Posted on 08/22/2021 4:06:10 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Don Everly, the last surviving member of the Everly Brothers and a pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll, died at his home in Nashville on Saturday. He was 84.
A spokesperson for the family confirmed Everly’s death with The Times, but did not disclose a cause. A statement from the family read in part: “Don lived by what he felt in his heart. Don expressed his appreciation for the ability to live his dreams ... with his soulmate and wife, Adela, and sharing the music that made him an Everly Brother.”
Don and his younger brother Phil were in the first group to be inaugurated in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, alongside Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis. Their family harmonies set them apart, as did an out-of-time gentleness: the Everly Brothers’ well-crafted songs floated between country and city and moved with the rhythms of a dream.
In a five-year span from 1957 to 1962, they had 15 top 10 hits, among them: “Bye Bye Love,” which launched them; “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” written by Boudleaux Bryant; and “Cathy’s Clown,” which was a No. 1 hit in 1960 and a No. 1 country hit for Reba McEntire in 1989.
Their harmonies influenced the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel in the 1960s, and a decade later their Appalachian roots inspired country rockers like Gram Parsons and Linda Ronstadt, who had a hit covering their “When Will I Be Loved” in 1972.…
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I thought I had years ago - we could make a list - but there is something special about brothers singing harmony - don’t know if it’s nature/nurture or a combo but the most memorable harmonies were made by brothers!
o Everly
o Louvin
o Davies (Kinks)
o I think there are other examples as well (Oasis maybe?)
Gibb Brothers (The Bee Gees)
Statler Brothers
Beach Boys (Dennis, Carl and Brian Wilson)
Jackson Five
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
How about the Andrews Sisters and the Lennon Sisters?
Macca wrote a song for their reunion Album
On The Wings of a Nightingale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fq2jQLpZGA
You could also include the Mills Brothers, the Ames Brothers, and the McGuire Sisters.
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