[13] The family sang as the Everly Family. Don and Phil are the sons of Ike and Margaret Everly, who, like their parents before them, were folk and country singers from central Kentucky. The brothers resumed performing in 1971 and issued two albums for RCA Records in 1972 and 1973. This was not the first time Paul Simon had performed with his heroes; in 1986, the Everlys had sung background vocals on the title track of Simon's album Graceland. Alan Frazer, "The Everly Saga, $$." Following the success of the song, the Bryants went on to write a string of hits for the Everly brothers. His father Isaac Milford "Ike" Everly, Jr. was a talented guitar player and was working in coal . He died at his home in Nashville, aged 84, on August 21, 2021. 7), "Crying in the Rain" (1962, pop No. The Everly Brothers; Songs Our Daddy Taught Us; It's Everly Time; A Date with the Everly Brothers; Both Sides of an Evening; Instant Party! Biography - The Everly Brothers Biography IN THE BEGINNING (1937-1957) It all started in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (USA), Isaac Donald Everly (b.2/1/1937) born in Brownie, KY and Phillip Everly (b.1/19/1939) in Chicago, IL were raised in a musical family, steeped in one of the oldest musical traditions in America. The Everly Brothers were among hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. [1] This style has been classified as country rock,[2][71][3][72] rock and roll,[2][1][73] rockabilly[73] and country. Don Everly passed away on August 21, 2021 Credit: Rex Who was Don Everly? Here's 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know about the life and death of this rock musician. Don usually sang the solo lines (for example, the verses of "Bye Bye Love"); among the few exceptions is the 1965 single "It's All Over", on which Phil sang the song's solo lines.[76]. Erin Everly was born Erin Invicta Everly, in the year November 8, 1965. Don stated that after his brother Phil's death, he felt free to express his views more openly, noting that the brothers' opposing views had made it impossible for them to lend active support to political candidates. Paul & Art had always been very avid Everly Brothers fans and in contrast with normal proceedings suggested that the Everlys wouldnt open for them but appear in mid-show as special guests. Phil Everly joined forces with Glen Campbell and Carole King as the Keestone Family Singers, a group which recorded one single, "Cornbread and Chitlings." [31] On September 6, 1957, the Everly Brothers embarked on an 11-week, rock 'n' roll roadshow tour across the United States. According to Holly's biographer Philip Norman, they were responsible for persuading Holly and the Crickets to change their outfits from Levi's and T-shirts to the Everlys' Ivy League suits. Margaret was 15 when she married Ike, who was 26. [39] Don's poor health ended their British tour; he returned to the United States, leaving Phil to carry on with Joey Page, their bass player, taking Don's place. The Everly Brothers were American country-influenced rock and roll singers, known for steel-string guitar and close harmony singing, formed by brothers Don Everly (born February 1, 1937 - died August 21, 2021) and Phil Everly (born January 19, 1939 - died January 3, 2014). They were supported by talented musicians, several of them famous in their own right, like master guitarist and their musical director Albert Lee, keyboard virtuoso Pete Wingfield, Phil Cranham on bass and the great (late) Larrie Londin on drums. According to Phil's wife Patti, his ailment was an effect of a lifetime of smoking cigarettes. They were then stationed at the Marine Corps' West Coast base, Camp Pendleton, in San Diego County. Everly Brothers International has been the Official Everly Brothers fan organization for 55+ years world wide now. The fact lists are intended for research in school, for college students or just to feed your brain with new realities. According to the Los Angeles Public Library, the brothers' manager, Wesley Rose, didn't want them to release the song because it had been written decades earlier by a songwriter who was not signed to his company, Acuff-Rose, meaning the company would get no publishing royalties from the record. So their producer, Dave Edmunds, called Paul McCartney. A spokesperson for the family confirmed. Meer The Everlys' final U.S. top 40 hit, "Bowling Green", was released in 1967. In 1974 Don recorded his 2nd outing Sunset Towers also on the Ode label with the help of UK band Heads Hands & Feet featuring master guitarist Albert Lee who would later join Don & Phil for all of their (post) reunion concerts from 1983-2005. "I always thought I'd be the one to go first. Just recently (2013), the album which contains 12 country/folk standards sung by Don & Phil with a minimum of accompaniment, was lovingly recreated by Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones. Phil Everly was his best man, and both brothers wore their Marine uniforms. To underline their importance in the history of rock and pop Rolling Stone Magazine placed them 33 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of all time. The tour would eventually take up almost a year and was a huge success. Don Everly had written the song, and it swiftly became their best-selling single, spending five weeks at No.1 on the U.S. charts, per the Shenandoah, Iowa website. By 1962, the Everlys had reportedly earned $35 million from record sales. 