Wednesday 3 June 2020

Everly Brothers - 1961 - No.6 WAVE


 ('Til) I Kissed You/Oh What A Feeling/Let It Be Me/Since You Broke My Heart



 "('Till) I Kissed You" is a song written by Don Everly of The Everly Brothers. It was released as a single in 1959 and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Recorded 7 July 1959 at RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, and issued as a single (Cadence 1369) July/August 1959 coupled with ‘Oh, What A Feeling’. In other countries the single made a great impact reaching #2 in Australia,#3 in Canada and #2 in the U.K.

"Let It Be Me" is a popular song originally published in French in 1955 as "Je t'appartiens" interpreted by Gilbert Bécaud. It became popular worldwide with an English version by the Everly Brothers. The Everly Brothers helped to further popularize the song with their 1960 rendition of "Let It Be Me" which reached #7 position on the Billboard Hot 100, #24 in Australia,#8 in Canada and #13 in the U.K. The harmony arrangement of this version was often emulated in subsequent remakes. This was the first Everly Brothers single to be recorded in New York, and not in Nashville. The musicians that backed up the brothers on the record included Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith and Mundell Lowe on guitar, Lloyd Trotman on bass, Jerry Allison on drums and Hank Rowland on piano.

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