Bird Dog (song)

"Bird Dog" is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant and recorded by The Everly Brothers^[1] released in 1958 and was a #1 hit on the Billboard Country Chart.^[2] The song also hit number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as well as peaking at number two for three weeks on the R&B charts.^[3]

Cover versions

In 1975 english Glam rock band Mud recorded a cover of the song on their album Use Your Imagination which reached #33 on the UK charts

In 1978 by The Bellamy Brothers, recorded a cover of the song which reached #86 on the Hot Country Singles chart.

Charts

Chart (1958)	Peak position
US Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers	1
US Billboard Hot 100	2
US Billboard Hot R&B Sides	2
Australian Singles Chart	1
Canadian Singles Chart	1
United Kingdom (NME)	2^[4]
United Kingdom (Record Mirror)	1^[5]

References

↑ The Everly Brothers interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969).
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 117.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 194.
↑ "Artist Chart History Details: Everly Brothers". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
↑ McAleer, Dave. "Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts!". Dave McAleer's website. Retrieved 4 November 2010.

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Blue Blue Day" by Don Gibson	C&W Best Sellers number one single by The Everly Brothers September 8, 1958 - October 13, 1958	Succeeded by "City Lights" by Ray Price

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Studio albums	The Everly Brothers (1958) Songs Our Daddy Taught Us (1959) It's Everly Time (1960) A Date with The Everly Brothers (1961) Both Sides of an Evening (1961) Instant Party! (1962) Christmas with the Everly Brothers (1962) The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits (1963) Gone, Gone, Gone (1964) Rock & Soul (1965) Beat & Soul (1965) In Our Image (1966) Two Yanks in England (1966) The Hit Sound of the Everly Brothers (1967) The Everly Brothers Sing (1967) Roots (1968) Stories We Could Tell (1972) Pass the Chicken & Listen (1973) EB 84 (1984) Born Yesterday (1986) Some Hearts (1988)

Live albums	Everly Brothers Show (1970) The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert (1983)

Compilation albums	The Best of The Everly Brothers (1959) Greatest Hits Vol. III (1977) All They Had to Do Was Dream (1985) Heartaches and Harmonies (1994) Stories We Could Tell:The RCA Years (2003)

Other albums	The New Album (1977) Too Good to Be True (2005) Give Me a Future (2005)

Singles	"Bye Bye Love" (1957) "Wake Up Little Susie" (1957) "This Little Girl of Mine" (1958) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (1958) "Bird Dog" (1958) "Devoted to You" (1958) "(Till) I Kissed You" (1959) "Let It Be Me" (1960) "Cathy's Clown" (1960) "When Will I Be Loved" (1960) "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (1960) "Lucille" (1960) "Walk Right Back" (1961) "Ebony Eyes" (1961) "Temptation" (1961) "Don't Blame Me" (1961) "Crying in the Rain" (1962) "Love Her" (1963) "Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby" (1964) "That'll Be the Day" (1965) "The Price of Love" (1965) "Love Is Strange (1965) "(You Got) The Power of Love" (1966) "Somebody Help Me" (1966) "Bowling Green" (1967) "Love of the Common People" (1967) "Carolina in My Mind" (1969) "Not Fade Away" (1973) "The Air That I Breathe" (Phil Everly solo) (1973) "Brother Jukebox" (Don Everly solo) (1977) "On the Wings of a Nightingale" (1984) "Don't Worry Baby" (1988) "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (1989)

Related topics	Discography List of songs Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop Everly Music Company Venetia Stevenson Edan Everly James Best

Book Category

v t e The Bellamy Brothers

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Notable singles	"Let Your Love Flow" "Satin Sheets" "Bird Dog" "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" "Sugar Daddy" "Dancin' Cowboys" "Lovers Live Longer" "Do You Love as Good as You Look" "You're My Favorite Star" "For All the Wrong Reasons" "Get into Reggae Cowboy" "Redneck Girl" "When I'm Away from You" "I Love Her Mind" "Strong Weakness" "Forget About Me" "World's Greatest Lover" "I Need More of You" "Old Hippie" "Lie to You for Your Love" "Feelin' the Feelin'" "Too Much Is Not Enough" (with The Forester Sisters) "Kids of the Baby Boom" "Crazy from the Heart" "Santa Fe" "I'll Give You All My Love Tonight" "Rebels Without a Clue" "Big Love" "You'll Never Be Sorry" "I Could Be Persuaded" "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"

Guest singles	"Drive South" (with The Forester Sisters)

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