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[[File:Everlys 3.jpg|thumb|The Everly Brothers performing live in New York]]
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Their final charting was "Born Yesterday" in 1986 from the album of the same name. They collaborated with other performers, usually singing either backup vocals or duets.In 1990 Philrecorded a duet with Dutch singer [[:nl: Rene Shuman|René Shuman]]. "On Top of the World" was written by Phil and appeared in the music video they recorded in Los Angeles. The track appeared on Shuman's album ''Set the Clock on Rock.'' In 1994, a 1981 live [[BBC]] recording of "[[All I Have to Do Is Dream]]," featuring Cliff Richard and Phil sharing vocals, was a UK Top-20 hit.<ref name="Sleeve notes from 'All I Have to Do Is Dream' single">{{cite AV media notes | title="All I Have to Do Is Dream (single)"| others=Cliff Richard with Phil Everly|date=1994| publisher=EMI| location=United Kingdom}}</ref>
They then earned a final charting country-music hit with "Born Yesterday" in 1986 from the album of the same name. During this time, Don's son, [[Edan Everly]], joined the brothers on stage to sing and play guitar.

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They collaborated with other performers, usually singing either backup vocals or duets. Phil was especially active. In 1990, he recorded a duet with Dutch singer [[:nl: Rene Shuman|René Shuman]]. "On Top of the World" was written by Phil and appeared in the music video they recorded in Los Angeles. The track appeared on Shuman's album ''Set the Clock on Rock.'' In 1994, a 1981 live [[BBC]] recording of "[[All I Have to Do Is Dream]]," featuring Cliff Richard and Phil sharing vocals, was a UK Top-20 hit.<ref name="Sleeve notes from 'All I Have to Do Is Dream' single">{{cite AV media notes | title="All I Have to Do Is Dream (single)"| others=Cliff Richard with Phil Everly|date=1994| publisher=EMI| location=United Kingdom}}</ref>


Phil provided backing vocals on "You Got Gold" from John Prine's 1991 album ''The Missing Years''. Both the Everlys and Prine had family connections to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and Prine was a frequent performer at "The Everly Brother's Homecoming" concerts in Central City, Kentucky, over the years.
Phil provided backing vocals on "You Got Gold" from John Prine's 1991 album ''The Missing Years''. Both the Everlys and Prine had family connections to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and Prine was a frequent performer at "The Everly Brother's Homecoming" concerts in Central City, Kentucky, over the years.
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In 1998, the brothers recorded "Cold" for the [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Jim Steinman]]'s ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (musical)|Whistle Down the Wind]],'' and the recording was used in stage versions as a "song on the radio."
In 1998, the brothers recorded "Cold" for the [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Jim Steinman]]'s ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (musical)|Whistle Down the Wind]],'' and the recording was used in stage versions as a "song on the radio."


In 1999, Don Everly and Edan performed a show billed as "The Everly Brothers for Kentucky Flood Relief".
In 1999, Don Everly and Edan performed "The Everly Brothers for Kentucky Flood Relief".


The brothers joined [[Simon & Garfunkel]] in their "Old Friends" reunion tour of 2003 and 2004. As a tribute to the Everly Brothers, Simon & Garfunkel opened their own show and had the Everlys come out in the middle. The live album, ''[[Old Friends: Live on Stage]]'', contains Simon & Garfunkel discussing the Everlys' influence on their career and features all four in on "Bye Bye Love" (the subsequent DVD features two extra solo performances by the Everlys). For Paul Simon, it was not the first time he had performed with his heroes, as in 1986, the Everlys sang background vocals on the title track of Simon's album ''Graceland''.
The brothers joined [[Simon & Garfunkel]] in their "Old Friends" reunion tour of 2003 and 2004. As a tribute to the Everly Brothers, Simon & Garfunkel opened their own show and had the Everlys come out in the middle. The live album, ''[[Old Friends: Live on Stage]]'', contains Simon & Garfunkel discussing the Everlys' influence on their career and features all four in on "Bye Bye Love" (the subsequent DVD features two extra solo performances by the Everlys). For Paul Simon, it was not the first time he had performed with his heroes, as in 1986, the Everlys sang background vocals on the title track of Simon's album ''Graceland''.
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===Phil Everly's death===
===Phil Everly's death===
On January 3, 2014, Phil Everly died at [[Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center]] in [[Burbank, California]],<ref name="CNN">{{cite web| url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/showbiz/singer-phil-everly-dies/|title=Singer Phil Everly -- half of legendary Everly Brothers -- dies|last=Botelho|first=Greg|author2=Todd Leopold |date=January 4, 2014|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref> just sixteen days prior to his 75th birthday. The cause of death was attributed to complications from [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|chronic lung disease]], brought on by a lifetime of smoking.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|author=BBC |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25601185 |title=US Musician Phil Everly dies aged 74 |publisher=BBC |date=2014-01-04 |accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref><ref name=PhilDeathIndependent>{{cite news|last=Saul |first=Heather|title=Phil Everly dead: World mourns younger of US rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/everly-brothers-phil-dies-aged-74-9038640.html|accessdate=4 January 2014|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="LATimesObit">{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/04/local/la-me-phil-everly-20140104|title=Half of rock vocal duo the Everly Brothers|last=Lewis|first=Randy| date=January 4, 2014|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref>
On January 3, 2014, Phil Everly died at [[Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center]] in [[Burbank, California]],<ref name="CNN">{{cite web| url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/showbiz/singer-phil-everly-dies/|title=Singer Phil Everly -- half of legendary Everly Brothers -- dies|last=Botelho|first=Greg|author2=Todd Leopold |date=January 4, 2014|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref> 16 days before his 75th birthday. The cause was complications from [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|lung disease]], brought on by a lifetime of smoking.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|author=BBC |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25601185 |title=US Musician Phil Everly dies aged 74 |publisher=BBC |date=2014-01-04 |accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref><ref name=PhilDeathIndependent>{{cite news|last=Saul |first=Heather|title=Phil Everly dead: World mourns younger of US rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/everly-brothers-phil-dies-aged-74-9038640.html|accessdate=4 January 2014|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="LATimesObit">{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/04/local/la-me-phil-everly-20140104|title=Half of rock vocal duo the Everly Brothers|last=Lewis|first=Randy| date=January 4, 2014|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref>


