Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Family and education [ ] Don was born in, in 1937, and Phil two years later in,. Their parents were Isaac Milford 'Ike' Everly, Jr. (1908–1975), a guitar player, and Margaret Embry Everly.

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Actor (born Jules Guy), also from, was the son of Ike's sister. Margaret was 15 when she married Ike, who was 26. Ike worked in from age 14, but his father encouraged him to pursue his love of music. Ike and Margaret began singing together. The Everly brothers spent most of their childhood in. They attended Longfellow Elementary School in, for a year, but then moved to Shenandoah in 1944, where they remained through early high school.

Ike Everly had a show on and KFNF in Shenandoah in the mid-1940s, first with his wife and then with their sons. The brothers sang on the radio as 'Little Donnie and Baby Boy Phil.' The family sang as the Everly Family. Ike, with guitarists,, and, was honored in 1992 by the construction of the in.

The family moved to, in 1953, where the brothers attended West High School. In 1955, the family moved to, while the brothers moved to. Don had graduated from high school in 1955, and Phil attended in Nashville, from which he graduated in 1957. Both could now focus on recording. 1950s [ ] While in Knoxville, the brothers caught the attention of family friend, manager of studio in Nashville. The brothers became a duo and moved to Nashville. Ps2 Xploder Software. Despite affiliation with RCA, Atkins arranged for the Everly Brothers to record for in early 1956.

Their 'Keep a-Lovin' Me,' which Don wrote and composed, flopped, and they were dropped from the Columbia label. Atkins introduced them to, of music publishers. Rose told them he would get them a recording deal if they signed to Acuff-Rose as songwriters.

They duly signed in late 1956, and in 1957 Rose introduced them to, who was looking for artists for his. The Everlys signed and made a recording in February 1957. ' had been rejected by 30 other acts. Their record reached No. 2 on the charts, behind 's ',' and No. 1 on the country and No. 5 on the charts. The song, by, became the Everly Brothers's first million-seller. Working with the Bryants, they had hits in the United States and the United Kingdom, the biggest being ',' ',' ',' and '.' The Everlys, though they were largely interpretive artists, also succeeded as songwriters, especially with Don's ',' which hit No. 4 on the United States pop charts.