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Ebony Eyes (John D. Loudermilk song)

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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. The lyrics tell a young man's tragic story of losing his beloved fiance in an airplane crash in dark, stormy weather conditions, conditions which remind him of his fiance'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 and was the ninth best-selling single of the calendar year 1961 in the U.K. "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.

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Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles

Category:The Everly Brothers songs

Category:Songs written by John D. Loudermilk

Category:Teenage tragedy songs

Category:1961 singles

Category:Malemale vocal duets

Category:1961 songs

Category:Warner Records singles

Category:Songs banned by the BBC


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