==Style and influences==
==Style and influences==
Don and Phil Everly, both guitarists, used vocal [[harmony]] mostly based on diatonic [[interval (music)#Interval number and quality|thirds]]. With this, each line can often stand on its own as a [[melody]] line.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} This is in contrast to classic harmony lines which, while working well alongside the melody, are not as melodic by themselves.
Don and Phil, both guitarists, used vocal [[harmony]] mostly based on diatonic [[interval (music)#Interval number and quality|thirds]]. With this, each line can stand on its own as a [[melody]] line.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} This is in contrast to classic harmony lines which, while working well alongside the melody, are not as melodic by themselves.


On most of their recordings, Don sings the baritone part and Phil the tenor part.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sacurrent.com/sasound/phil-everly-of-the-everly-brothers-dead-at-74/|title=Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, Dead at 74|publisher=San Antonio Current|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/07/ever-j07.html|title=An appreciation of Phil Everly and the Everly Brothers|publisher=World Socialist Web Site|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref> One exception is on "[[Devoted to You (song)|Devoted to You]]". Although Don is still low and Phil high, they switch lead and harmony back and forth. Don typically sings any lines that are sung solo (for example, the verses of "Bye Bye Love"); among the very few exceptions to this rule is the 1965 single "It's All Over", where Phil sings the song's solo lines.
On most recordings, Don sings part and Phil tenor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sacurrent.com/sasound/phil-everly-of-the-everly-brothers-dead-at-74/|title=Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, Dead at 74|publisher=San Antonio Current|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/07/ever-j07.html|title=An appreciation of Phil Everly and the Everly Brothers|publisher=World Socialist Web Site|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref> One exception is on "[[Devoted to You (song)|Devoted to You]]". Although Don is low and high, they switch lead and harmony. Don solo lines (for example, the verses of "Bye Bye Love"); among the few exceptions is the 1965 single "It's All Over", where Phil sings the song's solo lines.


In the late 1950s, the Everly Brothers were the rock 'n' roll youth movement's addition to [[close harmony]] vocal groups of which many were family bands. The duo's harmony singing had a strong influence on rock groups of the 1960s. [[The Beatles]],<ref>{{cite book|author=MacDonald, Ian|title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties|publisher=Random House|year=1997|isbn=0-7126-6697-4}} p.293.</ref> [[the Beach Boys]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Granata, Charles L.|title=I Just Wasn't Made for These Times: Brian Wilson and the Making of ''Pet Sounds''|publisher=MQ Publications|year=2003|isbn=1-903318-57-2}} pp. 35–36.</ref> and [[Simon & Garfunkel]]<ref name="RS100">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-everly-brothers-20110420|title=100 Greatest Artists: 33. The Everly Brothers|last=Simon|first=Paul|date=April 20, 2011|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=19 January 2014}}</ref> developed their early singing styles by performing Everly covers. The [[Bee Gees]], [[the Hollies]] and other rock'n'roll groups that feature harmony singing were also influenced by the Everlys.
In the late 1950s, the Everly Brothers were the rock 'n' roll youth movement's addition to [[close harmony]] vocal groups of which many were family bands. They influenced on rock groups of the 1960s. [[The Beatles]],<ref>{{cite book|author=MacDonald, Ian|title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties|publisher=Random House|year=1997|isbn=0-7126-6697-4}} p.293.</ref> [[the Beach Boys]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Granata, Charles L.|title=I Just Wasn't Made for These Times: Brian Wilson and the Making of ''Pet Sounds''|publisher=MQ Publications|year=2003|isbn=1-903318-57-2}} pp. 35–36.</ref> and [[Simon & Garfunkel]]<ref name="RS100">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-everly-brothers-20110420|title=100 Greatest Artists: 33. The Everly Brothers|last=Simon|first=Paul|date=April 20, 2011|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=19 January 2014}}</ref> developed their early styles by performing Everly covers. The [[Bee Gees]], [[the Hollies]] and other rock'n'roll groups that feature harmony singing were also influenced.


