EVERLY BROTHERS (another Edgar script!) _ ASX, Please Open Full
Classy
Thanks for posting this Michael!!! It is great seeing it again <s>
It is streaming great here!
Blessings, joan (Classy)
p.s. Is this your one for the road <s>?
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Cheryl
Michael,
I've decided you can't leave.
You need to stay and post more of these asf masterpieces. I've just read
thru and listened to the whole collage, and have learned a great deal about
some peple I thought I knew!
Matter of fact, I don't think I'd ever even heard of 'I wonder if I care as
much' although I really like it.
Michael, is the ASX shortcut just kind of like a batch file that tells the
ASFs to play?
This was super.
Cheryl
Uncle Debi
I'm enjoying this thoroughly! Thought I wasn't going to get to hear Bye Bye
Love but then there it was! Finally noticed the playlist and I'm sticking
with it. Thanks for sharing, Michael!
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The Everly Brothers
Don & Phil Everly - amongst the most influential of popular music performers
of the last fifty years - were not, in fact, the first "Everly Brothers".
Their father, Ike Everly, decided early in life to be a musician. Ike, with
his brothers Charlie and Leonard, had the most popular group in Kentucky's
Muhlenberg county. Ike's guitar playing was influenced by Merle Travis, Sam
McGee and other country music artists earlier in the century. It seems that
the brothers had composed an instrumental combining bluegrass and ragtime
called "That's The Mood I'm In." Due to their lack of knowledge of the
business side of music, they didn't bother taking out copyright on it: later
it was altered a bit and became a hit for Glen Miller as "In The Mood",
under another writer's name. The brothers played everywhere and eventually
ended up in Chicago for four years before they broke up. Ike and, to a
lesser extent, his wife Margaret, then became well-known in the South and
the Midwest as folk and country music performers. From Chicago the Everly
family moved to Iowa for seven years.
Isaac Donald Everly was born in Brownie, Kentucky in 1937 and his brother
Philip was born in Chicago two years later. The boys began singing with
their parents at ages eight and six respectively, a practice that they
continued through high school.
By 1945 they had moved to Shenandoah where Ike was appearing three times a
day on a local radio station and, eventually, Margaret and the boys joined
him. By 1950 The Everly Family Show was the most popular in the region,
before they moved from Shenandoah to Evansville, Indiana. As the demand for
live radio performers declined they took to the road once again travelling
from town to town singing at county fairs, political meetings and revivals.
Finally they settled in Knoxville where they appeared on radio from 1953 to
1955. Ike knew Chet Atkins, who was becoming a success in Nashville as a
session guitarist and recording star for RCA Victor. When he was introduced
to Phil and Don, Chet Atkins liked what he saw and, through his contacts,
Atkins got the brothers a six month contract with Columbia Records.
They only had one recording session with Columbia (in November, 1955). Four
songs were recorded, but only "The Sun Keeps Shining" b\w "Keep A' Lovin'
Me" were released. There was really nothing there to set it apart from other
singers from Appalachia. Only the vocals showed any promise. The little
airplay that the records received was from DJs that knew the family.
Lack of success was nothing new to the Everlys. Don was asked to be a
songwriter with Hill and Range, a major Nashville Publishing house. They
continued to sing. Don switched to Acuff-Rose publishing. Here he wrote
"Thou Shalt Not Steal" for Kitty Wells. His first royalty check was for $600
Wesley Rose was aware that Archie Bleyer was looking for country talent and
signed Phil and Don to Bleyer's Cadence Label in 1957. Their first Cadence
session was in March, 1957 and overseen by old family friend Chet Atkins.
The first song that they recorded was "Bye Bye Love", written by Felice and
Boudleaux Bryant, a middle-aged husband and wife songwriting. The song had
already been rejected by thirty other acts,but the brothers and their
musical mentor, Chet Atkins had something new to add. The new Everlys sound
kept the high, keening harmonies, but backed them with robust acoustic
guitars and a rock 'n' roll beat that owed something to Bo Diddley.
