Claudette

Album: The Everly Brothers' Best (1958)
Charted: 1 30
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  • Oh oh, Claudette
    Oh oh, Claudette

    I got a brand new baby and I feel so good
    She loves me even better than I thought she would
    I'm on my way to her house an I'm plumb outta breath
    A-when I see her tonight I'm gonna squeeze her to death

    Claudette, pretty little babe, Claudette
    Never makes me wait, Claudette
    She's the greatest little girl that I've ever met
    I get the best lovin' that I'll ever get
    From Claudette, pretty little babe, Claudette
    Oh oh, Claudette

    Well, I'm a lucky man my baby treats me right
    She's gonna let me hug and kiss and hold her tight
    When the date is over and we're at her front door
    When I kiss her good night I'll holler more more more

    Claudette, pretty little babe, Claudette
    Never makes me wait, Claudette
    She's the greatest little girl that I've ever met
    I get the best lovin' that I'll ever get
    From Claudette, pretty little babe, Claudette
    Oh oh, Claudette

    When me an my new baby have a date or three
    I'm gonna ask my baby if she'll marry me
    I'm gonna be so happy for the rest of my life
    When my brand new baby is my brand new wife

    Claudette, pretty little babe, Claudette
    Never makes me wait, Claudette
    She's the greatest little girl that I've ever met
    I get the best lovin' that I'll ever get
    From Claudette, pretty little babe, Claudette
    Oh oh, Claudette
    Mmh mmh, Claudette
    Oh oh, Claudette
    Mmh mmh, Claudette Writer/s: ROY ORBISON
    Publisher: Barbara Orbison Music Company, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Roy Orbison Music Company
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Johnny Intrieri from L.l., New YorkAlways loved this song! What a "B" side!! The guitar riffs still give me Goosebumps. Have the 45 RPM in one of my Jukeboxes. R.l.P. Don & Phil. A d of course Roy.
  • AnonymousMy mother named me by this song I love the name God rest her soul she loved the song
  • Kasey from Cheshire, EnglandClaudette Orbison was riding her own bike the day she died. She was not a passenger on her husband Roy's; he was on his motorcycle.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyA sad day, June 6th 1966. Claudette Orbison, age 25, was killed when a truck collided with the motorbike on which she was a passenger, her husband Roy was the bike's operator...
    Exactly eight years earlier on June 6th, 1958 the Everly Brothers' "Claudette"* was at #80 on Billboard's Top 100 chart; eventually it would peak at #30 and stayed on the chart for 10 weeks...
    Roy Orbison, who composed the song, recorded it himself for his 1965 MGM Records album, 'There Is Only One Roy Orbison'...
    * "Claudette’s” A-side was "All I Have to Do Is Dream", which peaked at #1 {for 3 weeks} on the Top 100 on May 4th, 1958.
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