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
The music of the Everly Brothers is acknowledged to have influenced many successful musicians, including [[the Beatles]], who famously once referred to themselves as "the English Everly Brothers"<ref name=PhilDeathIndependent/> (when Paul and John went hitch-hiking down south to win a talent competition) <ref>{{cite journal|last=Leach|first=Sam|title=Birth of the Beatles|journal=16 Scoop: Beatles, Complete Story from Birth to now published by 16 Magazine|year=1965|page=11}}</ref> and based the vocal arrangement of "[[Please Please Me (song)|Please Please Me]]" upon "[[Cathy's Clown]]".<ref>{{cite book|author=MacDonald, Ian|title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties|publisher=Random House|year=1997|isbn=0-7126-6697-4}} p. 55.</ref> [[Keith Richards]] called Don Everly "one of the finest rhythm players".<ref>{{cite book|author=Richards/James Fox, |title=Life|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|year=2010|isbn=978-0-316-03438-8}} p. 242.</ref> Singer-songwriter [[Paul Simon]], who worked with the pair on his hit "[[Graceland_(song)|Graceland]]", said in an email the day after Phil's death: "Phil and Don were the most beautiful sounding duo I ever heard. Both voices pristine and soulful. The Everlys were there at the crossroads of country and R&B. They witnessed and were part of the birth of rock and roll."<ref name=NYTPareles>{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|title=Phil Everly, Half of a Pioneer Rock Duo That Inspired Generations, Dies at 74| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/arts/music/phil-everly-half-of-pioneer-rock-duo-dies-at-74.html?_r=0|accessdate=4 January 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=4 January 2014}}</ref>
The music of the Everly Brothers influenced [[the Beatles]], who referred to themselves as "the English Everly Brothers"<ref name=PhilDeathIndependent/> when Paul and John went hitch-hiking south to win a talent competition <ref>{{cite journal|last=Leach|first=Sam|title=Birth of the Beatles|journal=16 Scoop: Beatles, Complete Story from Birth to now published by 16 Magazine|year=1965|page=11}}</ref> and based the vocal arrangement of "[[Please Please Me (song)|Please Please Me]]" on "[[Cathy's Clown]]".<ref>{{cite book|author=MacDonald, Ian|title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties|publisher=Random House|year=1997|isbn=0-7126-6697-4}} p. 55.</ref> [[Keith Richards]] called Don Everly "one of the finest rhythm players".<ref>{{cite book|author=Richards/James Fox, |title=Life|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|year=2010|isbn=978-0-316-03438-8}} p. 242.</ref> Paul Simon, who worked with the pair on "[[Graceland_(song)|Graceland]]", said the day after Phil's death: "Phil and Don were the most beautiful sounding duo I ever heard. Both voices pristine and soulful. The Everlys were there at the crossroads of country and R&B. They witnessed and were part of the birth of rock and roll."<ref name=NYTPareles>{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|title=Phil Everly, Half of a Pioneer Rock Duo That Inspired Generations, Dies at 74| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/arts/music/phil-everly-half-of-pioneer-rock-duo-dies-at-74.html?_r=0|accessdate=4 January 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=4 January 2014}}</ref>


The Everly Brothers had 35 [[Billboard Charts|Billboard]] Top-100 singles, 26 in the top 40. They hold the record for the most Top-100 singles by any duo, and trail only [[Hall & Oates]] for the most Top-40 singles by a duo.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} In the UK, they had 30 chart singles, 29 in the top 40, 13 top 10 and 4 at No.&nbsp;1 between 1957 and 1984. They had 12 top-40 albums between 1960 and 2009.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
The Everly Brothers had 35 [[Billboard Charts|Billboard]] Top-100 singles, 26 in the top 40. They hold the record for the most Top-100 singles by any duo, and trail [[Hall & Oates]] for the most Top-40 singles by a duo.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} In the UK, they had 30 chart singles, 29 in the top 40, 13 top 10 and 4 at No.&nbsp;1 between 1957 and 1984. They had 12 top-40 albums between 1960 and 2009.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}