At the time country music was in a bit of decline as rock-and-roll music,
led by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and others was becoming
increasingly popular. The Everly Brothers' recording of "Bye Bye Love"
rejuvenated the music business in Nashville, and it established Don and Phil
Everly as legendary performers.
Cadence label suddenly had their first big hit with "Bye Bye Love," which
reached number one on the country charts and crossed over to reach number
two on the pop charts. For many acts the second release is more important
then the first million-seller. Their next song "Wake Up Little Susie" was
also a success. From 1957 to 1959, they had six top ten songs on the country
charts and seven top ten's on the pop charts. Many of these recordings were
written by the Bryants, whose country-flavoured compositions helped to add a
new dimension to rock-and-roll. Three of their songs recorded by the Everly
Brothers reached number one on the pop charts: "Wake Up Little Susie," "All
I Have To Do Is Dream," and "Bird Dog".
Amongst their close friends were Buddy Holly and The Crickets (whose Sonny
Curtis wrote "Walk Right Back" for them). Whilst Buddy presented Don & Phil
with three songs that he wrote for them - "Not Fade Away", "Wishing" and
"Love's Made a Fool of You" - they gave him, late in '58, a Boudleaux &
Felice Bryant song that they'd rejected, "Raining in my Heart", that he
recorded during his last formal recording session. Roy Orbison wrote
"Claudette" for them (flip-side of "All I Have To Do Is Dream"), named after
his wife, and this encounter with the brothers provided the spark that
turned his career around (and earned him some money - Orbison collected a
little over one cent per record on the million-plus sale of "Dream", as well
as airplay royalties on "Claudette"!).
The Everly Brothers left Cadence in 1960 over a royalty dispute and signed
with Warner Brothers for a million-dollar, ten-year contract. Although this
meant that they lost their production team and the Bryants' songwriting,
everything went well at first. Their first recording (and the first ever
"hit" for the new Warner Brothers label) was Don Everly's "Cathy's Clown",
which went to Number 1 and was their biggest-selling single. Shortly after,
"When Will I Be Loved" (written by Phil), "Walk Right Back", and "Ebony
Eyes" all did well.
Their career began to slow down in 1962 after a six-month stint in the
Marines. That November while in Britain rehearsing for a tour Don collapsed
on stage and Phil had to finish the tour alone. By the time of the 1964
onslaught of the British Invasion - led by the Beatles - their career had
pretty much run their course. It was reported that, somewhat petulantly,
they turned down a song written for them by two of their most devoted fans -
John Lennon and Paul McCartney - and so The Beatles recorded it
themselves... "Please, Please Me" becoming the British group's second
worldwide big-seller!
Disagreements throughout the late '60s and early '70s climaxed in 1973,
midway through a concert at Knotts Berry Farm, near Hollywood. Phil smashed
his guitar and stormed off-stage, and Don announced that The Everly Brothers
had split.
During the following ten years, the only time that they met was in October
'75, at the funeral of their father, Ike, but - in September of 1983 - the
Everly Brothers made peace with each other and reunited as a singing duo.
Their famed Reunion Concert took place at London's Royal Albert Hall, the
venue for their 1973 concert during which there was a standing ovation when
they were joined on stage by their father - just two years before his death
from lung cancer (a legacy of his years underground as a Kentucky
coalminer). I was present at both the 1973 and the 1983 concerts.
The two Reunion Concerts were a great success, and resulted in them
recording more albums together in the 80's that made it to the best seller
charts. This time they accepted the offer when Paul McCartney presented Don
& Phil with a new song especially created for them, "On The Wings Of A
Nightingale". During their years apart, each of the brothers built a solo
career, though with only moderate success. One of Phil's greatest recordings
(with Duane Eddy the producer) was the original version of "The Air That I
Breathe". Going against Eddy's advice, Phil did not release it as a single
but, meanwhile, another group of long-time fans - The Hollies - acquired one
of the first copies of his "Star Spangled Banner" album and, after repeated
playings, faithfully duplicated Phil's version of the song, creating for
themselves their biggest-ever worldwide hit.
