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.

The Beach Boys version

"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". 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, 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.

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