In 1986, the Everly Brothers were among the first 10 artists inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. During the ceremony, they were introduced by [[Neil Young]], who observed that every musical group he belonged to had tried and failed to copy the Everly Brothers' harmonies. That year on July 5, the Everlys returned to their boyhood home of Shenandoah to a crowd of 8,500 for a concert, parade, street dedication, class reunion and other activities. Concert fees were donated to the Everly Family Scholarship Fund which gives scholarships to middle and high school students in Shenandoah every year.
In 1986, the Everly Brothers were among the first 10 artists inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. They were introduced by [[Neil Young]], who observed that every musical group he belonged to had tried and failed to copy the Everly Brothers' harmonies. That year on July 5, the Everlys returned to Shenandoah to a crowd of 8,500 for a concert, parade, street dedication, class reunion and other activities. Concert fees were donated to the Everly Family Scholarship Fund which gives scholarships to middle and high school students in Shenandoah.


In 1997 the brothers were awarded the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. In addition, they were inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 2001 and the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/the_everly_brothers.html |title=The Everly Brothers – Inductees – The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation|publisher=Vocal group|accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref> Their pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the [[Rockabilly Hall of Fame]]. The Everly Brothers have a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. In 2004, [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] ranked the Everly Brothers No.&nbsp;33 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Times.<ref name="RSimmortals">{{cite web| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ | title = The Immortals: The First Fifty|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref> They are also No.&nbsp;43 on the list of [[UK Best selling singles artists of all time]].<ref>{{cite book|author=MacDonald, Ian|title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties|publisher=Random House|year=1997|isbn=0-7126-6697-4}} p.101.</ref>
In 1997 the brothers were awarded the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. They were inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 2001 and the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/the_everly_brothers.html |title=The Everly Brothers – Inductees – The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation|publisher=Vocal group|accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref> Their contributionhas been recognized by the [[Rockabilly Hall of Fame]]. The Everly Brothers have a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. In 2004, [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] ranked the Everly Brothers No.&nbsp;33 of 100 Greatest Artists of All Times.<ref name="RSimmortals">{{cite web| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ | title = The Immortals: The First Fifty|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref> They are also No.&nbsp;43 on the list of [[UK Best selling singles artists of all time]].<ref>{{cite book|author=MacDonald, Ian|title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties|publisher=Random House|year=1997|isbn=0-7126-6697-4}} p.101.</ref>


They were also songwriters, penning "Till I Kissed You" (Don), "Cathy's Clown" (Don and Phil), and "When Will I Be Loved" (Phil). "Cathy's Clown" and "When Will I Be Loved" later became hits for [[Reba McEntire]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]], respectively; (for the latter, the Everly Brothers sang the chorus).{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} Also, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] band [[a-ha]] covered "Crying In The Rain" in 1990 for its fourth album, ''East of The Sun, West of The Moon.''
They wrote "Till I Kissed You" (Don), "Cathy's Clown" (Don and Phil), and "When Will I Be Loved" (Phil). "Cathy's Clown" and "When Will I Be Loved" became hits for [[Reba McEntire]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]], respectively; (for the latter, the Everly Brothers sang the chorus).{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} Also, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] band [[a-ha]] covered "Crying In The Rain" in 1990 for its fourth album, ''East of The Sun, West of The Moon.''


On Labor Day Weekend 1988, Central City Kentucky began the Everly Brothers Homecoming event to raise money for a scholarship fund for Muhlenberg County students. The homecoming became a popular annual event for fourteen years, ending in 2002. Don and Phil toured the United Kingdom in 2005 and Phil appeared in 2007 on recordings with Vince Gill and Bill Medley. Also in 2007, country singer [[Alison Krauss]] and former [[Led Zeppelin]] frontman [[Robert Plant]] released ''[[Raising Sand]]'' which included a cover of the 1964 hit single, "Gone, Gone, Gone" produced by [[T-Bone Burnett]].
On Labor Day Weekend 1988, Central City Kentucky began the Everly Brothers Homecoming event to raise money for a scholarship fund for Muhlenberg County students. Don and Phil toured the United Kingdom in 2005 and Phil appeared in 2007 on recordings with Vince Gill and Bill Medley. Also in 2007, [[Alison Krauss]] and former [[Led Zeppelin]] frontman [[Robert Plant]] released ''[[Raising Sand]]'' which included a cover of the 1964 hit "Gone, Gone, Gone" produced by [[T-Bone Burnett]].


