] It was released in 1958 and was a no. 1 hit on the Billboard Country Chart for six weeks.[5] The song also hit no. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (stalled behind Domenico Modugno's "Nel blu, dipinto di Blu (Volare)" and Tommy Edwards' "It's All in the Game"), as well as peaking at no. 2 for three weeks on the R&B charts.[6]

  1. ^ "US single artwork". 45cat.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. ^ "US single artwork". discogs.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 482. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  4. ^ The Everly Brothers interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 117.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 194.