Definitive Pop: The Everly Brothers
Everly Brothers
Producer: Steve Woolard
Rhino Records (USA), 2006
2 CD
Catalogue #: 8122741092
EAN: 0081227410926
UPC: 081227410926
You save: 20%
The Everly Brothers: Don Everly, Phil Everly.
Recording information: 1957 - 1967.
This entry in Rhino Records' extra-value double CD best-of series showcases the Everly Brothers' talent and youthful energy, featuring a wide selection of their original hits, including "Bird Dog," "Wake Up, Little Susie," and "Crying in the Rain." The pair's late-1950s and early-'60s success, coming just before the advent of the British Invasion represented perhaps the last time rock & roll music could be seen as innocent, romantic, and devoid of the R&B-inspired eroticism first introduced by Elvis Presley and later by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
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Everly Brothers
These two brothers from Kentucky are the bridge between the assorted familial harmonizers of the country radio show era and the rock & roll of the '60s. Their sterling singing adapted well to the changing styles of four different decades. They were in on the first flush of the rock & roll era in the mid-'50s, and their mix of country, pop, and rock & roll provided some of the shining moments of the early '60s, a largely fallow time for pop music. In the late '60s/early '70s, their style was a natural fit for the burgeoning country-rock movement. After a mid-'70s breakup, the duo reunited in the '80s and continued performing together into the 21st century.