Three Everly Brothers tribute records were released in 2013: [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] and [[Norah Jones]]' ''[[Foreverly]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url=http://billiejoeandnorah.com/ |title=foreverly|publisher=Billie Joe and Norah|accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref> [[the Chapin Sisters]]' ''[[A Date with the Everly Brothers]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2013/04/27/179285538/singing-sisters-reconsider-the-everly-brothers/ |title=Singing Sisters Reconsider the Everly Brothers|publisher=NPR|accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref> and [[Bonnie Prince Billy]] and [[Dawn McCarthy]]'s ''What the Brothers Sang''.<ref name="Globe01112014">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/01/11/the-music-everly-brothers-endures-and-thrives/xFdgXaEMvwyGBFG1OhHSCJ/story.html|title=The music of the Everly Brothers endures and thrives|last=Reed|first=James|date=January 11, 2014|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|accessdate=2 June 2014}}</ref>
Three Everly Brothers tribute records were released in 2013: [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] and [[Norah Jones]]' ''[[Foreverly]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url=http://billiejoeandnorah.com/ |title=foreverly|publisher=Billie Joe and Norah|accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref> [[the Chapin Sisters]]' ''[[A Date with the Everly Brothers]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2013/04/27/179285538/singing-sisters-reconsider-the-everly-brothers/ |title=Singing Sisters Reconsider the Everly Brothers|publisher=NPR|accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref> and [[Bonnie Prince Billy]] and [[Dawn McCarthy]]'s ''What the Brothers Sang''.<ref name="Globe01112014">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/01/11/the-music-everly-brothers-endures-and-thrives/xFdgXaEMvwyGBFG1OhHSCJ/story.html|title=The music of the Everly Brothers endures and thrives|last=Reed|first=James|date=January 11, 2014|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|accessdate=2 June 2014}}</ref>

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The Everly Brothers
Phil (left) and Don (right) Everly in 1958 promotional photo
Phil (left) and Don (right) Everly in 1958 promotional photo
Background information
GenresCountry, rockabilly, rock and roll
Years active1957–1973, 1983–2005
LabelsCadence, London (UK), Warner Bros., RCA Victor, Razor & Tie, Mercury
Past membersDon Everly
Phil Everly

The Everly Brothers were American country-influenced rock and roll singers, known for steel-string guitar and close harmony singing. Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (born February 1, 1937) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014) were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.

History

Family and education

Don was born in Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1937, and Phil two years later in Chicago, Illinois. Their parents were Isaac Milford "Ike" Everly, Jr. (1908–1975), a guitar-player, and Margaret Embry Everly.[1][2] Actor James Best (born Jules Guy), also from Muhlenberg County, was the son of Ike's sister. Margaret was 15 when she married Ike, who was 26. Ike worked in coal mines from 14 but his father encouraged him to pursue his love of music. Ike and Margaret began singing together.[3] The Everly brothers spent most of their childhood in Shenandoah, Iowa.[4] They attended Longfellow Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa, for a year,[5] but then moved to Shenandoah in 1944, where they remained through early high school.

Ike Everly had a show on KMA and KFNF in Shenandoah in the mid-1940s, first with his wife, and then with their sons. The brothers sang on the radio as "Little Donnie and Baby Boy Phil." [6] The family sang as the Everly Family.[7] Ike, with guitarists Merle Travis, Mose Rager, and Kennedy Jones, was honored in 1992 by construction of the Four Legends Fountain in Drakesboro, Kentucky.

The family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1953, where the brothers attended West High School. In 1955, the family moved to Madison, Tennessee, while the brothers moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Don had graduated from high school in 1955, and Phil attended Peabody Demonstration School in Nashville,[8] from which he graduated in 1957.[9] Both could now focus on recording.[10]

1950s

While in Knoxville, the brothers caught the attention of family friend Chet Atkins, manager of RCA Victor's studio in Nashville. The brothers became a duo and moved to Nashville.[11] Despite affiliation with RCA, Atkins who arranged for the Everly Brothers to record for Columbia Records in early 1956. Their "Keep A' Lovin' Me," which Don wrote, flopped and they were droppe .

Atkins introduced them to Wesley Rose of Acuff-Rose, music publishers. Rose told them he would get them a recording deal if they signed to Acuff-Rose as songwriters. They signed in late 1956, and in 1957, Rose introduced them to Archie Bleyer,[12] who was looking for artists for his Cadence label. The Everlys signed and made recording in February 1957.[11] Their single, "Bye Bye Love," had been rejected by 30 other acts[11]. Their recording reached No. 2 on the pop charts behind Elvis Presley's "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", and No. 1 on the Country and No. 5 on the R&B charts.[11] The song, by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant,[13] became the Everly Brothers' first million-seller.

