The Everly Brothers was a music duo brothers country and rockabilly and one of the greatest influences in the history of rock & roll . His period of fame and success was between 1957 and 1961 as part of the Hall of Fame Rock since 1986 .They have been influenced by artists like The Beatles , Simon & Garfunkel , Neil Diamond , Electric Light Orchestra , Mark Knopfler , Billy Joel , The Hollies , The Eagles , The Beach Boys and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons , among others.Best known for his acoustic guitar and singing in close harmony (chords characterized by small intervals), Don’s older brother was born in Brownie, a now extinct small town on the outskirts of Central City , Kentucky . Phil was born in Chicago. Children of two lovers of country music, (Ike and Margaret Everly Embry), the brothers grew up in Iowa They played with their parents in Radio shows live and live in not very important in the western U.S.
On entering adolescence, managed a brief contract with Columbia Records, being their first single The Sun Keeps Shining unsuccessfully but caught the attention of renowned guitarist and successful country music artist Chet Atkins , and will comment on them and get a hearing with the director of Cadence Records , Wesley Rose who at representative Atkins about his talent are hired for Cadence and thereafter that arise Everly fame.Being both good guitarists, the brothers used a style of harmony closed in each sang a tone that sounded like a typically slow melody. Compared with the traditional harmony that are two or more voices with similar pace and different shades. Used Gibson guitars, using a guitar effect called flutter in some of his songs. Gibson even brought out a limited edition guitar called Jumbo Gibson Everly Brothers in their honor.Their first album, called The Everly Brothers , contained his first two hits: ” Bye Bye Love “, which had been rejected before by many artists, most notably Elvis Presley . Bye Bye Love came in second in the lists; ” Wake up little Susie “, number 1 in Billboard. Followed successes Walk right back , All I Have to Do Is Dream , which was also be Number 1, So sad (to watch good love go bad) , Lucille , When Will I Be Loved , Bird Dog and (Till) I Kissed You , among many other successes. In 1960 they changed their label, passing to Warner Brothers in the amount of one million dollars, the highest amount paid to an artist or group by a record at the time. Continued with hits like ” Cathy’s Clown “, another first in the Hit Parade and sold 8 million copies worldwide, Crying In The Rain , Temptation , How Can I Meet Her? , True Love , among others but as of 1965 his successes were already in a more modest way because Rose stops to collaborate with them and with it part marriage Felice and Boudleux Bryant, authors of most of his hits so they had to start using covers of other artists of rock & roll and own compositions, this coupled with the musical changes of the British invasion until 1968, when the song Bowling Green was his last success in the top 40 of Billboard , though their albums were always known for their quality until 1973, who choose to be separated by the tension in their relationship, the product of many years of touring and strenuous work where even came to have his own television show , supplying the program Johnny Cash .
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