Australian singles charts:
Cathy’s Clown entered the Kent charts on 23 April 1960 and peaked at #3. The song was #25 on the Top 100 of 1960.
Album:
The song is on the Everly Brothers’ 1960 album A Date with the Everly Brothers.
Songwriter:
Don Everly
Producer:
Wesley Rose
Record label of Australian release:
Warner Bros
Songfacts:
Inspired by one of Don Everly’s ex-girlfriends, this song is about a guy Cathy dumps. He tries to be strong, but everyone knows him as “Cathy’s Clown” because she treated him so bad.
There was only one drummer on this track, but he was augmented by a tape loop that engineer Bill Porter used to add additional beats. This being 1960, it was done on the fly, with Porter switching to the loop when he wanted it to come in.
This was the first Everly Brothers single for Warner Bros. Records.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-everly-brothers/cathys-clown
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