Working with the Bryants, they had hits in the United States and the United Kingdom, the biggest "Wake Up Little Susie", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", "Bird Dog", and "Problems", . The Everlys also succeeded as songwriters, especially with Don's "(Till) I Kissed You", which hit No. 4 on the United States pop charts.[14]

The brothers toured with Buddy Holly in 1957 and 1958. According to Holly biographer Philip Norman, they changeed Holly and the Crickets from Levi's and T-shirts to the Everlys' Ivy League suits. Don said Holly wrote "Wishing" for them. Phil said: "We were all from the South. We'd started in country music."[15] While some sources say Phil Everly was one of Holly's pallbearers in February 1959, Phil said in 1986 that he attended the funeral and sat with Holly's family but was not a pallbearer.[8] Don did not attend, saying "I couldn't go to the funeral. I couldn't go anywhere. I just took to my bed."[15]

1960s and 1970s

After three years on Cadence, the Everlys signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1960,[1] for 10 years. Theeir first hit for Warner Brothers, 1960's "Cathy's Clown" (written by Don and Phil), sold eight million, the duo's biggest-selling. "Cathy's Clown" was number WB1, the first in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Records.

We're not Grand Ole Opry ... we're obviously not Perry Como ... we're just pop music. But, you could call us an American skiffle group!

— NME – November 1960[16]

Other successful Warner Brothers singles followed in the United States, such as "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (1960, Pop No. 7), "Walk Right Back" (1961, Pop No. 7), "Crying In The Rain" (1962, Pop No. 6), and "That's Old Fashioned" (1962, Pop No. 9, their last Top 10 hit). From 1960 to 1962, Cadence Records released Everly Brothers singles from the vaults, including "When Will I Be Loved" (written by Phil, Pop No. 8) and "Like Strangers".

In the UK, they had Top 10 hits until 1965, including "Lucille/So Sad" (1960, No. 4), "Walk Right Back/Ebony Eyes (1961, No. 1), "Temptation" (1961, No. 1), "Cryin' In The Rain" (1962, No. 6) and "The Price of Love" (1965, No. 2). They had 18 singles into the UK Top 40 with Warner Brothers in the 1960s. By 1962, the brothers had earned $35 million from record sales.

The brothers fell out with Wesley Rose. As a result, in the early 1960s, the Everlys were shut off from Acuff-Rose songwriters. These included Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, who had written most of their hits, as well as Don and Phil Everly themselves, who were still contracted to Acuff-Rose as songwriters and had written several of their own hits. From 1961 through early 1964, the Everlys recorded songs by other writers to avoid paying royalties to Acuff-Rose. They used the pseudonym "Jimmy Howard" as writer and/or arranger on two tracks, unsuccessfully because Acuff-Rose assumed the copyrights once the ruse was discovered.

At this time, they set up their own record label, Calliope Records, for solo projects. Using the pseudonym "Adrian Kimberly," Don recorded a big-band instrumental version of "Pomp and Circumstance" arranged by Neal Hefti, and charted in the United States top 40 in mid-1961. Further instrumental singles credited to Kimberly followed but none charted. Phil formed the Keestone Family Singers, which featured Glen Campbell and Carole King. Their lone single, "Melodrama," failed to chart, and by the end of 1962, Calliope Records was no more.

They never stopped working as a duo but their last United States Top Ten hit was 1962's "That's Old Fashioned", a song recorded but unreleased by the Chordettes and given to the brothers by their old mentor, Archie Bleyer. Succeeding years saw the Everly Brothers sell fewer records in the United States. Their enlistment in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in October 1961 (rather than being drafted into the Army for two years of active service) took them out of the spotlight.[17] One of their few performances during Marine service was on The Ed Sullivan Show, in mid-February 1962, performing "Jezebel" and "Crying In The Rain" in their uniforms.[18][19]

Following active duty, they resumed their career but United States success was limited. Of 27 singles on Warner Brothers from 1963 through 1970, three made the Hot 100 and none peaked higher than No. 31. Album sales were also down. The Everlys' first two albums for Warner (in 1960 and 1961) peaked at No. 9 U.S., but after that, of a dozen more LPs for Warner Brothers, only one made the top 200 (1965's Beat & Soul, which No. 141). Their dispute with Acuff-Rose lasted until 1964, whereupon the brothers again began writing as well as working with the Bryants again.

By then the brothers were addicted to speed. Don's condition was worse, taking Ritalin which led to deeper trouble. Don's addiction lasted three years until he was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown and to cure his addiction.[20] (It should be noted that the mainstream media of that time did not report that either brother was addicted. When Don collapsed in England in mid-October 1962, reporters were told he had food poisoning;[21] when the tabloids suggested he had taken an overdose of pills, his wife and brother insisted he had suffering "physical and nervous exhaustion".[22] It was years later that the story came out.) Don's health ended their British tour; he returned to the United States, leaving Phil to carry on with Joey Page, their bass player, taking his place.

