Do 'Cathy's Clown' and 'Wake Up Little Suzie' by the Everly Brothers. Speaking of having an impact on those that followed, the list of famous acts that credit the Everly Brothers for influencing them is long: the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Beach Boys, Neil Young, Paul Simon, etc.
Don and Phil Everly were a major influence on many many singers and groups in the U.S. and U. K. including Beatles and Rolling Stones. Don just past away within the last 2 weeks. They wrote music for themselves and others.
Let It Be Me is out-and-out gorgeous! The version by Jerry Butler and Betty Everett makes me weep. I’m a Baby Boomer and the Everly Brothers’ hit of Let It Be Me is a 50-teardrop masterpiece
Everly Brothers is ANOTHER HUGE RABBIT HOLE. They have a dozen or more big hits; songs that were remade for decades later by all kinds of different artists. Don Everly just passed away a few weeks ago joining his brother who died a few years ago. Perfect melody and harmony.
The Beatles were well-known for their harmonies. Phil and Don Everly were massive influences for them. If not the single greatest influence from a harmony perspective.
On the wings of a nightingale was written for the everly brothers by Lennon and McCartney. The everly brothers loved it and opened their live shows with it.
Listen to Everly Brothers' "Cathy's Clown" next because their harmonies weave back and forth with each other in an unusually beautiful way! I know you're really going to enjoy it. Try to find the live version (I know there is one) because, Amber, you need to see how adorable these guys were. I was in junior high, and they were a big deal, such fun for us to listen to back in the day! And thank you SO MUCH for including them! They deserve more attention because, as others have mentioned, they were the originals that so many later famous artists tried to copy.
I am a 68 year old Grandma, and I remember this song very well as I was 5 years old when it came out. My Mom had the radio on all day back then. Brought back good memories for me. Love your channel, and you two are so sweet and fun to watch!
I'm glad you're discovering the Everly Brothers - their influence on the music of the 60's and beyond into the present cannot be understated. Almost all important groups from the Beatles on have cited them as guides especially where harmonies are concerned. If you listen to a good sampling of their songs, you'll begin to hear them in the music of those who followed. Try LET IT BE ME from their reunion concert. Just beautiful -
Definitely. That was an awesome performance and it just might be my favorite song by them (but it's really hard to pick just one favorite when it comes to the Everly Brothers, Crying in Rain, Love Hurts, When Will I Be Loved - too many to pick from) :) I hope they listen to you and do that one!
@@ptournas Absolutely! The Beatles. The Kinks. The Zombies. The Beach Boys. Simon And Garfunkel. CSN. All of them said in interviews that The Everly Brothers were greatly influential in their development. In 2004 Simon and Garfunkel took them on tour with them. I think that pretty much says it all.
@@Blue-qr7qe Oh, yeah, even Bob Dylan said when he wrote the turn-around chords between the verses in Highway 51 on his first album he got them from "Wake Up Little Suzie" :) No one was untouched by them back then. I know I wasn't.
@@ptournas I had heard that Bob Dylan cited them with high praise. I think Emmy Lou Harris did also. Nora Jones (who also is musically magical) did a tribute album to them (with another female singer whom i do not know).
@@ptournas I just gave it (Highway 51) a re-listening - If, as you say, Dylan hadn't mentioned in an interview that he had nicked those chord changes from The Everly Brothers, it would have been as plagiaristic as a Joe Biden speech. I'll never be able to hear either of those songs the same way again. Funny, thanks -
The Everly Brothers were one of my dad's favorite artists and I think of him every time I hear them. They had some very catchy hits like "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Suzie," but if you want to hear the saddest song everrrr, check out "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail." Their voices are impeccable! And very much an influence on the Beatles and another harmonizing duo, Simon & Garfunkel.
@@bryanwhitton1784 I just looked that one up right now and ohh noooo :( You know when they start speaking solemnly during the bridge it's going to have a sad ending.
Linda Ronstadt did a cover of their song, "When Will I Be Loved"; Others to listen from the Everly's: "Bye Bye Love"; "Wake Up Little Susie"; "Cathy's Clown" and a number of others.
Along with Hall & Oates, and Simon & Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers were the most successful duo in music history. They were indeed brothers (unlike the Doobie Brothers and Righteous Brothers, who were unrelated), Don (who we sadly lost just last month) and Phil (who passed in 2014). Their biggest hits included "Wake Up Little Susie", "Bye Bye Love", "Bird Dog", "Problems", "Cathy's Clown", and "(Till) I Kissed You". From 1956-1962, their records were spinning on record players all over the world!
