"Bowling Green" is a 1967 single by

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and was written by Terry Slater and Jacqueline Ertel; Slater was the duo's bass player.

Background

The song is about

Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States. Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War. As of the ...

, which is about an hour's drive from Central City, Ky., where Don Everly was born. The song features a wind ensemble, and the Everly Brothers imitate the sounds of country guitars by singing "Ching" repeatedly. This is not the traditional song "I Wish I Was In Bowling Green", also known as "Bowling Green", recorded by

Cousin Emmy Cynthia May Carver (March 14, 1903 – April 11, 1980), known professionally as Cousin Emmy, was a banjo player, fiddler and country singer who was one of the pioneering solo female stars in the country music industry. Although hit records elude ...

the Weavers The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. Founded in 1948, the group sang traditional folk songs fr ...

, the Kossoy Sisters and others.

Chart performance

The song peaked at #40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on July 8, 1967. Outside the US, "Bowling Green" reached No. 1 on the

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charts. It was the last time the Everly Brothers cracked the Hot 100 until 1984.

Notes and references

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LP Discography: Glen Campbell – Gentle On My Mind – Bowling Green
{{authority control 1967 singles 1967 songs The Everly Brothers songs Glen Campbell songs Songs about Kentucky Song recordings produced by Dick Glasser