Inductees M ) Nominees
INDUCTEES M ) NOMINEES EVERLY BROTHERS Bom Don Everty February let, 1937 Brownie, Kentucky Bom Phil Everiy January 19th, 1939 Brownie, Kentucky In The Everiy Brothers’ Rock and Roll Odyssey, a marked the beginning of a string of hits between video documentary made around the time of the 1957 and 1962 on Cadence and, later, Warner duo’s London reunion concert in 1983 — ten years af Bros., including “Wake Up, little Susie,” “AD I Have ter their breakup on a Southern California stage — to Do Is Dream,” “Bird Dog,” “When Will I Be Don and Phil narrate their own story. They still seem Loved” and their sill-time best seQer, “Cathy’s Clown.” a little in awe of their vocal talent, looking upon it as a Their songs offered a beguiling vision of adolescent sort of genetic gift. The modesty lends them an ingen romance, in which precociousness inched out inno uous quality that belies their years. The sons of a trav cence. eling country-and-western team, Ike and Margaret Even after the hits stopped, the Evertys’ influence Everty, the brothers first performed with their family continued to grow. Performers from the Beatles to on the road and on the radio. Then, as angelic-look Simon & Garfunkel and Linda Ronstadt imitated and ing teenagers, they transformed the sounds of their covered their material. Even the Rolling Stones owed Kentucky country roots into a bittersweet form of a debt to them: on their first tour of Great Britain, the rock ami roll. Stones opened for the Everlys. And the Everlys’ Their first hit, “Bye Bye Love,” penned by hus- voices, as well as their influence, endured.
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