Love the Everly brothers. Listened to them when I was very young. Loved their music!!! I'm 73 years old and loved dancing to their music. Classic music!
You definitely need to do more of them - their voices are divine and sublime. There's just something a little special about that family harmony sound. And yes it's no surprise that the Bee Gees grew up loving the Everly Brothers.
1958. The Everly Brothers were an American country rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly, the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country and pop, becoming pioneers of country rock.
@@RadCenter Nancy they were actually considered country artist who had hits on the pop and country charts and we're forbearers what would become known later on as country rock . In 2001 they were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
The Everly Brothers were very influential to Simon and Garfunkel. I was lucky enough to see the Everly Brothers perform at the last tour with Simon and Garfunkel.
@@MsAppassionata First, I know the difference. This was simply a typo made on a cell phone. Very few people know their grammar and spelling more than I do. Second, there's nothing more annoying than the grammar/spelling police.
@@leefriedman9882 I don’t give a damn. I find it annoying when people misspell simple words. And even if your cell phone produced a typo, there is an editing feature on TH-cam. No excuse.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Despite having forgotten way too much since 1957, with that guitar chord followed by the Everly Brothers’ opening harmony, I instantly remembered ALL the lyrics of “All I Have to Do AIs Dream”. I also remembered the Eighth Grade afternoon sock-hops, and my favorite slow-dance partner!
Some more 50’s suggestions: Chuck Berry - Maybellene, No Particular Place to Go, Memphis Tennessee, Brown-eyed Handsome Man Little Richard - Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, Good Golly Miss Molly (Live performances are great) Buddy Holly - Everyday, That’ll Be The Day, Rave On!, Oh Boy! Elvis - All Shook Up, Don’t be Cruel (Ed Sullivan), That’s All Right Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill, I’m in Love Again, I’m Walkin’, Ain’t That A Shame Eddie Cochran: Twenty Flight Rock, Summertime Blues, Hallelujah I Love Her so Del Vikings - Come Go With Me Isley Brothers - Shout Ray Charles - What’d I Say The Coasters - Searchin’ Ritchie Valens - Come on, Let’s Go
I've suggested Tutti Frutti and I think his screen test performance should be their first reaction to him. He was so young, looks so nervous and was so awesome. But Tutti Frutti was Little Richard's 1st hit and will always be one of my favorites by him. He almost created his music genre.
The Everly Bros. were enormously popular. Music always sounds a tiny bit odd when it's taken out of its natural time and place. Just believe us when we tell you that this was once cutting edge.
Little Anthony "Tears on My Pillow" Neil Sedaka "Oh Carol" The Diamonds "Little Darlin'" Frankie Avalon "Venus" Bobby Darin "Dream Lover" Connie Francis "Lipstick on Your Collar" Shelley Fabares "Johnny Angel" - this is a MUST listen - Karen Carpenter also does this one Dusty Springfield "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Cilla Black "You're My World" - a big voice comes out of this small lady Brian Hyland "Sealed with a Kiss" Ray Peterson "Tell Laura I Love Her" Sam The Shan and the Pharaohs "Li'l Red Ridding Hood" Paul Anka "Puppy Love" Hank Williams Sr "Hey Good Lookin'" Conway Twitty "It's Only Make Believe" AWESOME. His voice is made for this song. The Byrds "Mr. Tambourine Man" Manfred Mann "Doo Wah Diddy" The Searchers "Love Potion #9" - this is another must listen The Searchers "Needles and Pins" The Paris Sisters "I Love How You Love Me"
They were such an influence on the Beatles that Paul McCartney later wrote a song for them, which they sang. It's called On The Wings of a Nightingale and it's simply lovely.
I want them to hear that so bad I'm replying to everyone who requests it to say ME TOO! Love the live performance in '83 th-cam.com/video/AZYpa7u28WU/w-d-xo.html
I have an uncle who is 7 years older than I am, so when I was a little kid I listened to all of this. Of course I remember the Beaver too, lol! Thank for being brave in listening to everything. Peace!
They werent the only ones though. There was The Big Bopper,Eddie Cochran,Jerry Lee Lewis,Buddy Holly and the Crickets,etc. They all had heavy influences on Rock and Roll,but it was Jiles Perry “Jape” Richardson Jr.(the Big Bopper) who coined the title of that music genre.
I hope you get to discover Peter & Gordon from the 60s. 'A World Without Love' was their first song in 1964 written by Paul McCartney. Number 1 in the USA and here in the UK.
The Beatles refused to record that song themselves -- I remember reading that Paul and John would start singing, "Please, lock me away...." and start howling with laughter because they thought it was so sappy!
