[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 64, Issue 5 ...Phil EVERLY

[Joe Scott]

I think mainstream country music of 1950-1953 doesn't get enough credit if you consider how much Carl Smith influenced Buddy Holly, Bob Newman (e.g. "Haulin' Freight") seems to have influenced Carl Perkins, Ernie Ford contributed to the acceptance of backbeat in non-R&B music, and so on. Back then it wasn't all about Hank Williams, or western swing, or the "high lonesome sound," or being the fastest picker, or when Haley first heard something that sounded like the Treniers, or any of those holes we sometimes like to crawl up, it was about whatever the "hillbilly" nation was listening to (from Piano Red to Dean Martin). To put it another way, Carl Perkins was the kind of guy to listen to the radio and the jukebox, not the kind of guy you'd think was probably researching a book on something he thought was "authentic."
Joseph Scott
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My only point was that the Bryants were quite well known songwriters, and would arguably still be in the Songwriters Hall of Fame even without the Everly hits. I'm from the northeast USA, but I was still enjoying the Bryants long before 1957, i.e. OUT BEHIND THE BARN, HAVE A GOOD TIME, HEY JOE. That said, I agree with everything you say, and I'm sure the Bryants enjoyed a much more comfortable retirement because of the Everlys. RayK > ---- Joe Scott wrote: > I'm with Lennick, (1) the Everlys were special on their non-Bryants material, such as "Cathy's Clown," written by Don Everly, which influenced the Beatles' "Please Please Me," and (2) I know of the Bryants because the Everlys performed their songs so well, not because a "How's The World Treating You" or "Raining In My Heart" represented a small fraction of all Elvis's or Buddy's material. Elvis also recorded five songs cowritten by Red West, whose qualifications were that he was a friend of Elvis's from high school, so let's hear it for Red West. > Joseph Scott > ----- Original Message ----- > And because Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Skeeter Davis, Glen Campbell, Frankie Laine, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Sonny James, Billy Walker, Webb Pierce, Roy Clark, Carl Smith, Cristy Lane and Ray Price recorded their songs. RayK > ---- David Lennick wrote: > Hardly. They were great songs but you know of the Bryants only BECAUSE the > Everlys recorded their songs. > > dl > > On 1/5/2014 3:19 PM, Nigel Burlinson wrote: > > Can we please have a cheer of thanks to Felice& Boudleaux BRYANT > > for THEIR contribution as the writers of: > > > > "All I Have To Do Is Dream" > > "Bye Bye Love" > > "Bird Dog" > > "Love Of My Life" > > "Poor Jenny" > > "Take A Message To Mary" > > "Wake up Little Susie" > > > > Without them the Everlys would never have been anything special! _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 78-L mailing list 78-L at klickitat.78online.com http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l