Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)

"Bye Bye Love"
Single by The Everly Brothers
from the album The Everly Brothers
B-side"I Wonder If I Care as Much"
ReleasedMarch 1957
RecordedMarch 1, 1957
StudioRCA Victor (Nashville)
Genre
Length2:26
LabelCadence
Songwriter(s)Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
The Everly Brothers singles chronology
"Keep A-Lovin' Me"
(1956) 		"Bye Bye Love"
(1957) 		"Wake Up Little Susie"
(1957)

"Bye Bye Love" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. It is best known in a debut recording by the Everly Brothers,[2] issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1315. The song reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Pop charts and No. 1 on the Cash Box Best Selling Record charts. The Everly Brothers' version also enjoyed major success as a country song, reaching No. 1 in the spring of 1957.[3] The Everlys' "Bye Bye Love" is ranked 210th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

In 1998, The Everly Brothers version of "Bye Bye Love" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[4]

George Harrison reinterpreted it for his 1974 album Dark Horse, changing the words to reference his wife Pattie Boyd leaving him for his friend Eric Clapton. "Bye Bye Love" has also been covered by Simon & Garfunkel.

The guitar intro was not originally part of the song, but was something that Don Everly had come up with and was tacked on to the beginning.[5] Chet Atkins was the lead guitar player on the session.[6] Floyd Chance was the upright bassist and Buddy Harman was the drummer.[7]

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2015). "The Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 99.
  2. ^ The Everly Brothers interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 117.
  4. ^ "GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  5. ^ Michael Kosser (2006). How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A.: 50 Years of Music Row. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 90. ISBN 9780634098062. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  6. ^ "Inductee explorer | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame". Rockhall.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  7. ^ "Buddy Harmon | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-28.