9 US, but after that, of a dozen more LPs for Warner Bros., only one made the top 200 - 1965's "Beat & Soul", which peaked at No. The rock legend best known as one half of The Everly Brothers had just watched the 1935 horror film Werewolf of London, and he thought the title and subject matter would make for a great pop. On January 3, 1957, the Everly Brothers recorded their first hit single, "Bye Bye Love," written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. 31. By 1983 Phil released his final solo album simply titled Phil Everly and featured guitar work from none other than Mark Knopfler and two duets with UK star Cliff Richard. They had 18 singles into the UK top 40 with Warner Bros. in the 1960s. "We used to go on the road, and do some show and dance," Don recalled during a 2016 interview with his old radio station, KMA. For most of these titles Don and Phil received a gold record award. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. And will go on forever.". Rose told them he would secure them a recording deal if they signed to Acuff-Rose as songwriters. "They say shock therapy is good for some things, but it didn't do me any good," Don recalled. ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" was the first video that was a sequel. It was the final original recording the Everly Brothers would ever make as a duo. On February 18, shortly after graduating from boot camp, they performed that song and "Jezebel" on the Ed Sullivan Show while wearing their Marine uniforms. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the Everlys took the Everly Family Show on the road, performing live in the Midwest and the South. It picked up the storyline of their "Gimme All Your Lovin'" video about a guy who encounters three beautiful women. They excelled on the charts whether they were singing songs written by themselves or others, and their well-practiced guitar skills added intricacy and complexity to hit songs such as "Bye Bye Love," "All You Have to Do is Dream," and "Crying in the Rain." George Varga. Ironically Don & Phil couldnt even record their own songs as they also were owned by Acuff-Rose. San Diego Union, February 14, 1962, p. B1. Using the pseudonym "Adrian Kimberly", Don recorded a big-band instrumental version of Edward Elgar's first "Pomp and Circumstance" march, which Neal Hefti arranged and which charted in the United States top 40 in mid-1961. "Cathy's Clown" was also covered by the Tarney/Spencer Band and released as a single in 1979. Born Isaac Donald Everly on February 1, 1937, Don was the last surviving member of The Everly Brothers. For Sale. He died at his home in Nashville, aged 84, on August 21, 2021. THE STORY CONTINUES, FROM NASHVILLE TO HOLLYWOOD ", Paul McCartney confirmed Simon's assertion that the Everly Brothers had influenced him and the Beatles. "[25] Although 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. Don Everly, elder brother of the famous rock and roll duo of Everly brothers, was born as Isaac Donald Everly on February 1, 1937, in Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States of America.Don was brought up in a musical family. The Everly Brothers charted 31 singles on the Hot 100, including three #1s: ". In 1990, Phil recorded a duet with Dutch singer Ren Shuman. ", Although Don quit using Ritalin while in the Marines, he got back on it shortly after leaving. The song hit No. The Everlys signed to Cadence and their first single, ", The Everly brothers toured extensively with. But there was more. For Benny, it took him to hell and back. [70], The Everly Brothers' music fused elements of rock and roll, country and pop. But, you could call us an American skiffle group! After having spent countless hours on the road and having to deal with diminishing record sales, the brothers found it increasingly difficult to continue with the brother act and in the summer of 1973 it all came to a halt. Don Everly (Real Name: Isaac Donald Everly, born 1 February 1937 - died 21 August 2021) was a well-recognized musical artist, singer, Internet personality, social media star, entrepreneur, and media face from Kentucky, United States. The brothers were inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. The Everly Brothers were among the selective few who really had a big influence on the development of rock and pop music in the 20th century. 