"Ebony Eyes" | ||||
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Single by The Everly Brothers | ||||
B-side | " Walk Right Back" | |||
Released | January 1961 | |||
Recorded | November 1, 1960 | |||
Length | 2:54 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | John D. Loudermilk | |||
The Everly Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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"Ebony Eyes" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk, recorded in 1961 by The Everly Brothers, and released as a single together with " Walk Right Back", which reached No. 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [1] The lyrics tell a young man's tragic story of losing his beloved fiancée in an airplane crash in dark, stormy weather conditions, which remind him of his fiancée's "ebony eyes".
The single, a double A-side in the UK, reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart on 2 March 1961 for 3 weeks [2] and was the ninth best-selling single of the calendar year 1961 in the U.K. [3] "Ebony Eyes" was initially banned by the BBC from airplay in the U.K. as its lyrics were considered too upsetting to play on the radio. [1]