Cathy's Clown

Infobox Single
Name = Cathy's Clown


Artist = The Everly Brothers
from Album =
B-side = "Always It's You"
Released = 1960
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre =
Length =
Label = Warner Bros. 5151
Writer = Don Everly and Phil Everly
Producer =
Last single = "Let It Be Me"
(1960)
This single = "Cathy's Clown"
(1960)
Next single = "When Will I Be Loved"
(1960)"Cathy's Clown" is a popular song, written and recorded by The Everly Brothers, Don and Phil. It was their first single for Warner Bros.; they had spent three years on Archie Bleyer's Cadence label. "Cathy's Clown" sold eight million copies worldwide, spent five weeks at number one on the U.S. charts in May-June of 1960, and became the Everly Brothers' biggest hit single. It was their fourth and final number one. It also topped the charts in Great Britain.

Reba McEntire version

It was covered by country music artist Reba McEntire on her album "Sweet Sixteen". This cover was a Number One for her on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1989. Unlike the original, McEntire's alters the lyrics to be in the third person, thus making the narrator another woman observing the song's storyline. [cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wjftxqw5ldhe |title=Sweet Sixteen overview |accessdate=2008-07-18 |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |work=Allmusic]

Bruce Boxleitner appears in the video as the "clown." The video was set in an Old West motif.

Other covers

Dee Dee Ramone recorded another cover for his solo album Greatest and Latest in 2001, with his wife Barbara Zampini on bass and vocals.

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