1), "Temptation" (1961, No. Don called Phil and both of them made without hesitation the necessary contributions to help out their old hometown in which they actually only had lived for a couple of years but was home to both sides of their father and mothers families. In the years following their reunion concert a 2LP set and a videocassette were released, both commercially very successful, as well as three brand new studio albums. Singer Phil Everly dies at 74 I was still of elementary school age when, early one morning, the clock radio snapped to life and before I could open my eyes a new song sounded in the darkness:. Finally, in February 1957, the Everly Brothers signed with Cadence Records, released "Bye Bye Love" which sold over two million records and began a career that established them as the most influential duo in the history of recorded music. [88] They are also No. Isaac Donald Everly was born on 1 February 1937, in Brownie, Kentucky, US, and is a singer, known for being half of the duo The Everly Brothers, alongside his brother Phil. . In 1957 the duo signed with Cadence Records and had their first big success later that year with Bye Bye Love. Unlike the vocal harmonies in most early rock-and-roll recordings, which supported a moving vocal line with block harmonies, the Everly Brothers vocal approach was based on the high, lonesome sound of bluegrass and Appalachian music, supporting the lead vocal with a moving secondary line to create the effect of intertwined melodies. Her dad, Don Everly, is popular as one of the members of the renowned duo the Everly Brothers alongside his brother Phil Everly. [52] The brothers returned to the studio as a duo for the first time in over a decade, recording the album EB '84, produced by Dave Edmunds. The brothers sang on the radio as "Little Donnie and Baby Boy Phil". LinkedIn. They performed the song live in full uniform on the Ed Sullivan Show February 18, 1962. He also had a Top Ten entry in 1983 on the UK singles chart with "She Means Nothing To Me," a duet with Cliff Richard. Don Everly, half of one of rock and roll's pioneering groups, The Everly Brothers, has died. Same photographer, too: Bruno of Hollywood. Dream . ft. home is a 3 bed, 3.0 bath property. Don Everly has an estimated net worth of $18 million dollars, at the time of his death in 2021. [17] Both could now focus on recording. The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Although the album was a critical success once again the public showed little to no interest and after recording one more album (the Chet Atkins produced Pass The Chicken And Listen) the first part of their career came abruptly to an end. The brothers left Cadence and signed a decade-long, million-dollar contract with Warner Brothers Records, but then learned that Rose had given himself veto power over any future songs they recorded that were written by Acuff-Rose songwriters. "The Everly Brothers Now Want to Act". 6), and "That's Old Fashioned" (1962, pop No. Even though they were still a popular live draw their recordings failed to reach an audience. The lead single, "On the Wings of a Nightingale", written by Paul McCartney, was a success (Top 10 adult contemporary)[53] and returned them to the US Hot 100 (for their last appearance) and the UK charts. It just got me strung out. They scored nine Top 40 hits in the UK between 1963 and 1965, including the self-penned ". This ruse, however, was ultimately unsuccessful, as Acuff-Rose gained legal possession of the copyrights once the deception was discovered. Holly wrote songs for the brothers, and they gave him Boudleaux Bryant's song "Raining in My Heart" because they felt it wasn't right for them. He was 84. [16] Don did not attend, saying, "I couldn't go to the funeral. The first outing on their new label was an album titled Stories We Could Tell. They didn't have instruments, but they could clap their hands and stomp their feet. Throughout 1957 and 1958, the brothers accompanied Buddy Holly on his concert tours. Born into a musical family, Don and Phil first performed as part of their parents country music act, then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to work as songwriters. From 1960 to 1962, Cadence Records released Everly Brothers singles from the vaults, including "When Will I Be Loved" (pop No. The stories behind "Shine," "December," "The World I Know" and other Collective Soul hits. They had their greatest success between 1957 and 1964. [84], In 1997, the brothers were awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. I took to my bed. [89], The Everlys, as noted above, wrote and composed "Till I Kissed You" (Don), "When Will I Be Loved" (Phil), "Born Yesterday" (Don), and "Cathy's Clown" (Don, or possibly Don and Phil). The Everlys were there at the crossroads of country and R&B. When he got his own early-morning radio show on the station KMA, Ike enlisted some help from his wife, Margaret, and their two sons, the 8-year-old "Little Donnie" and the 6-year-old "Baby Boy Phil," who harmonized with him. The Everlys had enough songwriting chops on their own Phil wrote their last top-ten hit for Cadence, "When Will I Be Loved," in a car parked in front of a root beer stand but Rose's configuration of their contract even kept them from recording songs they had written while under a songwriting contract withAcuff-Rose. "We'd started in country music. "It was a pretty primitive treatment at the time once they gave it to you, you couldn't remember how long you'd been there. He was then sent to a psychiatric ward in New York City and treated with electroshock therapy. Don Everly on Brother Phil Everly: 'We Had a Very Difficult Life Together'. In the UK, they had 30 chart singles, 29 in the Top 40, 13 Top 10, and 4 at No. [41], By the end of the 1960s, the brothers had returned to country rock, and their 1968 album, Roots, was hailed by some critics as "one of the finest early country-rock albums". The band had a radio show on KMA and KFNF in Shenandoah, Iowa in the 1940s, while touring in the south and the midwest. Probably unbeknownst to the general public (and probably to many fans as well) Phil had a passion for inventing and tinkering which eventually led him to start Everly Music and later Cleartone Strings with eldest son Jason running the business as president. I thought I'd never write again.". [Verse 2] When I feel blue in the night. Their "Keep a-Lovin' Me", which Don wrote and composed, flopped, and they were dropped from the Columbia label.