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
| 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] 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.[4]
Track listing
- "Roving Gambler" (Terry Gilkyson) – 3:41
- "Down in the Willow Garden" (Charlie Monroe, traditional) – 3:04
- "Long Time Gone" (Frank Hartford, Tex Ritter, traditional) – 2:26
- "Lightning Express" (attributed to Bradley Kincaid; actually written as "Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off the Train" by J. Fred Helf and E. P. Moran[5]) – 4:53
- "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Gene Autry, Jimmy Long) – 3:09
- "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?" (traditional) – 2:41
- "Barbara Allen" (traditional) – 4:41
- "Oh So Many Years" (Frankie Bailes) – 2:37
- "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" (Karl Davis, Harty Taylor) – 3:38
- "Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin' Chair)" (Bob Miller) – 3:01
- "Kentucky" (Karl Davis, credited to Henry Prichard) – 3:10
- "Put My Little Shoes Away" (Samuel N. Mitchell, Charles E. Pratt) – 3:21
Personnel
- Don Everly – guitar, vocals
- Phil Everly – guitar, vocals
- Floyd Chance – upright bass
Legacy
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
- ^ 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
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