| "Ebony Eyes" | ||||
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| Single by The Everly Brothers | ||||
| B-side | "Walk Right Back" | |||
| Released | January 1961 | |||
| Recorded | November 1, 1960 | |||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John D. Loudermilk | |||
| The Everly Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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"Ebony Eyes" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk, recorded in 1961 by The Everly Brothers, and released as a single together with "Walk Right Back", which reached No. 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1] The lyrics tell a young man's tragic story of losing his beloved fiancée in an airplane crash in dark, stormy weather conditions, which remind him of his fiancée's "ebony eyes".
The single, a double A-side in the UK, reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart on 2 March 1961 for 3 weeks[2] and was the ninth best-selling single of the calendar year 1961 in the U.K.[3] "Ebony Eyes" was initially banned by the BBC from airplay in the U.K. as its lyrics were considered too upsetting to play on the radio.[1]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Official [U.K.] Singles Chart Top 50: 02 March-08 March 1961". The Official U.K. Charts Company. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1961 [in the U.K.]". www.sixtiescity.net. Retrieved 3 April 2017.