Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
1958 studio album by the Everly Brothers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us (1958) is the second studio album by American singing duo the Everly Brothers. The album is based on a selection of songs that the brothers learned as boys from their father, Ike Everly. Originally released on Cadence Records, the album has been re-released on LP and CD many times, primarily by Rhino and EMI.
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| Released | December 1958 | |||
| Recorded | August 13–17, 1958 | |||
| Length | 40:22 | |||
| Label | Cadence | |||
| Producer | Archie Bleyer | |||
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Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Music journalist Richie Unterberger notes that the album of traditional music, released at the peak of the duo's commercial success as a rock and roll act, was unexpected and "ahead of its time".[1] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, which awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, noted that not even Elvis Presley "had the nerve to do an album as rootsy" as this one.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Down in the Willow Garden" | Charlie Monroe, traditional | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Long Time Gone" | Frank Hartford, Tex Ritter, traditional | 2:26 |
| 3. | "Lightning Express" | Bradley Kincaid [a] | 4:53 |
| 4. | "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" | Gene Autry, Jimmy Long | 3:09 |
| 5. | "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?" | Traditional | 2:41 |
| 6. | "Barbara Allen" | Traditional | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Oh So Many Years" | Frankie Bailes | 2:37 |
| 8. | "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" | Karl Davis, Harty Taylor | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin' Chair)" | Bob Miller | 3:01 |
| 10. | "Kentucky" | Karl Davis [b] | 3:10 |
| 11. | "Put My Little Shoes Away" | Samuel N. Mitchell, Charles E. Pratt | 3:21 |
Personnel
- Don Everly – guitar, vocals
- Phil Everly – guitar, vocals
- Floyd Chance – upright bass
Legacy
In 2013, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and jazz singer Norah Jones recorded a remake of the album, titled Foreverly. It was released on November 25, 2013.
Notes
- Actually written as "Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off the Train" by J. Fred Helf and E. P. Moran[5]
References
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