# Don Everly dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death, music\ **Created:** [August 22, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309 "2021-08-22T13:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/1 "2021-08-22T13:11:37Z")
Don Everly, one half of the rock’n’roll duo the Everly Brothers, has died at his home in Nashville at the age of 84. His younger brother Phil had died in 2014. The duo, who had 15 US top 10 hits between 1957 and 1962, were described as “the most important vocal duo in rock” by Rolling Stone magazine. The Everly Brothers were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its first year, 1986, alongside the likes of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard, and went on to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Grammys in 1997. By my reckoning, only Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins are left from the pioneers of Rock and Roll. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/2 "2021-08-22T13:26:00Z")
☹ Bye Bye Love … ☹ ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/3 "2021-08-22T13:35:27Z")
Farewell, Don. At the age of 5, “Wake Up Little Susie” was, I think, the first 45 rpm record I asked my Mom to buy for me. I still have that 64 year-old record and many others by Don and Phil, all scuffed and scratched and well-played. ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/4 "2021-08-22T15:13:05Z")
One of my first music memories is hearing Bye,Bye,Love. It obviously had a profound influence since it’s stuck with me all these years. In 1986 I was fortunate to see The Everly Brothers perform with a crack band featuring the great Pete Wingfield on keyboards. They had recently released the ‘Born Yesterday’ LP. Besides their own music, the Everly’s also appeared on recordings by many other artists, including Paul Simon’s Graceland. They were a huge influence to so many. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/5 "2021-08-22T15:26:03Z")
> [@K364](#): > > By my reckoning, only Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins are left from the pioneers of Rock and Roll. Sorry to disappoint you, but [Carl Perkins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Perkins) died in 1998. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/6 "2021-08-22T15:34:31Z")
D’oh. Not sure how I came up with that. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/7 "2021-08-22T17:57:18Z")
2 in the same week. Tom T Hall and Don Everly. Simon & Garfunkel, The Stones and remaining Beatles must be getting nervous. I listen to the Everly Brothers regularly. Love their music. Their dad Ike was a famous guitarist. Played similar to Chet Atkins. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/8 "2021-08-22T20:23:07Z")
20 Everly Brothers songs are on my random playlist, and always will be. I’m as much a fan of their music now as I was in 1960. RIP, Don. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/9 "2021-08-22T21:18:11Z")
Flashback: Performing “Crying In the Rain” on Ed Sullivan while wearing their Marine uniforms. It was a near-perfect performance. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/10 "2021-08-22T21:22:58Z")
I remember well the time that my grandpa’s friend Tom let me, 14 years old and without even a learner’s permit, drive his Mercedes all over Boca Raton - with him riding next to me, mind you - and the Everly Brothers blasting the whole time, from the stereo (whose CD player was located in the trunk, this being a mid-90s vehicle.) So despite being 35, the Everly Brothers wound up being the soundtrack to at least one of my youthful escapades. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/11 "2021-08-23T00:56:20Z")
As a teen, I was fascinated by their harmonies. It’s always been a frustration for me not to really understand how that’s done, even though I can sing fairly well. So long, Birddog. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/12 "2021-08-24T16:45:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > 2 in the same week. Tom T Hall and Don Everly. Simon & Garfunkel, The Stones and remaining Beatles must be getting nervous. [Dammit!](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58316842) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/13 "2021-08-30T08:03:32Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > 20 Everly Brothers songs are on my random playlist, and always will be. I’m as much a fan of their music now as I was in 1960. RIP, Don. Which 20? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/14 "2021-08-30T08:08:18Z")
These are the ones I have — Oh, Lonesome Me Bye Bye Love Wake Up Little Susie All I Have to Do is Dream Devoted to You When will I be Loved Roving Gambler Lightning Express That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Oh, So Many Years Kentucky Ebony Eyes ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309/15 "2021-08-30T09:19:11Z")
My condolences to his family and friends. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Their dad Ike was a famous guitarist. Played similar to Chet Atkins. Yeah, Merle Travis gets all the credit for alternating-bass style, but Ike Everly was nine years older and an important early practitioner of the style. Not long ago, there was practically no information about him online, and now you can watch him playing in videos. > [@Chefguy](#): > > It’s always been a frustration for me not to really understand how that’s done, even though I can sing fairly well. Same here. I’ve read that Lennon and McCartney were influenced by those harmonies. I think I can hear it in the early Beatles but, like you, I’m not sure how it’s done. Sometimes I can clearly hear what one of the voices is doing for a few seconds, so it seems like it wouldn’t be hard to figure out.