| Ebony Eyes | |
| Cover: | Ebony_eyes_Everly_Brothers.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Everly Brothers |
| B-Side: | Walk Right Back |
| Released: | January 1961 |
| Recorded: | November 1, 1960 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Prev Title: | So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) |
| Prev Year: | 1960 |
| Next Title: | Temptation |
| Next Year: | 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]