Quite an interesting re-imaging of the song, I think; it was a big hit in England, where the EBs remained Top of the Pops, even though had they had been rendered suddenly un-hip in the States by (ironically) the very British Invasion they had helped inspire.
In any case, a lot of the Everlys' mid-Sixties albums are due for critical re-assessment; I'm talking about (in particular) the great "Two Yanks in London", where most of the songs they essayed were provided to them courtesy of The Hollies Clarke-Hicks-Nash songwriting triumvirate.
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EBs - used to hear them on the radio in my virginia childhood - and saw them live and in person at Simon & Garfunkel whatturnedouttobefarewell tour - spouse and self were guests, had done no reading about the tour, and so we were among what i am sure was a minority of people there who were absolutely surprised, as well as delighted, when don and phil strode on the stage
earlier in the show i had been disquieted when art spent not a couple of sentences, but it seemed like three paragraphs, praising paul - oh well, all things must pass
You got to see the Everly's live? I hate you. 😎
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