The Everly Brothers, (Don Everly, born Isaac Donald Everly February 1,
1937, Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Phil Everly, born Phillip
Everly, January 19, 1939, Chicago, Illinois) are male siblings who were
top-selling country-influenced rock and roll performers, best known for
their steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. Their
greatest period of chart success came between 1957 and 1964.
Style The brothers were both competent guitarists, and used a simple style
of harmony mostly based on parallel thirds. With this approach, each line
can often stand on its own as a plausible melody line. This is in contrast
to classic harmony lines which, while working well alongside the melody,
would sound strange if heard by themselves. One of the best examples of
their close-harmony work is their recording of "Devoted to You".
The duo's approach to
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