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Hit singles

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" enjoyed crossover success. "Bye Bye Love" peaked at No. 1 on the

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chart, No. 2 on the Pop Singles chart and #5 on the R&B chart. "Wake Up Little Susie" reached No. 1 on all three. Two of the songs on this album are included in ''

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'' "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". "Bye Bye Love", No. 207 on the list, had been rejected by thirty musicians before the Everly Brothers agreed to record and release it, whereupon it remained on the charts for 27 weeks. "Wake Up Little Susie", song No. 311, was controversial enough as to be banned in Boston with its story of a teen couple who fall asleep during a boring film and wake far past curfew. Wake Up Little Susie
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Legacy

In a retrospective review for Allmusic, Richie Unterberger writes of the album "Although the Everlys hadn't quite fully matured as artists, their debut is a fine, consistent effort divided between original material and respectably energetic covers of early rockers by Little Richard, Gene Vincent, and Ray Charles."

Track listing

#" This Little Girl of Mine" ( Ray Charles) – 2:18 #"Maybe Tomorrow" (Don Everly) – 2:07 #" Bye Bye Love" ( Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:20 #"Brand New Heartache" (F. Bryant, B. Bryant) – 2:17 #" Keep a Knockin'" ( Richard Penniman) – 2:18 #" Be-Bop-A-Lula" ( Gene Vincent, Donald Graves, Bill "Tex Sheriff" Davis) – 2:19 #" Rip It Up" ( Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 2:16 #"I Wonder If I Care as Much" (D. Everly) – 2:14 #"

" (F. Bryant, B. Bryant) – 2:01 #"Leave My Woman Alone" (Charles) – 2:36 #"

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" (D. Everly, P. Everly) – 2:06 #"Hey Doll Baby" ( Traditional, Titus Turner) – 2:06

Personnel

* Don Everly – guitar, vocals * Phil Everly – guitar, vocals * Archie Bleyer –

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References

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