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“Ebony Eyes” is a song written by John D. Loudermilk, recorded in 1961 by The Everly Brothers (b/w “Walk Right Back”), and reached #8 on the US charts. The lyrics tell a young man’s tragic story of losing his beloved fiancee in an airplane crash during the dark, long nighttime, which reminds him of her “ebony eyes”. The single, with reversed sides, reached #1 in the UK charts. The song was initially banned by the BBC as its lyrics were considered too upsetting to play on the radio. Read on...