Brother Jukebox

"Brother Jukebox" is a song written by Paul Craft. It was originally recorded by Don Everly, one-half of The Everly Brothers, in 1977 and reached number 96 on the country singles charts. It was later covered by Keith Whitley on I Wonder Do You Think of Me and by Mark Chesnutt on his 1990 debut album Too Cold at Home. Released in November 1990 as the album's second single, it became his first Number One country hit in the United States. It was also recorded by John Starling on his 1977 album Long Time Gone.

The song's narrator tells of a man whose after being left by his lover (it's unknown if she's his wife or girlfriend since the narrator said "since 'she' left me by myself"....) you're (addressing "brother jukebox", "sister wine", "mother freedom" and "father time") as the only family the narrator has got left in his life, his "new next of kin" to spend any time with at all.

Music video (Mark Chesnutt)

The music video was directed by Bill Young and premiered in late 1990.

Chart performance

Don Everly

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	96

Mark Chesnutt

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	20
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	6

Preceded by "Daddy's Come Around" by Paul Overstreet	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single February 9 - February 16, 1991	Succeeded by "Walk on Faith" by Mike Reid
Preceded by "Rumor Has It" by Reba McEntire	RPM Country Tracks number-one single February 23, 1991	Succeeded by "Til I Am Myself Again" by Blue Rodeo

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 92–93. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ "Don Everly – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Don Everly.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1446." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 23, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ "Mark Chesnutt – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Mark Chesnutt.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

Allmusic

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

The Everly Brothers

Studio albums	The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us It's Everly Time A Date with the Everly Brothers Both Sides of an Evening Instant Party! Christmas with the Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits Gone Gone Gone Rock'n Soul Beat & Soul In Our Image Two Yanks in England The Hit Sound of the Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers Sing Roots Stories We Could Tell Pass the Chicken & Listen EB 84 Born Yesterday Some Hearts

Live albums	Everly Brothers Show

Compilation albums	The Best of The Everly Brothers Greatest Hits Vol. III The New Album All They Had to Do Was Dream Heartaches and Harmonies Stories We Could Tell:The RCA Years Too Good to Be True Give Me a Future

Singles	"Bye Bye Love" "Wake Up Little Susie" "This Little Girl of Mine" "Should We Tell Him" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" "Bird Dog" "Devoted to You" "Problems" "Take a Message to Mary" "Poor Jenny" "(Till) I Kissed You" "Let It Be Me" "Cathy's Clown" "When Will I Be Loved" "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" "Like Strangers" "Be-Bop-A-Lula" "Lucille" "Walk Right Back" "Ebony Eyes" "Temptation" "Don't Blame Me" "Crying in the Rain" "That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)" "Don't Ask Me to Be Friends" "Love Her" "Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby" "That'll Be the Day" "The Price of Love" "Love Is Strange" "(You Got) The Power of Love" "Somebody Help Me" "Bowling Green" "Love of the Common People" "Carolina in My Mind" "Not Fade Away" "The Air That I Breathe" (Phil Everly solo) "Brother Jukebox" (Don Everly solo) "Dare to Dream Again" (Phil Everly solo) "On the Wings of a Nightingale" "Don't Worry Baby" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"

Related topics	Discography List of songs Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop Everly Music Company Venetia Stevenson Edan Everly James Best

Book Category

Mark Chesnutt

Studio albums	Too Cold at Home Longnecks & Short Stories Almost Goodbye What a Way to Live Wings Thank God for Believers I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Lost in the Feeling Mark Chesnutt Savin' the Honky Tonk Heard It in a Love Song Rollin' with the Flow Outlaw

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits

Notable singles	"Too Cold at Home" "Brother Jukebox" "Blame It on Texas" "Your Love Is a Miracle" "Broken Promise Land" "Old Flames Have New Names" "I'll Think of Something" "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" "Ol' Country" "It Sure Is Monday" "Almost Goodbye" "I Just Wanted You to Know" "Woman, Sensuous Woman" "She Dreams" "Goin' Through the Big D" "Gonna Get a Life" "Down in Tennessee" "Trouble" "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" "It's a Little Too Late" "Let It Rain" "Thank God for Believers" "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" "This Heartache Never Sleeps" "Lost in the Feeling" "She Was" "The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man" "I'm a Saint" "Heard It in a Love Song" "Rollin' with the Flow" "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"

Guest singles	"A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side" (with Tracy Byrd)

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