Back when this song was new it lilted out of the radio in the kitchen. Simpler times. Have loved this song practically my whole life. Welcome to the Everly Brothers!
Amber, you mentioned the reference to the exclamation of "gee whiz" -- that's how we talked back in the 50's. I was born in 1950 so I was just a little kid when all this music started out in the 50's. Like this song, it was 1958 (I think) so I was 8. So my first "loves" were Elvis, Ricky Nelson, the Everly Brothers, among others just like them. And I wasn't the only one! Almost all girls back then were "in love" with all of these beautiful artists, just like me! My parents didn't use profanity in front of me and my sisters, we didn't hear it in school, church nor on TV. It was forbidden to use profanity on TV shows and we only had 3 channels. So, of course, there was no profanity in the music that was on the radio or TV. I probably didn't hear an actual curse word until I was in high school and not very often. So, when we did hear a bad word, it was jarring and almost foreign. Consequently, when we heard music that used bad words or explicit language about sex, it was judged against all the music that we grew up on and it wasn't received well with lots of us "boomers." I'm not talking about all of us, of course, but a significant amount of us to be sure. It started with hard rock which pretty much got started in the late 60's and got bigger and bigger. Now, I like some rock, but if it is too raunchy, it's just not for me. It's the same with other genres, like hip hop and rap. If it gets too raunchy, i'm not a fan. Anyhow, enough of that . . . loved you listening to the Everly Brothers, I knew you'd love them, too! Now you need to listen to Ricky Nelson! You'll flip for him, he's so very cute! I used to watch him on his parents' TV show and dream of marrying him someday! I wasn't yet in my teens but he already was a teen! Just . . . oh, you'll just have to see him for yourself! Keep up the good work guys!
Very, very well said concerning the raunchiness and vulgar language and images of so much of the music and videos of today compared to the 50s, 60s, 70s, and even mid to late 80s.
3 Female band singers from the early 60"s: Shelley Fabares "Johnny Angel", The Angels "My Boyfriends Back", Doris Day "Que Sera Sera" or "Fly Me To The Moon"
I don't take it that way. I take it that they he has been separated from his girlfriend and they will be reunited. In the meantime, he is dreaming of his love to satisfy his desire for her.
Amber...good call on the "Beav". He would say something like "Gee Wiz", but only if he was really really upset. 🤣 Great reaction. These two brothers were amazing performers and greatly influenced music back in the day.
Back in the day the Everly Brothers were prime examples of what was known as "high lonesome" harmony. For THE classic example, check out the Everlys' "Maybe Tomorrow".
I saw an old interview with them not to long ago where they said Chet Atkins was always bringing them new gadgets to try, and on this song he brought a guitar with a tremolo attachment into the studio. And that is Chet Atkins playing the chords using the tremolo effect in this song. It was still considered a novel effect at that time, although the first guitars with tremolo bars did come out in the early fifties.
I love the Everly Brothers, SO many great songs. Cathy's Clown, Devoted To You, So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad), and many others. Another 50s song to react to, is MOVE IT by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. It came out in 1958, and it was the UKs first real Rock and Roll song. He was, like many other influenced by seeing Elvis, and wanting to copy him, and developed his own sound, with the help from his band The Shadows, who had several UK number ones, on their own and also with Cliff. In the early 60s, the Shadows were even knocking their own songs off of the number one spot, with a song that had them and Cliff on. But it all started with MOVE IT. Cliff has just turned 81,and is still singing and touring, and is called the Peter Pan of Pop! He's had hits in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s.
I don't know when you will see this but Thank you for your channel. These songs bring back mostly great times, some sad also. Please look for the band Bread. My favorite song is " I want to make it with you" but their all great. David Gates lead singer. AWESOME voice.
If continuing the “Brothers” theme, please Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers. A great song from 1958 is Summertime, Summertime by the Jamies. You may have heard parts of it in a McDonald’s commercial.
This was number one in the UK when I was born in July 1958. The greatest harmonies ever. Saw them in 1992 in Brighton, south east England. They were absolutely brilliant. Love your so very genuine reactions. Thank you.
Yes, "Wake Up Little Suzy" - another great Everly Brothers song. Thank you for doing "All I Have to Do is Dream", - such a beautiful song & they were such great pioneering musicians!!! LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH.
He's in love with the unattainable girl, so he dreams about being her guy. The Everly Brothers were the beginning in many ways! I LOVE "Cathy's Clown" The harmonies were top level RIP Phil and Don
Speaking Of Legendary Duo's,, These 2 Bring It!!,, SEALS & CROFTS "DIAMOND GIRL"",, "SUMMER BREEZE",, "WE MAY NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN" & "HUMMINGBIRD"..TRUE MUST HEAR CLASSICS.
