Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
| Songs Our Daddy Taught Us | ||||
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| Released | December 1958 | |||
| Recorded | August 13–17, 1958 | |||
| Length | 40:22 | |||
| Label | Cadence | |||
| Producer | Archie Bleyer | |||
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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.
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]- Don Everly – guitar, vocals
- Phil Everly – guitar, vocals
- Floyd Chance – upright bass
Legacy
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Actually written as "Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off the Train" by J. Fred Helf and E. P. Moran[5]
- ^ Credited to Henry Prichard
References
[edit]- ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 233–234.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan. (2004) The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th ed, Fireside. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. p 287.
- ^ Please Mr. Conductor Don't Put Me Off. Descriptive Song & Chorus. from the Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection
