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"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]

The Beach Boys version

"Bluebirds over the Mountain"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album 20/20
B-side	"Never Learn Not to Love"
Released	November 29, 1968 (1968-11-29) (UK) December 2, 1968 (1968-12-02) (US)
Recorded	September 29, 1967; early October-November 14, 1968 [3]
Genre	Pop rock[4]
Length	2:51
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Ersel Hickey
Producer(s)	Bruce Johnston Carl Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Do It Again" (1968) "Bluebirds over the Mountain" (1968) "I Can Hear Music" (1969)

"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]

Personnel

Credits from Craig Slowinski[3]

The Beach Boys

• Al Jardine - backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Mike Love - lead vocals
• Carl Wilson - backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, producer
• Bruce Johnston - backing vocals, organ, producer

Session musicians

• Ed Carter - lead guitar
• Daryl Dragon - marimba, vibraphone
• Jim Gordon - drums
• Larry Knechtel - bass
• Mike Kowalski - bongos, additional percussion
• Van McCoy - string and horn arrangements

References

На других языках

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«Bluebirds over the Mountain» es una canción escrita por Ersel Hickey. La canción fue grabada por varios solistas y conjuntos musicales, pero las grabaciones más famosas son los de Ritchie Valens y The Beach Boys. La banda de punk rock West Virginian Horror hizo su propia versión para su álbum Exhuming Graves And Making Dates de 2002. El grupo The Echoes también hizo una de las versiones más exitosas en 1962, llegando ha puesto n.º 20 en el Billboard.

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