Bye Bye Love
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"Bye Bye Love" is a popular
song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
and published in 1957. It is best known in a debut recording by The Everly Brothers
, issued by Cadence Records
as catalog number
1315. The song reached #2 on the US Billboard Pop charts and #1 on the Cash Box
Best Selling Record charts. The Everly Brothers' version also enjoyed major success as a country song, reaching No. 1 in the spring of 1957. The Everly Brothers version of the song is ranked #207 on the Rolling Stone
magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
, at the time one of country music's top entertainers. Pierce's version reached No. 7 that summer.
Rory Blackwell
and his Blackjacks recorded it the UK in 1957 issued by Parlophone
/EMI
.
Roy Orbison
recorded the song in 1960 for the album Lonely and Blue
, but the song was spelled Bye-bye, love.
Ray Charles
included his version of the song on his 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
.
The duo Simon & Garfunkel recorded it live for their 1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water
album. A "goof" may be heard in the sixth line of the third refrain, where one or both singers begin singing "happiness" as in the second line of the refrain but correct themselves to sing "sweet caress." The listener hears something akin to "Bye bye ha-sweet caress."
Between 1972 and 1974, this song was covered by Singapore
-based female singer Ervinna, backing music by The Charlie & His Boys, on her LP album Golden Hits Of 20th Century Vol. 4 with the local White Cloud Record. Hong Kong
female singer Betty Chung (鍾玲玲), also recorded the song on her LP album Betty Chung with EMI Regal Records
in 1974.
George Harrison
recorded this song for his 1974 album Dark Horse with slightly changed lyrics.
The song was featured in the film All That Jazz
, sung by Ben Vereen
and Roy Scheider
, with some lyrics rewritten to fit that story. A cover of the song by the Scottish band The Proclaimers
is heard in the film Bye Bye Love
.
"Bye Bye Love" was also included in the Ditty Bops album Moon Over The Freeway
, published in 2006.
The Pearls
included an uptempo version of the song on their hits compilation album " A String of Pearls " released on the Revola label in 2005 .
Trini Lopez
included his version of the song on his On The Move album for Reprise Records
.
The song was reworked for a Sea-Bond denture adhesive commercial as "Bye Bye Pastes."
In 2011, a cover of this song was performed by Allie Moss
, Bess Rogers & Ingrid Michaelson
at the Rockwood Music Hall
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team best known for songs such as "Rocky Top," "Love Hurts" and numerous Everly Brothers hits, including "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye Love".-Beginnings:Boudleaux was born Diadorius...
and published in 1957. It is best known in a debut recording by The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing...
, issued by Cadence Records
Cadence Records
Cadence Records was an American record company based in New York City. It was founded by Archie Bleyer, who had been the musical director and orchestra leader for Arthur Godfrey in 1952...
as catalog number
Catalog numbering systems for single records
This article presents the numbering systems used by various record companies for single records.- Capitol :...
1315. The song reached #2 on the US Billboard Pop charts and #1 on the Cash Box
Cash Box magazine
Cashbox magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industries in the USA which was published from July 1942 to November 16, 1996...
Best Selling Record charts. The Everly Brothers' version also enjoyed major success as a country song, reaching No. 1 in the spring of 1957. The Everly Brothers version of the song is ranked #207 on the Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Cover versions
Its country success was concurrent with another country version recorded by Webb PierceWebb Pierce
Webb Michael Pierce was one of the most popular American honky tonk vocalists of the 1950s, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade. His biggest hit was "In The Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one...
, at the time one of country music's top entertainers. Pierce's version reached No. 7 that summer.
Rory Blackwell
Rory Blackwell
Rory Blackwell was a British rock and roll musician, bandleader of The Blackjacks, singer, drummer and songwriter.-Biography:...
and his Blackjacks recorded it the UK in 1957 issued by Parlophone
Parlophone
Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in 1927 by the Columbia Graphophone Company which...
/EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
.
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
recorded the song in 1960 for the album Lonely and Blue
Lonely and Blue
Lonely and Blue is the first music album recorded by Roy Orbison for Monument Records, released in 1961.The track entitled "Come Back to Me " features an almost identical intro to "Only the Lonely"...