[21]. Don and Phil (bar a one-off deal with Columbia Records) suffered repeated rejections by record executives who didn't know what to do with them. Band member Alan Tarney (a former member of the Shadows) went on to be a producer for Cliff Richard and a-ha, the Norwegian band who, in turn, covered "Crying in the Rain" in 1990 for its fourth album, East of the Sun, West of the Moon. The pair began writing and recording their own music in 1956 and scored . In the fall of 2005 they engaged in a short tour of the UK and had the intention to do some more shows in the USA the following year. Springfield (MA) Union, June 21, 1977, p. 26. CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE. Ike Everly had a show on KMA and KFNF in Shenandoah in the mid-1940s, first with his wife and then with their sons. They started it all.". The Everly Brothers were a US rock n' roll duo, made up of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly. "It's over," Don Everly told a reporter on July 13, 1973 (via Rolling Stone). On February 13, 1962, the Everly Brothers completed their basic training. He was 84 years old,exactly a decade older than Phil Everly was when he died seven and a half years earlier. The shows were a big success and signalled a renewed interest in the brothers who had been so pivotal in the formative years of Rock n Roll. Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult wrote "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" after he was diagnosed with a heart condition and started thinking about his own mortality. [32] One of their few performances during their Marine service was on The Ed Sullivan Show, on February 18, 1962, when they performed "Jezebel" and "Crying in the Rain" while outfitted in their Marine Corps uniforms. Although the differences between Phil and Don Everly were well-documented, Don honored Phil with a statement to the Associated Press upon his death. In the same year Patti Everly, Phils widow, established the Phil Everly Memorial COPD Foundation in 2014. [35][36], The brothers' dispute with Acuff-Rose lasted until 1964, when they resumed writing and composing as well as working with the Bryant spouses. "I was listening to one of my favorite songs that Phil wrote and had an extreme emotional moment just before I got the news of his passing," he wrote on the morning after Phil's death. Don and Phil's father, Ike, and mother, Margaret, were musicians and the brothers cut their performing teeth alongside their parents in a combo called the Everly Family. Don Everly's last live performance was during a Paul Simon show in Nashville in 2018. Phil Everly died on January 3, 2014. In August 1971, after a ten-years residency at Warner Bros, the brothers signed with RCA Records to give their recording career a much needed boost. The Everly Brothers Artistfacts 1957-73, 1983-2014 Don Everly 1937-2021 Phil Everly 1939-2014 Don and Phil's father, Ike, and mother, Margaret, were musicians and the brothers cut their performing . 6) and "The Price of Love" (1965, No. Moreover, personal problems (including an addiction to amphetamines) began wearing away on the pair, and in 1973 the Everlys broke up during a concert at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. The star-studded group played five shows a day and ultimately covered 78 U.S. cities. Natalie Best. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (February 1, 1937 - August 21, 2021) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (January 19, 1939 - January 3, 2014), the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country, and pop, becoming pioneers of . [91][92], 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. Possible use cases are in quizzes, differences, riddles, homework facts legend, cover facts, and many more. [14], The family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1953, where the brothers attended West High School (Knoxville, Tennessee). Inspired by previous years success Don & Phil decided to go out on the road again themselves. In 2001 the brothers, then already 62 and 64, decided to take life a bit slower and stop performing for a while. They signed in late 1956, and in 1957 Rose introduced them to Archie Bleyer,[22] who was looking for artists for his Cadence Records. "They didn't know what they were messing with. Don Everly predated his brother Phil by two years; the elder Everly was born on February 1, 1937 in Brownie, Kentucky. They were introduced by Neil Young, who observed that every musical group he had ever belonged to had tried, and failed, to copy the Everly Brothers' harmonies. His first solo outing (entitled Star Spangled Springer) was released in 1973 as part of the RCA deal made a couple of years earlier. Embarking on a solo career, Phil charted three times as a solo artist with the #37 peaking "Who's Gonna Keep Me Warm" being his biggest hit. In the period 1963-1970 The Everly Brothers were still perfectly capable of releasing fantastic 45s and albums that were in tune with the times but commercially less successful than in their heyday. [68] In a 2016 interview Don said he was still coping with the loss of Phil and that he had kept some of his brother's ashes in his home. Phil Everly sang "Sweet Little Corrina" with country singer Vince Gill on his 2006 album These Days. 