Music's Influence On Everly Brothers
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I was only seven years old when I first heard the Everly Brothers singing Bye Bye Love, a million selling hit by a harmonising duo that even then I found delightful, and so I became a fan. That may be why I found it so tragic hearing that Phil Everly of the has died at the age of 74. That close-harmony singing by Phil and older brother Don, made the Everly Brothers one of the biggest star acts of the day. The iconic singer died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, having fought long and hard for life. It is an undoubted fact that this duo profoundly influenced musicians of those times - so much so that Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney started out calling themselves …show more content…
Bye Bye Love was released in1957, reaching No 2 on the US charts, followed fairly quickly by such iconic hits All I Have to Do Is Dream and Wake Up Little Susie, most hit tunes composed by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.
Rolling Stone magazine placed the Everly Brothers at 33rd on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. Phillip was born in Chicago on 19 January 1939 - son of country musicians, guitarist Ike and Margaret Everly - and the family was, in fact, a travelling music act, as well as having their own radio show in which Phil and Don performed between commercials. They were much admired by legendary Nashville guitarist Chet Atkins, who thought them to have unlimited potential.
They first reached number one in 1957 with Wake Up little Susie - the tune banned in Boston for its ever-so-slightly suggestive lyrics - the song being centred around two teenagers, who fall asleep at a drive-in movie and wake up long after he should have taken her home. The Everly were inducted to the country music Hall of Fame in 1961, having only 12 months before signed a ten-year $1 million deal with Warner brothers. They had released the memorable Cathy's Clown, but their fortunes were already in decline, as the Beatles appeared on the
I was only seven years old when I first heard the Everly Brothers singing Bye Bye Love, a million selling hit by a harmonising duo that even then I found delightful, and so I became a fan. That may be why I found it so tragic hearing that Phil Everly of the has died at the age of 74. That close-harmony singing by Phil and older brother Don, made the Everly Brothers one of the biggest star acts of the day. The iconic singer died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, having fought long and hard for life. It is an undoubted fact that this duo profoundly influenced musicians of those times - so much so that Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney started out calling themselves …show more content…
Bye Bye Love was released in1957, reaching No 2 on the US charts, followed fairly quickly by such iconic hits All I Have to Do Is Dream and Wake Up Little Susie, most hit tunes composed by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.
Rolling Stone magazine placed the Everly Brothers at 33rd on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. Phillip was born in Chicago on 19 January 1939 - son of country musicians, guitarist Ike and Margaret Everly - and the family was, in fact, a travelling music act, as well as having their own radio show in which Phil and Don performed between commercials. They were much admired by legendary Nashville guitarist Chet Atkins, who thought them to have unlimited potential.
They first reached number one in 1957 with Wake Up little Susie - the tune banned in Boston for its ever-so-slightly suggestive lyrics - the song being centred around two teenagers, who fall asleep at a drive-in movie and wake up long after he should have taken her home. The Everly were inducted to the country music Hall of Fame in 1961, having only 12 months before signed a ten-year $1 million deal with Warner brothers. They had released the memorable Cathy's Clown, but their fortunes were already in decline, as the Beatles appeared on the