Let it Be Me is a great ballad by the Everly Brothers. It is great to watch them do their harmonies live. Another brother group is the Isley Brothers: This Old Heart of Mine is a so good!
Yes, they did indeed influence many artists. The Beatles, for one, said that their harmonies were influenced by the Everlys. The Everlys also did the original versions of Nazareth's biggest song, "Love Hurts", and one of Linda Ronstadt's biggest songs, "When Will I Be Loved". Other great Everly songs are "Wake Up Little Susie", "Till I Kissed You", "Cathy's Clown", and "Walk Right Back".
Guys, There’s a movie called American Graffiti which has one of the best 50’s and 60’s musical soundtracks ever. The film is brilliant and is a bit of a cult movie but the accompanying soundtrack is just fantastic. It’s well worth a watch if you ever get the chance.
Not to mention it influenced the making of one of the most popular sitcoms of the 70s, "Happy Days", bringing with it actors Ron Howard and Cindy Williams.
A lot of young faces that would go on to greatness. Ron Howard, Cindy Williams...yes, but Harrison Ford (Star Wars, Indiana Jones), Bo Hopkins (Small Town In Texas), Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Goodbye Girl), Charles Martin Smith (Untouchables, Streets of Laredo), McKenzie Phillips (One Day at a Time TV show), Suzanne Somers (Three's Company TV show), and many more.
@@kellylaflash1016 me too, it’s one of my all time favourite films and it had a huge influence on my music choices growing up. I always loved 50s and 60’s music and being from the UK I had a fascination with the quintessential 50s American diner and it’s music so this film was the perfect combination for me 😊
Without these guys, there were no Beatles, and a whole lot of rock duos you guys like. They put the "H" in harmony. Played great steel-string guitar, and rocked the hell out of the 50's and 60's. Thanks for the play. More everly brothers, please.
My dad used to sing this music to my sister and me when we were children. Love their music so very much. Brings back such sweet memories. Thank so much for this reaction.
I love the 50s, the decade before I was born... I love watching old episodes of What's My Line on YT for a window into the cultural history of the time.
Yup, The Everly Brothers had matching vocal tones that you normally only get with sibling groups. And, many of their hits were written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and were more intricate than you'd notice at first glance... the lines often rhymed in the middle as well as at the end. And, their vocal arranger wrote harmonies that used a lot of fifth intervals instead of just the usual thirds. That gave their singing a haunting quality that was copied by The Beatles and other British Invasion groups.
Here's a clip from The Johnny Cash Show. Cash, his brother Tommy, the Everlys, and their dad Ike, are doing a supposedly-impromptu medley. And Johnny mentions Boudleaux Bryant. th-cam.com/video/tzoI8k3vctE/w-d-xo.html
Tbs Every Brothers are like, part of the water of early rock & roll...yes, wholesome, yes smooth and mellow but oh so relatable..."Wake Up Little Susie ", and " Cathy's Clown" both play out in different ways the feelings and fears of teenage angst, as does this tune here...this That being said, The Beatles were tapping into that too, with "Love Me Do" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand"... " Silhouettes" by The Rays does that too, and then there's "Teenager In Love" by Dion And The Belmonts that puts a cherry on that particular sundae, lol... There are of course tons more... Thanks S.W.
I have another name for the fifties list: Buddy Holly. He is one of those who died in the plane crash sung about in "American Pie". My fave Buddy Holly (and the Crickets) tunes are "Maybe Baby", "That'll Be The Day", and "Every day" (a very sweet song, unlike the other two rockers.) The Big Bopper, best known for the suggestive phone conversation song, "Chantilly Lace", and Ritchie Valens, whose big hits were "La Bamba" and "Come on, Let's go!" also died in that plane crash in Iowa February 3rd,1959, "The day the music died".
So many great iconic 50s songs, Enjoy the musical journey! Just to name a couple: The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You Frankie Lymon & The Teenager - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
One thing you should know about The Everly Brothers is that they are pioneers of folk-rock and close-harmony singing. They have influenced several musical acts of the 60's and beyond; such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, Bee Gees, Righteous Brothers and many others. They are really the most influencial duo ever.