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Atkins continued to encourage the brothers, and helped them get a deal with Acuff/Rose as songwriters. On July 14th 1973 Phil dropped his guitar and walked of stage during one of their scheduled performances at the Knotts Berry Farm amusement park in Buena Park, California leaving behind a bewildered Don who sometimes was singing off key and behaving erratically. Ed Blanche, "Everly Laid Back". Everly Brothers. Don and Phil Everly's father, Ike, was a coal miner with musical ambitions, per the New York Times. August 21, 2021, Nashville, Tennessee) and Phil Everly (b. January 19, 1939, Chicago, Illinoisd. [45] The two would not reunite musically for more than ten years. [31][51], The brothers' reunion concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London on September 23, 1983, which ended their ten-year-long solo careers, was initiated by Phil and Don alongside Terry Slater, with Wingfield as musical director. But it got out of hand, naturally. First of all it contained a song that could have put Phil on the map as a solo artist. Even so, Elvis likely wasn't too cut up about it, since the song peaked at No. 43 on the list of UK Best selling singles artists of all time. They started their next phase with Cathys Clown a song written by Don (with a little help from Phil) that would become their biggest selling 45 of their career. ", The Everly Brothers' work with Paul McCartney and Paul Simon during their 1980s comeback was made possible in part because of their previous influence on these fellow iconic artists. This hiatus lasted 2 years when another unexpected event coaxed them out of (semi) retirement. If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). [90] "Cathy's Clown" and "When Will I Be Loved" became hits for Reba McEntire and Linda Ronstadt, respectively. It still just shocks me that he's gone." According to the Shenandoah, Iowa website, the song had previously been rejected by 30 artists, including Elvis Presley. They collaborated with other performers, mostly singing either backup vocals or duets, including additional vocals on the title track of Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland. The Everly Brothers' last United States top 10 hit was 1962's "That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be)", a song recorded but unreleased by The Chordettes and given to the brothers by their old mentor, Archie Bleyer. Lonely Island by the Everly Bros (requested) - YouTube 0:00 / 2:11 Lonely Island by the Everly Bros (requested) 5,159 views May 31, 2009 A track from the LP "Gone, gone, gone" (1965). 2 behind his own hit, "Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear.". It's funny, the press hadn't paid any attention to us in ten years, but they jumped on that. 1 Hits 12 Top 10. Updates? August 21, 2021, Nashville, Tennessee) and Phil Everly (b. January 19, 1939, Chicago, Illinoisd. Keith Richards called Don Everly "one of the finest rhythm [guitar] players". But Don and Phil Everly's relationship wasn't always, well, harmonious. Although Don's family confirmed his death, they did not immediately specify the cause. The Everlys signed and made a recording in February 1957. This is our collection of basic interesting facts about Everly Brothers. declaring that this solo album didnt mean the end of The Everly Brothers. He died on January 3, 2014 in Burbank, California, USA. 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. However, Don also stated he had not gotten over Phil's death, saying, "I always thought about him every day, even when we were not speaking to each other. [20] Their record reached No. Next to that the albums back cover contained a somewhat cryptic letter to Everly Brothers International (then already the official fan club of The Everly Brothers and still going strong in the 21st century !) In the mid-70s Phil released two albums on the UK based Pye Records label and in 1979 another album for Elektra. January 3, 2014, Burbank, California), whose style of harmonizing influenced the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and numerous country rockers. Their late father was one of the few "authentic" guitarists in American music. Ike worked in coal mines from age 14, but his father encouraged him to pursue his love of music and Ike and Margaret began singing together. He was 84. While they were in boot camp in 1962, the Everly Brothers' top 10 hit "Crying in the Rain" was released, but they were unable to tour to support the song. 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