LOS ANGELES — “There is no more beautiful sound than the voices of siblings swirled together in high harmony, and when Phil and Don Everly combined their voices with songs about yearning, angst and loss, it changed the world.
“Phil Everly, the youngest of the Everly Brothers who took the high notes, died Friday from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.
“He left a towering legacy that still inspires half a century after The Everly Brothers’ first hit.
“You could argue that while Elvis Presley was the king of rock ‘n’ roll, Phil and Don Everly were its troubled princes. They sang dark songs hidden behind deceptively pleasing harmonies and were perfect interpreters of the twitchy hearts of millions of baby boomer teens coming of age in the 1950s and ’60s looking to express themselves beyond the simple platitudes of the pop music of the day.”
Click here to read the entire article at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
Phil Everly’s IMDb Bio – note the slight error, IMDb lists the date of death as 2013.
The Everly Brothers top selling single:
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