I think you would enjoy Ricky Nelson “Hello Mary Lou” “Travel in’ Man” “Poor Little Fool” If you’ve ever seen Ozzie and Harriet Show, Ricky was one of the sons, David was the other brother. It was one of those wholesome 50’s & 60’s tv sitcoms. ☮️🌼♥️
Long Time Gone is a tasty jam. It's originally done by The Everly Brothers but was also covered by Billie Joe Armstrong in a duet with Nora Jones. Also worth a listen.
Their voices were so smooth, easy on the ears. Wholesome was a thing way back in the day. So cool you two like harmonic voices. Cathy s Clown and Wake Up Little Suzie, were huge for them. Smile
Melissa Etheridge I'm the only one!!!!!!!!! Sarah McLachlan in the arms of an Angel!!! Brooks & Dunn My Maria!!!! Johnny Cash Sunday morning coming down!!!
I noticed that there are very few reactions for Melissa Etheridge and Sarah McLachlan. Wonder if they have record labels who put reactors in TH-cam jail? There are some artists that are completely off limits for reactors.
@@scapito I just did a search on reactions of Melissa Etheridge and found about eight or nine. So she is not blocked. I did search for Sarah McLachlan and found just as many.
@@jamielloyd5849 Agree! I've asked for them to post a list. I just happen to know bc other reactors who have live feeds will instantly respond when they see a request. If they're concerned a video will get blocked, they'll play a lyric video, but even those get blocked sometimes too. I think the channels that have a higher number of subscribers get blocked more often. I understand the reason for blocking videos bc of copyright, but it's kind of sad that it has to resort to blocking reaction videos.
@@jamielloyd5849 Hop over to Jamal aka Jamel's channel if you're curious to see what happens. He just posted two examples about an hour ago of videos that were blocked. He has a lot of subscribers and it seems like the majority of his videos get blocked now. He's resorted to paying for an account with another service that he uses to upload videos and then includes the link in the comments so people can still watch his reactions.
Don Everly just passed away a month ago (August 21, 2021). They were among the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Big influence on the Beatles as well. Try "Wake Up, Little Susie." Simon and Garfunkel recorded that one too.
I would suggest another reaction channel Wings of Pegasus where he breaks down the purely technical side of the performances. He did The Everly Brothers. According to him they are pure perfection from the close harmony to the guitar playing.
Two pioneers in rock and elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. The had so many hits, I can't count them all. 'Bye, Bye, Love' (their first hit) 'Should We Tell Him', 'Bird Dog', 'Wake Up Little Suzie', 'Claudette', 'When Will I Be Loved', and 'Problems', in the 50's. 'So Sad', 'Temptation', That's Old Fashion', 'Cryin' in the Rain' 'Cathy's Clown', and Bowling Green', in the early to late 60's. 'Not Fade Away', 'Green River', 'Ridin' High', and 'Lay It Down', in the 70's. 'On The Wings of a Nightingale', 'Following The Sun', 'Always Drive a Cadillac', 'Amada Ruth', 'Born Yesterday', and 'Why Worry', in the 80's. Hundreds of songs! They were actually brothers and came before The Righteous Bros., Simon and Garfunkel and other duels. They heavily influenced many groups, including the Beatles, Rolling Stones and the Who. You need to do many more songs by them and I have given you a list to start working from and sent you some songs, earlier this year.
It’s actually a pretty sad song, he’s not singing about a ‘dream girl’ he’s singing about a real girl that he can’t be with. He says “I need you so that I could die” implying that the only way that he’s going to eventually die having lived a fulfilled life is if he gets this girl, however he can’t so he’d rather stay in bed and “dream his life away” so he could be with her.
No one but no one can harmonize like the late Phil and Don Everly. There are times in their work that they sound like one voice and no one can duplicate that.
Suggestions: Christopher Cross - ‘Sailing,’ Kayne Brown - ‘Worship You,’ Kool and The Gang - ‘Celebration,’ Luther Vandross - ‘Dance With My Father,’ and last but not least ... Roberta Flack - ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.’
They are iconic!! Amber, a must listen to for you, especially, is SO VERY HARD TO GO by Tower of Power...it's a romantic HORNS song!!! With lyrics so you can get the best of the music and beautiful lyrics.
For more Oldies But Goodies and Female Friday’s give Brenda Lee (Little Miss Dynamite) a listen. Her voice is amazing “I’m Sorry” “Break It To Me Gently” “Emotions” “Fool # 1” so many good songs.
Yes! I've been asking for Brenda Lee! I think they should start with "Brenda Lee-Dynamite (early TV Appearance)". That's the TH-cam title. It was 1957 and she was only 12 years old. She went on to have the 4th largest number of #1 hits throughout the 60's, with only Elvis, the Beatles and Ray Charles having more. But that first tv appearance will give Jay and Amber a real understanding of why 4 ft 9 in Brenda would always be known as Little Miss Dynamite. And she only got better, of course.
