"Ebony Eyes"
Single by The Everly Brothers
B-side	"Walk Right Back"
Released	January 1961
Recorded	November 1, 1960
Length	2:54
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	John D. Loudermilk
The Everly Brothers singles chronology
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (1960) "Ebony Eyes" (1961) "Temptation" (1961)

"Ebony Eyes" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk, recorded in 1961 by The Everly Brothers, and released as a single together with "Walk Right Back", which reached No. 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.^[1] The lyrics tell a young man's tragic story of losing his beloved fiancée in an airplane crash in dark, stormy weather conditions, which remind him of his fiancée's "ebony eyes".

The single, a double A-side in the UK, reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart on 2 March 1961 for 3 weeks^[2] and was the ninth best-selling single of the calendar year 1961 in the U.K.^[3] "Ebony Eyes" was initially banned by the BBC from airplay in the U.K. as its lyrics were considered too upsetting to play on the radio.^[1]

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