Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers dies at 74
Source: LA Times
Phil Everly, who with his brother, Don, made up the most revered vocal duo of the rock-music era, their exquisite harmonies profoundly influencing the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Byrds and countless younger-generation rock, folk and country singers, died Friday in Burbank of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his wife, Patti Everly, told The Times. He was 74.
We are absolutely heartbroken, she said, noting that the disease was the result of a lifetime of cigarette smoking. He fought long and hard.
During the height of their popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s, they charted nearly three dozen hits on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, among them Cathys Clown, Wake Up Little Susie, Bye Bye Love, When Will I Be Loved and All I Have to Do Is Dream. The Everly Brothers were among the first 10 performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when it got off the ground in 1986.
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Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Rest in Peace. The music still lives.
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)From here to the UK and back again.
RIP
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)RIP
niyad
(112,435 posts)alp227
(31,962 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)Adios, brother...may sweet music accompany thee...
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)their music is part of the "sound track" of my life.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)I'd be the first one to make the case that rock and roll came from R&B and jazz and a whole lot of black folks' music, but these guys really were in the pioneering years of that fine music crossing over and branching into something new. Cross easy, man.
longship
(40,416 posts)Great video.
All I Want to Do is Dream and Cathy's Clown.
JenniferJuniper
(4,496 posts)RIP, Baby Boy Phil.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)They were so much a part of my teen years...and we loved to slow dance to this song...
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)I memorized when I was 5 in '59. Part of my childhood goes with him.
Rest in peace sweet spirit....
longship
(40,416 posts)Amazing video.
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Chef Eric
(1,024 posts)It was at the Valley Forge Music Fair. They had Albert Lee on guitar, and Dion was the opening act. What a great show.
I suspect Lennon and McCartney learned quite a bit by listening to the Everly Brothers harmonize.
niyad
(112,435 posts)DearAbby
(12,461 posts)Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)The harmony is just beautiful
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)from a 1984 reunion performance, "Devoted To You"
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)I loved their harmonies.
longship
(40,416 posts)Not yelling.
I love the Everly Bros. They were always classy.
Pass easy, Phil.
passiveporcupine
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it's just too much noise and not much real singing talent. I loved Freddie Mercury because he still sang.
I remember as a kid the Everly brothers were popular and I went to a week of summer church camp at the beach (Oregon) and we had a set of twins on our bus that were named Emory and Ellory, and every time I thought of them I thought of the Everly brothers. They were a cute set of twins too.
Times change...music changes. There are some things I wish would stick around longer.
RIP Phil. You and Don had beautiful voices and your harmony was delightful.
I was a Gene Pitney fan too.
The sad thing about Phil's death is that we are still fighting the war against cigarettes and now we (Phillip Morris) are killing more people overseas with tobacco than at home...we will never learn.
My ex passed last year, at 65, because of cigarette smoking most of his life. I wish I could have gotten him to stop.
RIP Phil...you gave us a lot of wonderful memories and music.
longship
(40,416 posts)And Cathy's Clown!
And more. Explore!
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)No? Really? I'm quite surprised.
I did love their songs.
Tikki
(14,539 posts)Lying down across the back seat of my Mom's Impala listening to the Everly Brothers sing this song
through the speakers at the drive-in restaurant.
Tikki
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)The winter's flaking snow is brushin' through the pinewood trees
I stuff my hands down deep inside my coat
I think of years ago and half remembered Christmas trees
And faces that still warm me with their glow
The cold and empty evening hangs around me like a ghost
I listen to my footsteps in the snow
The sound of one man walking through the snow can break your heart
And stopping doesn't help, so on I'll go
And Christmas eve can kill you
When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere
The icy air I'm breathin's all that keeps me on my feet
I feel like I've been walking all my life
A car goes runnin' by; the man don't even turn his head
Guess he's busy bein' Santa Claus tonight
The saddest part of all is knowin' if I switched with him
I'd leave him stumbling ragged by the road
I'd ride that highway to arms of my sweet family
And forget about the stranger in the cold
And Christmas eve can kill you
When you're tryin' to hitch a ride to anywhere
And as I walk I'm singing to myself 'O Silent Night'
Hopin' I can save those other souls
Oh, God forgive the man that drives right by the other man
Take pity on the stranger in the cold
Cause Christmas eve can kill you
When you're tryin' to hitch a ride to anywhere
----
R. I. P.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)in '96 or '97. Shared that night w/ the love of my life who loved the Everly Brothers. I feel old tonight.
whathehell
(28,969 posts)still beautiful voices singing "Wake up little Susie"...Damn, that was a night!
classof56
(5,376 posts)She said it was so she could serenade her baby with "Wake Up Little Susie". That was in the late 50s. My sister left me far too soon, but that song never fails to bring back some awfully special memories.
Loved the Everly Brothers back in the day. Rest in peace, Phil. Your legacy will live on.
Peace.
whathehell
(28,969 posts)We're probably close in age..I was in grade school in the late fifties but my older sister watched American Bandstand
everyday, and I saw and heard them all the time.
I'm sorry your sister is no longer with you, but it's great that you have those warm special memories.
classof56
(5,376 posts)whathehell
(28,969 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Was when they did a concert with Nanci Griffith in Colorado back in '88; "From a Distance" and at least one of the other songs they played is still available on YT last I checked.
R.I.P. Phil.....you will be missed.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Not one of their own songs but a fine performance here with Chet Atkins and Mark Knopler in 1986 :
RIP.
aristocles
(594 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)I was an Everly Brothers fan. All their songs are running through my head now. R.I.P. Phil.
aristocles
(594 posts)They were hugely influential...The Beatles...Bod Dylan...Keith Richards...Brian Wilson.
I'm sad to hear of Phil's death, but happy about the many memories.
Everly Brothers are in heavy rotation on my vinyl machine today.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)the nervous sweat of a first slow dance, the fennels and pecans of a farmer's dove field. And I still see the setting sun as a new beginning.
aristocles
(594 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)but the Everly Brothers were one of my favorite groups in the '50s and '60s. I have a CD of their songs. In fact, I am the same age as Phil Everly.
This is my favorite of their songs.