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Do 'Cathy's Clown' and 'Wake Up Little Suzie' by the Everly Brothers. Speaking of having an impact on those that followed, the list of famous acts that credit the Everly Brothers for influencing them is long: the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Beach Boys, Neil Young, Paul Simon, etc.
Reba McEntire also sings a version of Cathy's Clown that is great!! 🙂
Cathy's clown is a fantastic song!!!
When will I be loved is great. It’s in March tempo. Also love hurts is great. Even better done by gram parsons and Emmylou Harris.
@@RossM3838 Roy Orbison does a fabulous version of Love Hurts.
RIP both🙏🏻
They weren't big back in the day, they were mega huge: one of the best harmonies in music history!!!
Yes, they were big back in the day. 15 top 10 songs between 1957 and 1962 including 4 number ones.
Don and Phil Everly were a major influence on many many singers and groups in the U.S. and U. K. including Beatles and Rolling Stones. Don just past away within the last 2 weeks. They wrote music for themselves and others.
"Let it Be Me" by the Everly Brothers is one of the most beautiful love songs ever recorded. Their harmonies and the strings are so moving.
Let It Be Me is out-and-out gorgeous!
The version by Jerry Butler and Betty Everett makes me weep.
I’m a Baby Boomer and the Everly Brothers’ hit of Let It Be Me is a 50-teardrop masterpiece
The Everlys’ live version of “Let It Be Me” at their 1983 reunion concert is sublime. Definitely worth a listen.
Wake Up Little Suzie is another great one from them.
My middle name is Sue and my mom used to sing Wake Up Little Susie to call me for school in the morning. 😊
@@lorettaross5146 COOL
It was so scandalous that Boston banned it! 🤣
Everly Brothers is ANOTHER HUGE RABBIT HOLE. They have a dozen or more big hits; songs that were remade for decades later by all kinds of different artists. Don Everly just passed away a few weeks ago joining his brother who died a few years ago. Perfect melody and harmony.
rabbit hole? why?
@@sodapop83 Rabbit hole is a term that means there’s a long deep well, as in there’s a lot of stuff to search and enjoy.
@@tvgator1 i know the term, i don't get why it's a rabbit hole tho...
@@sodapop83 Rabbit holes are DEEP. Don’t know what else to tell you. You gonna hear it alot. Just go with it.
This duo inspired so many to come, from the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel, their harmonies were really influential.
“Cathy’s Clown” is another one of their best songs……
The Beatles were well-known for their harmonies. Phil and Don Everly were massive influences for them. If not the single greatest influence from a harmony perspective.
Paul dropped their names in the song Let Them In
Simon and Garfunkel were also hugely influenced by the harmonies of the Everlys.
On the wings of a nightingale was written for the everly brothers by Lennon and McCartney. The everly brothers loved it and opened their live shows with it.
You could say that so much of the British invasion (and all rock to follow) wouldn't exist the same without the Everlys and Buddy Holly...
@@sometimesboy and on the album Graceland some of the harmonies are sung by the everly brothers.
Listen to Everly Brothers' "Cathy's Clown" next because their harmonies weave back and forth with each other in an unusually beautiful way! I know you're really going to enjoy it. Try to find the live version (I know there is one) because, Amber, you need to see how adorable these guys were. I was in junior high, and they were a big deal, such fun for us to listen to back in the day! And thank you SO MUCH for including them! They deserve more attention because, as others have mentioned, they were the originals that so many later famous artists tried to copy.
I am a 68 year old Grandma, and I remember this song very well as I was 5 years old when it came out. My Mom had the radio on all day back then. Brought back good memories for me. Love your channel, and you two are so sweet and fun to watch!
Im 73. You're such a kid. Ive been a pro musician for a long long looonngg time.
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I'm glad you're discovering the Everly Brothers - their influence on the music of the 60's and beyond into the present cannot be understated. Almost all important groups from the Beatles on have cited them as guides especially where harmonies are concerned.
If you listen to a good sampling of their songs, you'll begin to hear them in the music of those who followed.
Try LET IT BE ME from their reunion concert. Just beautiful -
Definitely. That was an awesome performance and it just might be my favorite song by them (but it's really hard to pick just one favorite when it comes to the Everly Brothers, Crying in Rain, Love Hurts, When Will I Be Loved - too many to pick from) :) I hope they listen to you and do that one!
