Bluebirds over the Mountain

"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 pop chart and No. 39 on the Cash Box chart. Ritchie Valens' cover version was released on his eponymous 1959 album following his death. 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.[1]

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"
ReleasedDecember 2, 1968
Format7"
RecordedSeptember 29, 1967; November 14, 1968
GenreHard rock[2]
Length2:51
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Ersel Hickey
Producer(s)
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 on December 2, 1968, with the B-side "Never Learn Not to Love".[3] The song features Mike Love on lead vocals and it also features Ed Carter on guitar.

The single peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard pop chart in the United States, No. 56 on the United States Cashbox sales chart,[4] No. 53 in Canada's RPM chart, No. 33 in the United Kingdom and No. 9 in the Netherlands. It reached No. 36 on the Record World US national Top 40 a It was subsequently included on the group's 1969 album 20/20.

Personnel
The Beach Boys
Additional personnel

Other covers

References
  1. "WLS Silver Dollar Survey, November 17, 1962". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  2. "Lindsay Planer review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  3. 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. ISBN 0-87930-818-4 p. 232
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Daryl Dragon".
  6. Dick and Dee Dee, Young and in Love Retrieved May 2, 2015
  7. Listen To ROBERT PLANT And CHRISSIE HYNDE Duet On Cover Of 'Bluebirds Over The Mountain' Retrieved October 12, 2017
  8. Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks - Bluebirds Over The Mountain Retrieved May 17, 2019
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