Remembering Phil and Don

Phil and Don were the two sons of Ike Everly and formed the duo, The Everly Brothers.

What prompts this posting is news of Don Everly's death on Aug. 21 at age 84. His younger brother, Phil, died in 2014 at age 74. Harmonious in voice, acrimonious in their relationship to each other, they broke up and pouted for an entire decade before finally reconciling. They had started performing together on the radio as children in the 1940s but the recording of "Bye Bye Love" in 1957, put them of the direct path to become stars, innovators, pioneers, legends and influencers for a future of musicians.  Their songs and performance remain timeless and I count them, as an act, as one of the most important popular musicians of the 20th century and certainly one of my personal favorites.

Here are some (truly just a small sampling) of their songs, first by the Everlys themselves, then a cover version of the same song:

Let it be me

Wake Up Little Suzie

Crying in the Rain

Cathy's Clown

         The Blue Diamonds

Walk right Back

I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail

When Will I Be Loved

         John Denver

Till I Kissed Ya

          Miss Beth Belle

Bird Dog

Problems

I Wonder If I Care As Much

Long Time Gone

         
          Anabela Silva

Yup

A lot of nice harmony.  You saved the best for last.

Thank you very.

You are welcome very.

Thanks Batgirl. They were awesome and I remember starting to sing their songs when I was barely 4 years old in the summer of 1957. My older sisters played their records and we listened to them on the radio all the time. It was fun to pick which harmony to follow or even try a third one! They deserved to be among the first 10 inducted into the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame - for so many reasons including so many Top 40 and Top 100 singles in their career. I still sing Bye Bye Love.

They hailed from the coal mines of Kentucky and never lost their Appalachian roots, in fact they those very roots helped mold them.  

Good stuff!

All I Have To Do Is Dream / Cathy's Clown (live)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTYe9eDqxe8

Love Hurts...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a_7kk13Mkg

Devoted To You...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPMPOnjbuq4

Take A Message To Mary...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70YsAtwvpUs

Ebony Eyes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KUNcZj249A

So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DabZy-sKI8k

Bird Dog / Til I Kissed You (live)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US49tQbYsg0

Problems (live)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRGCeM1enhw

I appreciate your great effort of spending your precious time to put these videos over here in chess.com's forum.

Have a nice day!

By the way, those were nice songs. These songs made me remember the songs of ABBA.

And these songs are far better than the songs of modern era in many ways. A non native speaker of English language can learn English while simultaneously enjoying it. Also, these songs are kind of  very classical.

I'm glad you enjoyed Phil and Don.

May The Everly Brothers rest in great peace! And may they live through their evergreen songs. Also, may their songs give peace to those who are sad, broken and lonely and may their songs give joy, enthusiasm and creativity to all.

The Everly Brothers were such a great inspiration for The Beatles that they briefly considered calling themselves The Foreverly Brothers. Here's a quote by Paul from Rolling Stone magazine.

Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to ‘Hero’ Phil Everly
“Phil Everly was one of my great heroes,” McCartney wrote. “With his brother Don, they were one of the major influences on the Beatles. When John and I first started to write songs, I was Phil and he was Don. Years later, when I finally met Phil, I was completely star-struck and at the same time extremely impressed by his humility and gentleness of soul. I will always love him for giving me some of the sweetest musical memories of my life.”

In their honor Paul wrote "On the Wings of a Nightingale", which became one of the last Everly Brothers hits.

I, for one, am glad they scrapped the "Foreverly Brothers" idea. It sounds like a tribute band.

I like the Everly version better than the Beatles version.

Thanks.

*playing taps*

Yeah, Foreverly Brothers seems too cutesy for a band like The Beatles. And I like the Everly Brothers version better also. Earlier Beatles had a raw, unpolished sound that appealed to a lot of people but grated on other people's nerves. I think that sound was a blend of the Liverpool scene, the Hamburg scene (where they really learned their trade), and that in-your-face twangy sound of an old Rickenbacker. Those guitars just weren't as smooth as the semi-hollow body Gibsons so common in the USA.

https://youtu.be/LxBbX9IdA2Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dcbw4IEY5w