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Absolutely! The Beatles. The Kinks. The Zombies. The Beach Boys. Simon And Garfunkel. CSN.
All of them said in interviews that The Everly Brothers were greatly influential in their development.
In 2004 Simon and Garfunkel took them on tour with them.
I think that pretty much says it all.
@@Blue-qr7qe Oh, yeah, even Bob Dylan said when he wrote the turn-around chords between the verses in Highway 51 on his first album he got them from "Wake Up Little Suzie" :) No one was untouched by them back then. I know I wasn't.
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I had heard that Bob Dylan cited them with high praise.
I think Emmy Lou Harris did also.
Nora Jones (who also is musically magical) did a tribute album to them (with another female singer whom i do not know).
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I just gave it (Highway 51) a re-listening -
If, as you say, Dylan hadn't mentioned in an interview that he had nicked those chord changes from The Everly Brothers, it would have been as plagiaristic as
a Joe Biden speech.
I'll never be able to hear either of those songs the same way again.
Funny, thanks -
The Everly Brothers were one of my dad's favorite artists and I think of him every time I hear them. They had some very catchy hits like "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Suzie," but if you want to hear the saddest song everrrr, check out "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail." Their voices are impeccable! And very much an influence on the Beatles and another harmonizing duo, Simon & Garfunkel.
If you want sad try Ebony Eyes.
@@bryanwhitton1784 I just looked that one up right now and ohh noooo :( You know when they start speaking solemnly during the bridge it's going to have a sad ending.
Another sad one: Take a Message to Mary
Saddest song by Everly Brothers has got to be Ebony Eyes !
Crying In The Rain by them is beautiful...
That is a great song!
Way to go Amber with the old shows and you’re right about how pure the music was. The change in music came in the early 60’s. I love you guys ♥️😎
don't say music and pop culture have no influence on our behaviour...
The Everly Brothers influenced everyone! I got to see Simon & Garfunkel in concert and they brought out the Everly Brothers. It was amazing!
Linda Ronstadt did a cover of their song, "When Will I Be Loved"; Others to listen from the Everly's: "Bye Bye Love"; "Wake Up Little Susie"; "Cathy's Clown" and a number of others.
Along with Hall & Oates, and Simon & Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers were the most successful duo in music history. They were indeed brothers (unlike the Doobie Brothers and Righteous Brothers, who were unrelated), Don (who we sadly lost just last month) and Phil (who passed in 2014). Their biggest hits included "Wake Up Little Susie", "Bye Bye Love", "Bird Dog", "Problems", "Cathy's Clown", and "(Till) I Kissed You". From 1956-1962, their records were spinning on record players all over the world!
Bye Bye Love and Wake Up Little Susie are both on Rolling Stone's 500 best songs list.
Singers and Groups have doing covers of the Everly Brothers ever since the 50's and Early 60's, and turning them into hits again and again.
Love the Everly brothers. Listened to them when I was very young. Loved their music!!! I'm 73 years old and loved dancing to their music. Classic music!
You definitely need to do more of them - their voices are divine and sublime.
There's just something a little special about that family harmony sound.
And yes it's no surprise that the Bee Gees grew up loving the Everly Brothers.
I grew up with these guys and their contemporaries. I consider myself fortunate for getting such a varied musical background. That is huge.
1958. The Everly Brothers were an American country rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly, the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country and pop, becoming pioneers of country rock.
I would not consider them "country" at all. I would consider them pure pop with a bit of a rockabilly influence on their faster numbers.
They hit the R&B charts also.
@@RadCenter Nancy they were actually considered country artist who had hits on the pop and country charts and we're forbearers what would become known later on as country rock . In 2001 they were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
The Everly Brothers were very influential to Simon and Garfunkel. I was lucky enough to see the Everly Brothers perform at the last tour with Simon and Garfunkel.
Everly Brothers harmonies were huge influences on the Beatles.
Yeah Paul McCartney actually mentions they’re names (Phil and Don) in his solo song, Let ‘em In
@@leefriedman9882 Their not they’re (which = They are)
@@MsAppassionata First, I know the difference. This was simply a typo made on a cell phone. Very few people know their grammar and spelling more than I do. Second, there's nothing more annoying than the grammar/spelling police.
@@leefriedman9882 I don’t give a damn. I find it annoying when people misspell simple words. And even if your cell phone produced a typo, there is an editing feature on TH-cam. No excuse.
Nah @@MsAppassionata, keep this kinda negativity out of the replies to my comment plz/thank you.