Performing on the 1970 Johnny Cash summer replacement show

Their stardom began to wane two years before the British Invasion in 1964, though their appeal remained in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. By 1965, they took a back seat to bands like the Beatles, whom the Everlys had influenced. Their fortunes in the States were fading, but the Everlys remained successful in the UK and Canada throughout most of the 1960s, reaching the top 40 in the United Kingdom through 1968, and the top 10 in Canada as late as 1967. The 1966 album Two Yanks in England was recorded in England with the Hollies, who also wrote many of the album's songs. 1967 brought the Everlys' final Top 40 hit, ("Bowling Green").

By the end of the 1960s, the brothers returned to country-rock and their 1968 album Roots is touted by some critics as "one of the finest early country-rock albums."[23] However, by the end of the 1960s, the Everly Brothers were no longer hitmakers in either North America or the United Kingdom, and in 1970, following an unsuccessful live album (The Everly Brothers Show), their contract with Warner Brothers lapsed after ten years. In 1970, they were the summer replacement hosts for Johnny Cash's television show: their variety program, "Johnny Cash Presents the Everly Brothers," was on ABC-TV and featured Linda Ronstadt and Stevie Wonder.[24]

In 1970, Don's first solo album was not a success. The bothers resumed performing in 1971, and with RCA Victor Records they issued two albums in 1972 and 1973. They said their final performance would be on July 14, 1973, at Knott's Berry Farm in California. Tensions between the two surfaced and Don told a reporter he was tired of being an Everly Brother.[25] During the show, Don was drunk and unable to play well,[8] leading Phil to smash his guitar and walk off while Don finished the show, ending their collaboration.[26] Reportedly, they did not speak to each other for almost a decade, except at their father's funeral in 1975.[27]

Solo years: 1973–1983

Phil and Don pursued solo careers during a decade. Don found some success on the US. country charts in the mid to late 1970s, in Nashville with his band Dead Cowboys, and playing with Albert Lee. Don also performed solo in London in mid-1976 at an annual country music festival. His appearance was well-received and he was given "thunderous applause," even though critics noted that performance was uneven.[28]

Phil sang backup for Roy Wood's 1975 album Mustard and two songs for Warren Zevon's 1976 album Warren Zevon.[29]

In 1979, Don recorded Emmylou Harris, "Everytime You Leave," on her album Blue Kentucky Girl.[30]

Phil recorded more frequently but with no chart success until the 1980s. Phil wrote "Don't Say You Don't Love Me No More" for the Clint Eastwood comedy film, Every Which Way But Loose (1978) in which he performed it as a duet with co-star Sondra Locke. He also wrote "One Too Many Women In Your Life" for the sequel, Any Which Way You Can (1980) playing in the band behind Sondra's.

Then, in 1983, Phil had UK success as a soloist with the album Phil Everly, recorded mainly in London. Musicians on the LP included Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler, Rockpile drummer Terry Williams and keyboard player Pete Wingfield. The track "She Means Nothing To Me," written by John David Williams and featuring Cliff Richard as co-lead vocalist, was a UK Top 10 hit, and "Louise", written by Ian Gomm, reached the Top 50 in 1983.

Reunion and subsequent activities: 1983–2006

The brothers' reunion concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London on September 23, 1983, was initiated by Phil and Don alongside Terry Slater. English pianist Pete Wingfield was musical director. This concert spawned a live LP and video broadcast on cable television in mid-January 1984.[31] The brothers returned to the studio as a duo for the first time in over a decade, resulting in the album EB '84, produced by Dave Edmunds. Lead single "On the Wings of a Nightingale," written by Paul McCartney, was a qualified success (Top 10 adult contemporary)[32] and returned them to the United States Hot 100 (for their last appearance) and UK chart.

The Everly Brothers performing live in New York

Their final charting was "Born Yesterday" in 1986 from the album of the same name. They collaborated with other performers, usually singing either backup vocals or duets.In 1990 Philrecorded a duet with Dutch singer René Shuman. "On Top of the World" was written by Phil and appeared in the music video they recorded in Los Angeles. The track appeared on Shuman's album Set the Clock on Rock. In 1994, a 1981 live BBC recording of "All I Have to Do Is Dream," featuring Cliff Richard and Phil sharing vocals, was a UK Top-20 hit.[33]

Phil provided backing vocals on "You Got Gold" from John Prine's 1991 album The Missing Years. Both the Everlys and Prine had family connections to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and Prine was a frequent performer at "The Everly Brother's Homecoming" concerts in Central City, Kentucky, over the years.

In 1998, the brothers recorded "Cold" for the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman's Whistle Down the Wind, and the recording was used in stage versions as a "song on the radio."

In 1999, Don Everly and Edan performed "The Everly Brothers for Kentucky Flood Relief".

