( Paul Simon: The Life, Simon and Schuster, 2017, p. Bye, bye, Bye, bye, my baby Bye, bye Ive lost the game, I guess I did my best, to win the part Now Im leaving here With whats left of my heart Bye, bye, Ill catch you later Got a lead foot down on my accelerator And the rearview mirror torn off Cause I aint never looking back You can count on that Ive tried all I can imagine Ive begged. The song reached 1 on the US Billboard Pop charts and Cash Box Best Selling Record charts. It is best known in a debut recording by The Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1315. He immediately headed back to Tri-Boro Records to buy another copy. 'Bye Bye Love' is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. Returning home, Paul put the 78-rpm record on the family’s phonograph player and listened to both sides, but chiefly “Bye Bye Love.” He had been playing with the record for almost an hour when he accidentally scratched it with the needle. He wanted his own copy, and he rode two busses for nearly an hour to Tri-Boro Records in Jamaica, Queens, to get it. But he didn’t want to have to wait until “Bye Bye Love” came on the radio. Records were expensive: nearly $1 for a single, or roughly the cost of twenty packs of baseball cards or ten comic books. Paul Simon’s biographer Robert Hilton reports that Simon first heard the Everlys' version on the radio in May 1957 and that it had an immediate impact on him:Īs much as Paul loved doo-wop and Elvis, he had been content to listen to them on the radio. The Everly Brothers' version also enjoyed major success as a country song, reaching number 1 in the spring of 1957.The Everlys' “Bye Bye Love” is ranked 207th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song reached number 2 on the US Billboard Pop charts and number 1 on the Cash Box Best Selling Record charts. Find your perfect arrangement and access a variety of transpositions so you can print and play instantly, anywhere. It is best known in a debut recording by The Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1315. Browse our 17 arrangements of 'Bye Bye Love.' Sheet music is available for Piano, Voice, Guitar and 13 others with 6 scorings and 3 notations in 9 genres. ![]() ![]() “Bye Bye Love” is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957.
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