The Everly Brothers
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Year:
1986
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Inducted by:
Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield)
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Category:
Performers
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Don Everly -
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Phil Everly
Introduction
The Everly Brothers reign supreme among music’s great vocal partnerships.
Their blend of folk, bluegrass and country music sung in close harmony was enormously influential on such acts as Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles.
Don Everly performs "Bye Bye Love"
at the 2014 Music Masters Tribute to The Everly Brothers-
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Don Everly performs "Bye Bye Love"00:02:51
Hall of Fame Essay
1986
In The Everly Brothers’ Rock and Roll Odyssey, a video documentary made around the time of the duo’s London reunion concert in 1983 — ten years after their breakup on a Southern California stage — Don and Phil narrate their own story.
They still seem a little in awe of their vocal talent, looking upon it as a sort of genetic gift. The modesty lends them an ingenuous quality that belies their years.
The sons of a traveling country-and-western team, Ike and Margaret Everly, the brothers first performed with their family on the road and on the radio. Then, as angelic-looking teenagers, they transformed the sounds of their Kentucky country roots into a bittersweet form of rock and roll.
We used to listen to the records over and over
