Everly Brothers' Biggest Hit - Cathy’s Clown

Everly Brothers Recording “Cathy’s Clown” (1960)
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In 1960, Don and Phil Everly moved to Warner Bros. Records and wanted their first release for their new label to be a hit. It would become their biggest success. “Cathy’s Clown” written by the brothers, its lyric inspired by a high-school girlfriend of Don’s and its sound by Ferde Grofe’s “Grand Canyon Suite.” Engineer Bill Porter, working in the legendary RCA Studio B in Nashville, used a tape loop on the drums to give the impression of two drummers. Porter got the song’s distinctive vocal sound by having the Everlys sing into one microphone, then feeding that single sound through a massive plate reverb unit. To get the sound he wanted, Porter later admitted, he tightened the reverb springs to the point of breakage. The Beatles, who had been so influenced by the Everlys’ harmonizing that they once considered calling themselves “The Foreverly Brothers,” cited “Cathy’s Clown” as an inspiration for “Please Please Me.”

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