The Everly Brothers Cathys Clown (1960)

The Everly Brothers Cathy s Clown (1960) Artist : The Everly Brothers Song : Cathy s Clown Album : A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960) Cathy s Clown is a popular song, written and recorded by The Everly Brothers, in which the singer informs Cathy that I don t want your love The musicians included the Everlys on guitars, Floyd Cramer on piano, Floyd Chance on bass and Buddy Harman on drums. The distinctive drum sound was achieved by recording the drums with a tape loop, making it sound as if there were two drummers. Cathy s Clown was The Everly Brothers first single for Warner Bros. , after they had recorded for Archie Bleyer s Cadence label for three years. It sold eight million copies worldwide, spending five weeks at number one on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and one week on the R B chart. It spent seven weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in May and June 1960. It was the Everly Brothers biggestselling single and their third and final U. S. number 1 hit. Billboard r