Fact #38708

Raised as country singers by their radio star father, Don and Phil Everly sang as hard as any rock'n'roller, but did it with the immaculate harmony that seems possible only for siblings. The combination gave their hits not just power but a yearning intimacy that remains unmatched. In the fifties, only The Everlys sounded like The Everlys. By the sixties, the influence of their unique vocal cadences was evident in The Beatles, The Byrds, and Simon And Garfunkel. Even in the nineties, bands as diverse as Teenage Fanclub and The Jayhawks were clearly sipping from The Everlys' pool of vocal harmony.