They began writing and recording their own music in 1956, and their first hit song came in 1957, with "Bye Bye Love", written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. The song hit No. 1 in the spring of 1957, and additional hits would follow through 1958, many of them written by the Bryants, including "Wake Up Little Susie", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", and "Problems". In 1960, they signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records and recorded "Cathy's Clown", written by the brothers themselves, which was their biggest selling single. The brothers enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1961, and their output dropped off, though additional hit singles continued through 1962, with "That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)" being their last top-10 hit.
Long-simmering disputes with Wesley Rose, the CEO of Acuff-Rose Music, which managed the group, a growing drug usage in the 1960s, as well as changing tastes in popular music, led to the group's decline in popularity in its native U.S., though the brothers continued to release hit singles in the U.K. and Canada, and had many highly successful tours throughout the 1960s. In the early 1970s, the brothers began releasing solo recordings, and in 1973 they officially broke up. Starting in 1983, the brothers got back together, and would continue to perform periodically until Phil's death in 2014. Don died seven years later.
The group was highly influential on the music of the generation that followed it. Many of the top acts of the 1960s were heavily influenced by the close-harmony singing and acoustic guitar playing of the Everly Brothers, including the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Bee Gees, and Simon & Garfunkel. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked the Everly Brothers No. 1 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class of 1986, and into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Don was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019, earning the organization's first Iconic Riff Award for his distinctive rhythm guitar intro to the Everlys' massive 1957 hit "Wake Up Little Susie".
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Bye Bye Love
The Everly Brothers Lyrics
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Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness
I think I'ma gonna cry
Bye bye love
Bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness
I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love goodbye
There goes my baby with someone new
She sure looks happy, I sure am blue
She was my baby 'til he stepped in
Goodbye to romance that might have been
Bye bye love
Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness
I think I'ma gonna cry
Bye bye love
Bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness
I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love goodbye
I'm through with romance, I'm through with love
I'm through with counting the stars above
And here's the reason that I'm so free
My loving baby is through with me
Bye bye love
Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness
I think I'ma gonna cry
Bye bye love
Bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness
I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love goodbye
Bye bye my love goodbye
Bye bye my love goodbye
Bye bye my love goodbye
The Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love" is a classic pop ballad that speaks to the pain of heartbreak and the end of a relationship. The song's lyrics are straightforward and do not employ any complicated metaphors or clever wordplay, which adds to the song's simplistic and relatable charm.
The song speaks directly to the listener's emotions, with lines like "Hello loneliness, I think I'ma gonna cry" and "Hello emptiness, I feel like I could die" conveying a sense of desperation and despair that many people can relate to. The chorus is especially poignant, as the repetition of "Bye Bye Love" serves to drive home the fact that the singer's love is truly gone and that they have no choice but to say goodbye.
The verse which details the singer's experience seeing their ex-partner with someone new is both cathartic and devastating. The lines "She sure looks happy, I sure am blue/She was my baby 'til he stepped in/Goodbye to romance that might have been" speak to the anguish of seeing someone move on and the powerlessness that comes with it.
In summary, "Bye Bye Love" is a timeless classic that captures the pain of heartbreak and the sense of loss that comes with the end of a relationship. Its simple yet effective lyrics and emotive melody make it a relatable and enduring song that continues to resonate with audiences today.
Line by Line Meaning
Bye bye love
Farewell to the love
Bye bye happiness
Goodbye to joy
Hello loneliness
Greetings to solitude
I think I'ma gonna cry
I believe I will weep
Bye bye sweet caress
Adieu to tender touch
Hello emptiness
Welcome to the void
I feel like I could die
I have a feeling of possible demise
Bye bye my love goodbye
Farewell my dear, goodbye
There goes my baby with someone new
My former lover is now with another
She sure looks happy, I sure am blue
She appears content, while I am dispirited
She was my baby 'til he stepped in
She was mine until he arrived
Goodbye to romance that might have been
Farewell to a love that could have been
I'm through with romance, I'm through with love
I am done with affection, I am finished with amour
I'm through with counting the stars above
I am no longer starry-eyed
And here's the reason that I'm so free
Here is why I have such liberty
My loving baby is through with me
The one who loved me no longer does
Bye bye my love goodbye
Farewell my dear, goodbye
Bye bye my love goodbye
Farewell my dear, goodbye
Bye bye my love goodbye
Farewell my dear, goodbye
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, CONSALAD CO., Ltd., BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant
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