Songs Our Daddy Taught Us

Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
Studio album by The Everly Brothers
Released December 1958
Recorded 1958
Genre Country folk, country, close harmony
Length 40:22
Label Cadence
The Everly Brothers chronology
The Everly Brothers
(1958)[1]		 Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
(1958)		 The Best of the Everly Brothers
(1959)

Songs Our Daddy Taught Us is the second album by close harmony country/rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers, released in 1958. The album is 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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

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".[2] Rolling Stone, 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.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Roving Gambler" (Terry Gilkyson) – 3:41
  2. "Down in the Willow Garden" (Charlie Monroe, traditional) – 3:04
  3. "Long Time Gone" (Frank Hartford, Tex Ritter, traditional) – 2:26
  4. "Lightning Express" (Bradley Kincaid) – 4:53
  5. "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Gene Autry, Jimmy Long) – 3:09
  6. "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?" (traditional) – 2:41
  7. "Barbara Allen" (traditional) – 4:41
  8. "Oh So Many Years" (Frankie Bailes) – 2:37
  9. "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" (Karl Davis, Harty Taylor) – 3:38
  10. "Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin' Chair)" (Bob Miller) – 3:01
  11. "Kentucky" (Karl Davis, credited to Henry Prichard) – 3:10
  12. "Put My Little Shoes Away" (Samuel N. Mitchell, Charles E. Pratt) – 3:21

Personnel

Legacy

Main article: Foreverly

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Brackett, Nathan. (2004) The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th ed, Fireside. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. p 287.
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
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