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Phil was born in Chicago in 1939 to Isaac Milford "Ike" Everly, Jr. (1908–1975), a guitar player, and Margaret Embry Everly (1919–2021). He was of German , English and Cherokee descent. The Everly family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee , in 1953, where the brothers attended West High School .
The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly, the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country, and pop, [1] becoming pioneers of country rock. [2] [3] Don and Phil Everly were raised in a musical family.
Isaac Donald Everly (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021) was an American musician. Everly was one-half of the singing duo The Everly Brothers alongside his younger brother Phil . Early life
Don Everly, who with his late younger sibling Phil established the template for close harmony vocalizing in the chart-topping duo the Everly Brothers, died Saturday at age 84 in Nashville. No ...
Rest in peace, Don Everly. The musician, who was the last surviving member of the Everly Brothers, died at his home in Nashville on Saturday, according to multiple reports. He was 84.
The Everly Brothers − who lived briefly in Knoxville − were "incredibly influential" on him and other musicians, the 81-year-old Nash said.
After producer Archie Bleyer played Hodges Phil Everly's demo of "Made to Love", Hodges was eager to record it as the Everly Brothers were then his favourite artists. He recorded it in New York City; however, Bleyer did not like how it sounded, so they went to Nashville to record at Bradley Studio B (also known as the Quonset hut studio). [1]
Bleyer was also the step father-in-law of Phil Everly. (In 1963, Everly married Jacqueline Alice Ertel, daughter of Bleyer's wife, Janet. They divorced in 1970.) [10] Don Shirley appeared on the label in 1955 with "Tonal Expressions". It became a Top 15 album in the spring of that year, reportedly selling more than 20,000 copies, a respectable ...