There's a magic to those vocal harmonies that still tingles. I know the Everly Brothers were huge, especially in the UK where everyone from the Beatles on down loved them, but I wonder if we still fail to appreciate just how special they were, just because they were so popular.
Anyway....from the Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show, July 09, 1960, introduced by Dick Clark:
This is mid-career and about the height of their fame - just after they signed to Warner Brothers and had their biggest hit with Cathy's Clown.
My musical tastes at that age leaned towards Lily Pons and Beniamino Gigli (Elvis? Pffah!), but this was a neighbour's favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S13mP_pfEc&list=PLr_AQ4iI2CDohtGa-yfy3E1tCNIFgYo9p
Posted by: Hal | May 29, 2020 at 01:24 PM
They actually got better later in life. This is from 1985.
https://youtu.be/RDv8m2N-qdk
Posted by: Dom | May 29, 2020 at 02:21 PM
I like one of the comments to that clip - "The Constitution and The Everly Brothers - two of America's greatest contributions to human history."
Posted by: Mick H | May 29, 2020 at 02:52 PM
Listening to this song, I had to wonder if The Everly Bros really qualify as rock and roll. I think that a lot of rock and roll doesn't really qualify although it's such a broad term that I assume that I can easily be proven wrong.
Posted by: Recruiting Animal | May 29, 2020 at 09:08 PM
Here's Linda Ronstadt at the height of her career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYGK3GvgaII
This version, live from the mid-70s is rockier than the Everlys'.
Posted by: Recruiting Animal | May 29, 2020 at 09:13 PM