In January 1986 the Everly Brothers received their award as one of the
inaugural inductees into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, together with Elvis
Presley, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Ray Charles,
James Browne, Sam Cooke and Jerry Lee Lewis and, later that year, had a star
dedicated to them on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That year also saw a
monument unveiled to the brothers in Shenandoah, Iowa, on July 5th - "Everly
Day" - when they also received the keys to the city, and saw Freemont Street
renamed Everly Brothers Avenue. It is in Kentucky, though, in Central City,
Muhlenburg County, where - in August 1988 - there took place the first
Everly Brothers Homecoming Day, which has since developed into an annual
three-day event, attracting large crowds from all over the world, and
organised by the Everly Brothers Foundation and over 600 local volunteers.
The Homecoming has raised sufficient funds to finance large numbers of high
school scholarships, to build a community college on 80 acres of land, a
museum of country music, a theatre and theme park.
In '88 Phil Everly received a BMI award in recognition of 2 million airplays
of "When Will I Be Loved", and in 1990 Don received an award from BMI in
recognition of "Cathy's Clown" being the most-played country song of the
year (courtesy of Reba McEntire's re-recording of their huge hit of 30 years
earlier). In 1997 Don and Phil were awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement
award, and they continue touring to this day, with fans - old and new -
inevitably demanding their performance of as many as possible of the
hundreds of recordings they have made during their amazing
"almost-half-century-long" career. In their private lives, though, they have
not been so successful, with Don now in his fourth marriage, and Phil in his
third, but with several children between them. In 1990, Don's daughter Erin
was married briefly to Axl Rose of the rock group Guns N' Roses. One of
Phil's sons, Jason, has had some success with his own singing career.
The list of artists who began their careers trying to copy the Everly's
harmonies is "never-ending", but includes the Beatles, the Hollies, the
Searchers, Gram Parsons, the Byrds, the Mamas and Papas, the Eagles, Simon
and Garfunkel (who, by way of tribute, included "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up
Little Susie" in their act for many years), Barbara Dickson, Kris
Kristofferson, Mark Knopfler and John Sebastian (of the Lovin' Spoonful).
Chuck Berry has declared "I don't think Elvis Presley was as good as the
Everly Brothers, and I don't think the Beatles were either". Following a
tour of the UK in 1997, Don and Phil went into the studio for what might be
the last time together; Andrew Lloyd Webber had written a new song - "Cold",
in his new show "Whistle Down The Wind" - specifically for his long-time
heroes.
Much of this material came from
http://home.earthlink.net/~dpeneny/everlybros.htm, and some other details
from Roger White's book "Walk Right back".
The ASF Playlist, herewith, features:
1. 1952 introduction by the Everly Family from their radio show, from a tape
made in their home town of Brownie,Kentucky (once a small mining village,
but now reduced to smokestacks).
2. The Everly Brothers' first huge hit - "Bye Bye Love" (1957), written by
Felice & Boudleaux Bryant.
3. Their huge hit from 1960 - "Cathy's Clown", written by Don Everly.
4. "I Wonder If I Care As Much", written by Don Everly: a re-recording and
re-arrangement of this 1957 flipside of "Bye Bye Love", created for the
superb "Roots" album (released early 1969).
5. Phil Everly's definitive, original recording of Albert Hammond's "The Air
That I Breathe" (1973)
6. Montage (from the "Roots" album): The Everly Family (1952); "Shady Grove"
(recorded 1968); "Kentucky" - this ode (written by Carl Smith) to the Everly
Brothers' home state, was one of the most captivating performances on the
"Songs Our Daddy Taught Us" (1959) collection of favourite folk songs from
their childhood, and was re-recorded for "Roots".
Jan Marie
listening to them. I know I still have their albums (darn, that really ages
me!) just no player to play them on! Thank you so much for this great post.
I never knew about their lives or backgrounds, so this was all new to me.
Thank you again for this trip down memory lane!
