BOWLING GREEN

The Everly Brothers have had a total of 26 Billboard Top 40 singles and 35 Billboard Top

100 singles. They still hold the record for the most Top 100 singles by any duo, and trail

only Hall and Oates for the most Top 40 singles by a duo. In 1986, the Everly’s were

among the first 10 artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During the

induction ceremony, they were introduced by Neil Young, who observed that every

musical group he ever belonged to had tried and failed to copy the Everly Brothers’

harmonies. “Bowling Green” was a hit in 1959 for them and later covered by several

artists including Glen Campbell and Porter Wagoner.

Way down in Bowling Green

Prettiest girls I’ve ever seen

A man in Kentucky

Sure is lucky

To live down in Bowling Green

Bowling Green folks treat you kind

They let you think your own mind

A man in Kentucky

Sure is lucky

In Bowling Green you walk your own line

Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold

It warms the body

And I know it touches the soul

Bluegrass is fine

Kentucky owns my mind

The fields down in Bowling Green

Have the softest grass i’ve ever seen

A man in Kentucky

Sure is lucky

To lie down in Bowling Green

Bowling Green girls treat you right

They wear dresses cut country tight

A man in Kentucky

Sure is lucky

If he’s seen the Bowling Green light

Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold

It warms the body

And I know it touches the soul

Bluegrass is fine

Kentucky owns my mind

Bowling Green Bowling Green

Banjo Mountain