Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers was born 76 years old today. - TopicsExpress



          

Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers was born 76 years old today. Everly died last year. With brother Don Everly, the duo is known as the Everly Brothers — country-influenced rock and roll performers — known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. Don and Phil Everly both played guitar and used vocal harmony mostly based on parallel thirds. With this, each line can often stand on its own as a melody line. This was in contrast to classic harmony lines which, while working well alongside the melody, were not as melodic by themselves. For most of their recordings, Don sang the baritone part and Phil the tenor part. One exception was on Devoted To You. Although Don was low and Phil was high, they switched lead and harmony back and forth. Don almost always performed lines that were sung solo (for example, the verses of Bye Bye Love). Among the exceptions to this rule was the Everlys 1965 single Its All Over, where Phil sang the songs solo lines. In the late 1950s, the Everly Brothers were the rock n roll youth movements addition to close harmony vocal groups of which many were family bands. Among the Everlys famous counterparts in country music were The Delmore Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, Jim & Jesse (McReynolds) and The Osborne Brothers. The duos harmony singing had a strong influence on rock groups of the 1960s. The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Simon & Garfunkel developed their early singing styles by performing Everly covers. Their father was musician, Ike Everly. The Everly Brothers had 35 Billboard Top 100 singles — 26 in the top 40. They hold the record for the most Top 100 singles by any duo, and trail only Hall & Oates for the most Top 40 singles by a duo. Phil Everly died on January 3, 2014. The cause of his death was complications attributed to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (a combination of emphysema and bronchitis), brought on by a lifetime of smoking. Don is now 78. Here, the Everly Brothers perform their first hit, “Bye Bye Love” in 1985.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:11:09 +0000

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