| features in: Album Chart of 1961 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
The murky old world of the music biz ensured that, due to a fall out with Wesley Rose, their manager and publisher, the brothers were unable to release any of their own compositions and were blocked from using the Bryant’s material, since they too were a part of the Acuff-Rose stable. Quite why they decided to delve into the world of the broadway musical for material seems to be an absurd reaction. Having said that, it’s to their eternal credit that nothing stinks – the Everly Brothers are one of those rare phenomena’s that can stamp a certain quality mark on anything that they touch – even their vaudevillian quirks are entertaining although probably baffling for their teenage fanbase. Fourteen songs were laid down for the set – an album in two clear halves with the first side marked “For dancing”, and the second marked “For dreaming”. Best of Side A is “Chloe”, as they turn Neil Moret / Gus Kahn’s tune from the 1920s into a bit of a bluesy ballad. The version of “The Wayward Wind” is very well done and fits its dreamy concept tag, as does their pseudo-mariachi rendition of “Love Is Where You Find It”. A certain smash with kissing bandits everywhere. Unfortunately for the Everlys (and for Warner Bros) the days of the film dreamers were a decade or two past…
The Jukebox Rebel
15–Apr–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:12]  The Everly Brothers - My Mammy (Walter Donaldson, Samuel M. Lewis, Joe Young) Pop |
| A2 | [02:15]  The Everly Brothers - Muskrat (Merle Travis, Tex Ann, Harold Hensley) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A3 | [02:47]  The Everly Brothers - My Gal Sal (Paul Dressor) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A4 | [02:20] The Everly Brothers - Grandfather’s Clock (Henry Clay Work) Country |
| A5 | [01:59]  The Everly Brothers - Bully Of The Town (Traditional, Ike Everly) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A6 | [02:02]  The Everly Brothers - Chloe (Neil Moret, Gus Kahn) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A7 | [01:48] The Everly Brothers - Mention My Name In Sheboygan (Bob Hilliard, Dick Sanford, Samuel Mysels) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B1 | [01:44]  The Everly Brothers - Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (Tim Kapper, Helen Deutsch) Pop Ballad |
| B2 | [02:20]  The Everly Brothers - The Wayward Wind (Herb Newman, Stanley Lebowsky) Country |
| B3 | [03:24] The Everly Brothers - Don’t Blame Me (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) Pop Ballad |
| B4 | [02:37]  The Everly Brothers - Now Is The Hour (Dorothy Stewart, Clement Scott, Maewa Kaihau) Pop Ballad |
| B5 | [02:21] The Everly Brothers - Little Old Lady (Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams) Pop Ballad |
| B6 | [02:27] The Everly Brothers - When I Grow Too Old To Dream (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) Pop Ballad |
| B7 | [01:47]  The Everly Brothers - Love Is Where You Find It (Nacio Herb Brown, Earl Brent) Cerebral Pop |
