"Bluebirds over the Mountain" is a song written and recorded in 1958 by Ersel Hickey, later covered by artists such as The Beach Boys, Ritchie Valens and Robert Plant. Hickey's original recording of the song peaked at No. 75 on the Billboard Top 100 Sides on the week ending May 10, 1958,[1] and No. 39 on the Cash Box chart. Ritchie Valens' cover version was released on his eponymous 1959 album. A 1962 recording by The Echoes hit No. 112 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles survey and was a top 20 hit on Chicago's WLS.[2]
"Bluebirds over the Mountain" was covered by the Beach Boys and released as a single under the Capitol Records label on November 29, 1968, in the United Kingdom (acquired and published by Northern Songs) and December 2, 1968, in the United States with the B-side "Never Learn Not to Love".[5][6] The song features Mike Love on lead vocals and Ed Carter on guitar.[citation needed]
The single peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard chart and No. 56 on the Cashbox sales chart.[7][8] It also peaked at No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart on the week ending January 8, 1969.[9] In the Netherlands, it peaked at No. 9 each on the Dutch Top 40 on the week ending January 18, 1969, and the Dutch Single Top 100 on the week ending January 25, 1969.[10][11]
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Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. ISBN0-87930-818-4 p. 232
Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio. London: United Entertainment Media. pp.231–232. ISBN0-87930-818-4.
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