Bowling Green (song)

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"Bowling Green" is a 1967 single by The Everly Brothers. The song peaked at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 8, 1967; it reached #1 on the Canadian charts. It would be the last time, The Everly Brothers would crack the Hot 100, until 1984. The song is about Bowling Green, Kentucky, a city approximately 60 miles (100 km) from the Everly Brothers' hometown of Brownie, now part of Central City, Kentucky.

The song was written by Terry Slater and Jacqueline Ertel; Slater was their bass player. The song has also been recorded by Glen Campbell, the Gosdin Brothers, Jesse Winchester, Neko Case and "We IV or We Four." It is BMI Work #144111.

On the final concert of Norwegian band a-ha on December 4, 2010, this song was played in an acoustic version in the encore. The band mentioned that Terry Slater was in attendance and they thanked them for helping them starting their career.

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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

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