The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers’ “Hey Doll Baby” Compilation Album Marks Final Contribution From Last Living Brother Don Everly
curated by Adria Petty, daughter of Tom Petty
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 430 to 421
distressed tale of a teenage couple falling asleep at a drive-in
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 220 – 211
a love song for the ages
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 280 to 271
it’s a higher level of humiliation when the entire world knows you’re the abused puppet
Country Music History – Essential Recordings of 1958, Part I
Entries from George Jones, Ray Price, and Johnny Cash
10 Songs: Saturday, May 9th, 2015
Ebony Eyes – The Everly Brothers – On Flight 1203, his fiancee takes a plane but never quite makes it, the spoken word portion is so painful it chokes you back, especially as he watches the ebony eyes of ebony skies until there is nothing left to see but a plane never going to arrive – B+
The A+ List: 1-30-14
Walk Right Back – The Everly Brothers – Love them close harmonies, you can hear what Lennon and McCartney were listening to, and the background lick is very good -it moves right along, the lyric is sticky but the chorus, really the last four lines of the verse, is elastoplast.
10 Songs: What rock nyc Is Listening To 1-9-14
Wow, this has aged well… actually this has improved, The Steve Stills sample is superb and PE’s target, the corrupt and corrupting world of basketball (Biggie connected it to selling crack some 20 years ago) is a dangerous target… great movie as well – A
10 Songs: What rock nyc Is Listening To 1-6-13
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Aretha Franklin – I saw Franklin perform this the day after Whitney Houston died, February 17th, 2012 at Radio City Music Hall and it was superior to this take but not by much. Both are Gospel, but the pain that night is something only real grieving can match – A
An Everly Brother, Phil, Gone At 74
All their Cadence material is a must but more than that, so many songs: “Cathy’s Clown”, “Till I Kissed You”, “Wake Up Little Suzy”… on and on, they are the lexicon of rock love songs.
The Saddest Songs Ever!!!
let’s say, you are one of the lucky ones, well, it doesn’t matter because if you have nothing to be sad about, devastated about, your brain won’t let you rest. You’ll make one up. Yes, and if it gets really really bad and it can, it will, it does, it can leave you an emotional and physical wreck, insane with grief, you can die, you can be alone, you can kill yourself. Life doesn’t care.
Sneak Peaks: New Album Releases Week of 11-25-13
I have heard good things about their reworkings of the Everly Brothers songs on the epic Songs Our Daddy Taught Us. Me? I don’t see how on earth the Joe and Jones album can’t suck. So I gave it to 1D
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-25-13
Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet – The Everly Brothers – From Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, this is a strange and beautiful close harmony duet about romantic fealty – A
The 159 Greatest Songs of the 1950s
Reflecting the diversity of the era, there are entries by Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Muddy Waters, and Hank Williams. Elvis Presley deservedly owned the era commercially and artistically, but one Charles Edward Anderson Berry could play a guitar just like a ringing the bell.