Jan Marie
Tudy
Really enjoyed that Michael. Havent heard Bye bye love in a long time. Its one of my favorites. I do believe my Mom still has all these albums.
Tudy
m a m s e l l e
wonderful, michael!
so much to see and hear :)
thanks!
have a wonderful trip
mamselle
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Uncle Debi
True, I was just a babe when Bye Bye Love was released, but have always
loved it.
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"Michael E. Matthews" <matt...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> You're very welcome, Debi. I hope that you enjoy this brief selection -
even
> though it was all before your time!
> Best wishes,
> Michael
>
> "Uncle Debi" <de...@wnm.net> wrote in message
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Jack Dowell
My all-time favorite group!
Had never heard the complete story of their background.
Thanks for sharing this, Michael.
Have a good trip and hope to see you soon.
Jack
Michael E. Matthews
Definitely "one for the road", Joan!
Byeeee!
Michael
"Classy" <JOY...@VA.PRESTIGE.NET> wrote in message
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> Thanks for posting this Michael!!! It is great seeing it again <s>
> It is streaming great here!
> Blessings, joan (Classy)
> p.s. Is this your one for the road <s>?
>
>
Michael E. Matthews
Many thanks, Cheryl... you're very kind. There are two versions of "I Wonder
if..." - the old (on 78 rpm - B side of "Bye Bye Love" - and Cadence albums)
and the "new" (Roots album & CD).
The asx is a batch of asf files in a Playlist. I would suggest you visit
Mamselle's site athttp://members.home.net/mamselle/asx.html
and check out information from Uncle Gus at
http://www.webdev.net/wabi/asxasfplaylists.htm and from Joan (Classy) at
http://www.joypals.com/
Best wishes,
Michael
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> Michael,
> I've decided you can't leave.
> You need to stay and post more of these asf masterpieces. I've just read
> thru and listened to the whole collage, and have learned a great deal
about
> some peple I thought I knew!
> Matter of fact, I don't think I'd ever even heard of 'I wonder if I care
as
> much' although I really like it.
>
> Michael, is the ASX shortcut just kind of like a batch file that tells the
> ASFs to play?
>
> This was super.
> Cheryl
Michael E. Matthews
You're very welcome, Debi. I hope that you enjoy this brief selection - even
though it was all before your time!
Best wishes,
Michael
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Pola
Again, a wonderful job on this one, Michael
Pola
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Thank you very much, Pola. I hope that the asf files streamed well for you.
Michael
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Thank you, Tudy. Your mother - who, surely, must have been a child bride! -
has very good taste in music. <VBG>
Best wishes,
Michael
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Thank you very much indeed, Mamselle. Enjoy the music.
Very best wishes,
Michael
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Snowy
fantastic post Michael! I enjoyed all the songs...and read the whole
history ....it was very interesting
Snowy
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Michael E. Matthews
Thank you very much indeed, Snowy... I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Michael
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Michaela
Fantastic post. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.
M
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I'm very pleased to hear that, Michaela: thank you.
Best wishes,
Michael
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Many thanks, Jack: I'm pleased that you found it of interest!
Best wishes,
Michael
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DebH
"The Everly Brothers story"Wonderful, Michael! What a varied and
diversified career these gentlemen have had! Brava!
DebH
Michael E. Matthews
Many thanks for responding, Deb. Yes, they've had a long career but they're
still going strong. I don't remember whereabouts in the US you live, but Don
Everly now owns the "Everly's Lake Malone Inn", adjacent to Lake Malone
State Park, close to Dunmor, Kentucky. Built in the 1970's by Indiana oil
tycoon Ray Ryan and influenced by the design of actor William Holden's home
in Africa, the inn - set in 200 acres of parkland - was intended to be an
exclusive getaway for Holden and his Hollywood pals. Following Don Everly's
acquisition of the inn in 1997, it has been transformed it to it's "former
glory" and reflects his own history as well. Don has moved a significant
amount of memorabilia to the inn to chronicle the long and illustrious
career of the Everly Brothers.
Best wishes,
Michael
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