, but the song was spelled Bye-bye, love.
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
included his version of the song on his 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is a studio album by American R&B and soul musician Ray Charles, released in April 1962 on ABC-Paramount Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in early to mid-February 1962 at Capitol Studios in New York City and at United Recording Studios...
.
The duo Simon & Garfunkel recorded it live for their 1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bridge over Troubled Water
Bridge Over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by Simon & Garfunkel. Released on January 26, 1970 on both Quadraphonic and Stereo formats, it reached No. 1 on Billboard Music Charts pop albums list...
album. A "goof" may be heard in the sixth line of the third refrain, where one or both singers begin singing "happiness" as in the second line of the refrain but correct themselves to sing "sweet caress." The listener hears something akin to "Bye bye ha-sweet caress."
Between 1972 and 1974, this song was covered by Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
-based female singer Ervinna, backing music by The Charlie & His Boys, on her LP album Golden Hits Of 20th Century Vol. 4 with the local White Cloud Record. Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
female singer Betty Chung (鍾玲玲), also recorded the song on her LP album Betty Chung with EMI Regal Records
Regal Recordings
Regal Recordings is a British record label functioning as an imprint of Parlophone.-Background:Regal Records was a British record label founded in 1914 as a subsidiary of the UK branch of Columbia Records known as Columbia Graphophone Company...
in 1974.
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
recorded this song for his 1974 album Dark Horse with slightly changed lyrics.
The song was featured in the film All That Jazz
All That Jazz
All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as dancer, choreographer and director. The film was inspired by Bob Fosse's manic effort to edit his...
, sung by Ben Vereen
Ben Vereen
Ben Vereen is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.- Early years :...
and Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider
Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor. He was best known for his leading role as police chief Martin C...
, with some lyrics rewritten to fit that story. A cover of the song by the Scottish band The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid . They are probably best known for the songs "Letter from America", "I'm On My Way" and "I'm Gonna Be ". The band tours extensively throughout Europe and other continents...
is heard in the film Bye Bye Love
Bye Bye Love (film)
Bye Bye Love is a 1995 American comedy-drama film that deals with the central issue of divorce. It was directed by Sam Weisman and written by Gary David Goldberg and Brad Hall...
.
"Bye Bye Love" was also included in the Ditty Bops album Moon Over The Freeway
Moon Over the Freeway
Moon Over The Freeway is the second studio album from the folk/swing band The Ditty Bops released in 2006.-Track listing:# "Moon Over The Freeway" – 3:15# "Angel With An Attitude" – 2:31# "Fall Awake" – 3:40# "Aluminum Can" – 3:28...
, published in 2006.
The Pearls
The Pearls
The Pearls were a 1970s girl vocal duo from Liverpool, England, featuring Lyn Cornell and Ann Simmons. They released a number of singles, the most successful being "Guilty", which reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1974.-Career:...
included an uptempo version of the song on their hits compilation album " A String of Pearls " released on the Revola label in 2005 .
Trini Lopez
Trini Lopez
Trini Lopez is an American singer, guitarist and actor.-Career:Lopez was born in Dallas, Texas, on Ashland Street in the Little Mexico neighborhood. He began his entertainment career in Dallas playing at the Vegas Club, a nightclub owned by Jack Ruby...
included his version of the song on his On The Move album for Reprise Records
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...
.
The song was reworked for a Sea-Bond denture adhesive commercial as "Bye Bye Pastes."
In 2011, a cover of this song was performed by Allie Moss
Allie Moss
Allie Moss is a New Jersey singer, vocal coach and guitarist. She released her own EP Passerby in 2009. In 2011, Moss released her debut album "Late Bloomer". She regularly performs as lead guitarist for singer/songwriter and friend Ingrid Michaelson...
, Bess Rogers & Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter. Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, including Scrubs, Bones, Grey's Anatomy The Big C and One Tree Hill, as well as in Old Navy's Fall 2007 Fair Isle and Opel's/Vauxhall's...
at the Rockwood Music Hall