Everly Brothers - The Songs Of The Everly Brothers (LP, Compilation)

Description

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 (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014), the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country, and pop, becoming pioneers of country rock.The duo was raised in a musical family, first appearing on radio singing along with their father Ike Everly and mother Margaret Everly as "The Everly Family" in the 1940s. When the brothers were still in high school, they gained the attention of prominent Nashville musicians like Chet Atkins, who began to promote them for national attention. They began writing and recording their own music in 1956, and their first hit song came in 1957, with "Bye Bye Love", written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. The song hit No. 1 in the spring of 1957, and additional hits would follow through 1958, many of them written by the Bryants, including "Wake Up Little Susie", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", and "Problems". In 1960, they signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records and recorded "Cathy's Clown", written by the brothers themselves, which was their biggest selling single. The brothers enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1961, and their output dropped off, though additional hit singles continued through 1962, with "That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)" being their last top-10 hit. Long-simmering disputes with Wesley Rose, the CEO of Acuff-Rose Music, which managed the group, and a growing drug usage in the 1960s, as well as changing tastes in popular music, led to the group's decline in popularity in its native U.S., though the brothers continued to release hit singles in the U.K. and Canada and had many highly successful tours throughout the 1960s. In the early 1970s, the brothers began releasing solo recordings, and in 1973 they officially broke up. Starting in 1983, the brothers got back together and continued to perform periodically until Phil's death in 2014. Don died seven years later. The group was highly influential with the music of the generation that followed it. Many of the top acts of the 1960s were heavily influenced by the close-harmony singing and acoustic guitar playing of the Everly Brothers, including the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Bee Gees, and Simon & Garfunkel. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked the Everly Brothers No. 1 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class of 1986, and into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Don was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019, earning the organization's first Iconic Riff Award for his distinctive rhythm guitar intro to the Everlys' massive 1957 hit "Wake Up Little Susie".

Release Info

Artist: Everly Brothers
Label: Sundazed Music
Format: LP, Compilation
Country: US
Label: Sundazed Music
Released: 2016-01-15
Genre: Pop
Style: Vocal

Tracklist

A1 Life Ain't Worth Living
A2 Give Me A Future
A3 That's Too Good To Be True
A4 Should We Tell Him
A5 How Did We Stay Together
A6 Maybe Tomorrow
A7 I Didn't Mean To Go This Far
A8 I Wonder If I Care As Much
A9 I'll Throw Myself At You
B1 It's Too Late To Say Goodbye
B2 All I Ask Of Life
B3 Kiss Me Once
B4 Made To Love
B5 Dancing On My Feet
B6 Since You Broke My Heart
B7 When Will I Be Loved
B8 Do You Love Me
B9 Will I Ever Have A Chance Again
C1 Give Me A Future
C2 Maybe Tomorrow
C3 How Did We Stay Together
C4 You're The One
C5 Who's To Be The One
C6 Don't Call Me, I'll Call You
C7 I'm Gonna Make Real Sure
C8 Her Love Was Meant For Me
C9 Since You Broke My Heart
D1 I'll Bide My Time
D2 Turned Down
D3 Captain, Captain
D4 Oh, What A Feeling
D5 I'm Tired Of Singing
D6 Only Me
D7 You Can Fly
D8 Hello Amy
D9 It's All Over