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The Everly Brothers
American rock duo
The Everly Brothers | |
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Phil (left) and Don Everly in 1958 | |
| Origin | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Discography | The Everly Brothers discography |
| Years active | 1956–1973, 1983–2005 |
| Labels | Cadence, London, Heliodor, Warner Bros., RCA Victor, Razor & Tie, Mercury |
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The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly, the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country, and pop,[1] becoming pioneers of country rock.[2][3]
Don and Phil Everly were raised in a musical family. As children in the 1940s, they appeared on radio in Iowa singing with their parents as "The Everly Family". During their high school years in Knoxville, they performed on radio and television. The brothers gained the attention of Chet Atkins, who began to promote them. They began writing and recording their own music in 1956. The brothers' first hit song was "Bye B
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Isaac Donald Everly
Born February 1, 1937
Died August 21, 2021
Birthplace Brownie, Kentucky
Philip Everly
Born January 19, 1939
Died January 3, 2014
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois
From Nashville to Rock & Roll Stardom
In purely commercial terms, the Everly Brothers were one of the most successful acts in popular music between 1957 and 1962. Only Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, and possibly Rick Nelson outsold them. In a sense, though, Don and Phil Everly were more important to Nashville: the first consistently successful rock & roll act to come from Music City.
As the first commercially successful rock & roll act to come from Nashville, the Everly Brothers extended Nashville’s sense of what was commercially possible. But their roots and much of their sound was embedded in country music. In artistic terms, the Everly Brothers took the country brother duet a step beyond their predecessors. They added Bo Diddley riffs, teenage anxieties, and sharkskin suits, but—for all that—the core of their sound remained count
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The Everly Brothers facts: Phil and Don's childhood, songs, break-up, reunion and deaths
21 March 2022, 13:29 | Updated: 16 November 2023, 14:40
Despite their fights, the relationship between Phil and Don Everly was built on the purest harmony.
Phil and Don Everly will always be bound together as The Everly Brothers, the harmonising duo who influenced everyone from The Beatles and the Rolling Stones to The Beach Boys and Simon & Garfunkel.
Don died on August 21, 2021 at the age of 84. Phil had previously passed away from lung disease on January 3, 2014.
But their music and influence lives on forever, so we celebrate The Everly Brothers with a look back at their lives and music.
When were The Everly Brothers born and where did they grow up?
All I Have to Do Is Dream (Remastered)
The eldest Everly, Isaac Donald 'Don' Everly, was born on February 1, 1937 in Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. His little brother Phillip 'Phil' Everly was born two years later in Chicago, Illinois on January 19, 1939.
Their parents were coal miner-turned-gu
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