The brothers joined Simon & Garfunkel in their "Old Friends" reunion tour of 2003 and 2004. As a tribute to the Everly Brothers, Simon & Garfunkel opened their own show and had the Everlys come out in the middle. The live album, Old Friends: Live on Stage, contains Simon & Garfunkel discussing the Everlys' influence on their career and features all four in on "Bye Bye Love" (the subsequent DVD features two extra solo performances by the Everlys). For Paul Simon, it was not the first time he had performed with his heroes, as in 1986, the Everlys sang background vocals on the title track of Simon's album Graceland.

In 2004, a compilation titled Country Classics was released, consisting of tracks recorded in 1972 and 1985.

In 2006, Phil Everly sang "Sweet Little Corrina" with country singer Vince Gill on his album These Days.[34] He previously supplied harmony vocals on J. D. Souther's "White Rhythm and Blues" on his 1979 album You're Only Lonely.

Phil Everly's death

On January 3, 2014, Phil Everly died at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California,[35] 16 days before his 75th birthday. The cause was complications from lung disease, brought on by a lifetime of smoking.[36][37][38]

Style and influences

Don and Phil, both guitarists, used vocal harmony mostly based on diatonic thirds. With this, each line can stand on its own as a melody line.[citation needed] This is in contrast to classic harmony lines which, while working well alongside the melody, are not as melodic by themselves.

On most recordings, Don sings part and Phil tenor.[39][40] One exception is on "Devoted to You". Although Don is low and high, they switch lead and harmony. Don solo lines (for example, the verses of "Bye Bye Love"); among the few exceptions is the 1965 single "It's All Over", where Phil sings the song's solo lines.

In the late 1950s, the Everly Brothers were the rock 'n' roll youth movement's addition to close harmony vocal groups of which many were family bands. They influenced on rock groups of the 1960s. The Beatles,[41] the Beach Boys[42] and Simon & Garfunkel[43] developed their early styles by performing Everly covers. The Bee Gees, the Hollies and other rock'n'roll groups that feature harmony singing were also influenced.

Legacy

The music of the Everly Brothers influenced the Beatles, who referred to themselves as "the English Everly Brothers"[37] when Paul and John went hitch-hiking south to win a talent competition [44] and based the vocal arrangement of "Please Please Me" on "Cathy's Clown".[45] Keith Richards called Don Everly "one of the finest rhythm players".[46] Paul Simon, who worked with the pair on "Graceland", said the day after Phil's death: "Phil and Don were the most beautiful sounding duo I ever heard. Both voices pristine and soulful. The Everlys were there at the crossroads of country and R&B. They witnessed and were part of the birth of rock and roll."[6]

The Everly Brothers had 35 Billboard Top-100 singles, 26 in the top 40. They hold the record for the most Top-100 singles by any duo, and trail Hall & Oates for the most Top-40 singles by a duo.[citation needed] In the UK, they had 30 chart singles, 29 in the top 40, 13 top 10 and 4 at No. 1 between 1957 and 1984. They had 12 top-40 albums between 1960 and 2009.[citation needed]

In 1986, the Everly Brothers were among the first 10 artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They were introduced by Neil Young, who observed that every musical group he belonged to had tried and failed to copy the Everly Brothers' harmonies. That year on July 5, the Everlys returned to Shenandoah to a crowd of 8,500 for a concert, parade, street dedication, class reunion and other activities. Concert fees were donated to the Everly Family Scholarship Fund which gives scholarships to middle and high school students in Shenandoah.

In 1997 the brothers were awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. They were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.[47] Their contributionhas been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. The Everly Brothers have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the Everly Brothers No. 33 of 100 Greatest Artists of All Times.[48] They are also No. 43 on the list of UK Best selling singles artists of all time.[49]

They wrote "Till I Kissed You" (Don), "Cathy's Clown" (Don and Phil), and "When Will I Be Loved" (Phil). "Cathy's Clown" and "When Will I Be Loved" became hits for Reba McEntire and Linda Ronstadt, respectively; (for the latter, the Everly Brothers sang the chorus).[citation needed] Also, the Norwegian band a-ha covered "Crying In The Rain" in 1990 for its fourth album, East of The Sun, West of The Moon.

On Labor Day Weekend 1988, Central City Kentucky began the Everly Brothers Homecoming event to raise money for a scholarship fund for Muhlenberg County students. Don and Phil toured the United Kingdom in 2005 and Phil appeared in 2007 on recordings with Vince Gill and Bill Medley. Also in 2007, Alison Krauss and former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant released Raising Sand which included a cover of the 1964 hit "Gone, Gone, Gone" produced by T-Bone Burnett.

Three Everly Brothers tribute records were released in 2013: Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones' Foreverly,[50] the Chapin Sisters' A Date with the Everly Brothers[51] and Bonnie Prince Billy and Dawn McCarthy's What the Brothers Sang.[52]

Discography

Further information: The Everly Brothers discography

See also

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