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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...
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    fruits. The mountain bluebird is a relative of the eastern and western bluebirds. The mountain bluebird was formally described in 1798 by the German ornithologist...
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    clade in the family Turdidae. Within Sialia the mountain bluebird was sister to the eastern bluebird. The genus contains three species: Bluebirds are territorial...
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  • best known for his hit song "Bluebirds over the Mountain". Hickey was born in Brighton, New York, and was named after the family doctor, Dr. Ersel. His...
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  • Again" and "Bluebirds over the Mountain" preceded the album's release by several months. The former was the band's first attempt at revisiting the surf sound...
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  • Never Learn Not to Love (category The Beach Boys songs)
    is a song recorded by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was issued as the B-side to their "Bluebirds over the Mountain" single on December 2...
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  • piano, organ, bass on "Bluebirds over the Mountain" Ed Carter - bass, tambourine, lead guitar on "Bluebirds over the Mountain" Mike Kowalski - percussion...
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    God Only Knows (1966, UK) — #3 UK EPs Good Vibrations (1966, POR, SWE) Mountain Of Love (1967, ESP) White Christmas (1967, ESP) Wild Honey (1967, AUS)...
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  • piano, organ, bass on "Bluebirds Over the Mountain" Ed Carter – bass, tambourine, lead guitar on "Bluebirds Over the Mountain" (August–December 1968)...
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  • Little Saint Nick (category The Beach Boys songs)
    by American rock band the Beach Boys first released as a single on December 9, 1963. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, the Christmas song applies...
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  • Blue Christmas (song) (category The Beach Boys songs)
    edition, the song reached the number 40 position inside the Billboard Hot 100, the latter for the first time since its release in 1964. The rock band The Beach...
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  • Kokomo (song) (category The Beach Boys songs)
    "Kokomo" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from the 1988 film Cocktail and album Still Cruisin'. Written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie...
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    Ranch studio, located around the mountains of Nederland, Colorado. These October 1974 sessions marked the group's return to the studio after a 21-month period...
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    as the B-side of their single "Bluebirds over the Mountain" in December 1968. Manson himself did not contribute to the recording. In 1968, Phil Kaufman...
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  • California Dreamin' (category The Mamas and the Papas songs)
    McGuire. The best-known version is by the Mamas & the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released it as a single in December 1965. The lyrics...
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  • included on the 1991 CD release of The Beach Boys' Christmas Album "Bluebirds over the Mountain (two-track mix)" (Ersel Hickey) – 2:49 Found on the 1998 CD...
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  • The rarely heard original version was released on a vinyl collection, The Complete Buddy Holly. It was later played over the opening credits of the 1986...
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  • traveled all over the country, but did any of that bring us happiness? Maybe we needed to find a different kind of place. In the first verse, the narrator...
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  • The bluebird is featured in the song "Be Like The Bluebird" in the popular musical Anything Goes. The lyrics "Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly"...
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    under the name "Never Learn Not to Love", and it appears both on their 1969 album 20/20 and as the B-side of the single of "Bluebirds over the Mountain"....
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  • I Can Hear Music (category The Beach Boys songs)
    for American girl group the Ronettes (credited as The Ronettes Featuring Veronica) in 1966. This version spent one week on the Billboard Pop chart at number...
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  • success, reaching the top 10 in the United States. The Beatles' 1964 recording topped singles charts in Europe and in Australia, and the Beach Boys had a...
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  • charted at #49 on the Billboard Hot 100. This was the lowest placement of any Beach Boys single until "Bluebirds Over the Mountain" in 1968. The single did not...
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    This list contains virtually every officially released track by the Beach Boys, including cover versions, outtakes, B-sides, and non-album singles. Singles...
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  • performances. The set also includes a car window decal. Though it never charted, Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys went gold in the US just over four...
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  • "La Bamba" (Traditional; adapted by Ritchie Valens) – 2:06 "Bluebirds Over the Mountain" (Ersel Hickey) – 1:45 "Hi-Tone" (Al Hazan) – 2:06 "Framed" (Jerry...
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  • Barbara Ann (category The Beach Boys songs)
    the Regents as "Barbara-Ann". Their version was released in 1961 and reached No.13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A more well-known version of the song...
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  • Then He Kissed Me (category The Crystals songs)
    our public the best and the best isn't ready yet." "Then I Kissed Her" charted at number 4 in the UK. The B-side of the single was "Mountain of Love",...
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  • Morrissey. The three had been members of the Laurels. The Echoes' first single, "Baby Blue", was a major hit, reaching No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Echoes...
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  • Fun, Fun, Fun (category The Beach Boys songs)
    the Fun". Ksl.com. Retrieved December 11, 2018. Brown, Pete and Harvey P. Newquist (1997) Legends of Rock Guitar Miklitsch, Robert (2006) Roll Over Adorno:...
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