So many more important things to care about in life.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Despite having forgotten way too much since 1957, with that guitar chord followed by the Everly Brothers’ opening harmony, I instantly remembered ALL the lyrics of “All I Have to Do AIs Dream”. I also remembered the Eighth Grade afternoon sock-hops, and my favorite slow-dance partner!
Some more 50’s suggestions:
Chuck Berry - Maybellene, No Particular Place to Go, Memphis Tennessee, Brown-eyed Handsome Man
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, Good Golly Miss Molly (Live performances are great)
Buddy Holly - Everyday, That’ll Be The Day, Rave On!, Oh Boy!
Elvis - All Shook Up, Don’t be Cruel (Ed Sullivan), That’s All Right
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill, I’m in Love Again, I’m Walkin’, Ain’t That A Shame
Eddie Cochran: Twenty Flight Rock, Summertime Blues, Hallelujah I Love Her so
Del Vikings - Come Go With Me
Isley Brothers - Shout
Ray Charles - What’d I Say
The Coasters - Searchin’
Ritchie Valens - Come on, Let’s Go
Buddy Holly - "Peggy Sue"
Ritchie Valens - "La Bamba", "Donna"
Brown Eyed Handsome Man Robert Cray at Chuck Berry's 60th birthday. Absolutely Awesome!!!
Wow! Spoken like a true music lover!
@@cheryljackson5659 appreciate it Cheryl!
Like to think I’m representing 90’s kids properly😋
I've suggested Tutti Frutti and I think his screen test performance should be their first reaction to him. He was so young, looks so nervous and was so awesome. But Tutti Frutti was Little Richard's 1st hit and will always be one of my favorites by him. He almost created his music genre.
The Everly Bros. were enormously popular. Music always sounds a tiny bit odd when it's taken out of its natural time and place. Just believe us when we tell you that this was once cutting edge.
Little Anthony "Tears on My Pillow"
Neil Sedaka "Oh Carol"
The Diamonds "Little Darlin'"
Frankie Avalon "Venus"
Bobby Darin "Dream Lover"
Connie Francis "Lipstick on Your Collar"
Shelley Fabares "Johnny Angel" - this is a MUST listen - Karen Carpenter also does this one
Dusty Springfield "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
Cilla Black "You're My World" - a big voice comes out of this small lady
Brian Hyland "Sealed with a Kiss"
Ray Peterson "Tell Laura I Love Her"
Sam The Shan and the Pharaohs "Li'l Red Ridding Hood"
Paul Anka "Puppy Love"
Hank Williams Sr "Hey Good Lookin'"
Conway Twitty "It's Only Make Believe" AWESOME. His voice is made for this song.
The Byrds "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Manfred Mann "Doo Wah Diddy"
The Searchers "Love Potion #9" - this is another must listen
The Searchers "Needles and Pins"
The Paris Sisters "I Love How You Love Me"
Another brother duo in the 50s was Santo and Johnny (Farina). Their biggest hit was an instrumental called "Sleep Walk."
They were such an influence on the Beatles that Paul McCartney later wrote a song for them, which they sang. It's called On The Wings of a Nightingale and it's simply lovely.
Let It Be Me is an awesome song by the Everly Brothers
I want them to hear that so bad I'm replying to everyone who requests it to say ME TOO! Love the live performance in '83 th-cam.com/video/AZYpa7u28WU/w-d-xo.html
Every Brothers “Let it Be Me”. Beautiful ballad. But all of their songs are gems.
Great reaction to a great duet. "Let It Be Me" is a beautiful song, and my favorite.
Me too, I hope they react to it. Loved the live reunion concert performance of it. th-cam.com/video/AZYpa7u28WU/w-d-xo.html
I have an uncle who is 7 years older than I am, so when I was a little kid I listened to all of this. Of course I remember the Beaver too, lol! Thank for being brave in listening to everything. Peace!
Mrs. Cleaver was in the first Airplane movie and she spoke "jive"
Good job, folks. You appreciate the greats and that's great.
My mom listened to this song growing up so you know us kids heard it growing up. I can hear her singing it now.
My Mom loved this too.
Don and Phil Everly were the forefathers of rock and roll and were influencers on all those who came after them. Every singer owes them a debt.
They werent the only ones though. There was The Big Bopper,Eddie Cochran,Jerry Lee Lewis,Buddy Holly and the Crickets,etc. They all had heavy influences on Rock and Roll,but it was Jiles Perry “Jape” Richardson Jr.(the Big Bopper) who coined the title of that music genre.
I hope you get to discover Peter & Gordon from the 60s. 'A World Without Love' was their first song in 1964 written by Paul McCartney. Number 1 in the USA and here in the UK.
Good suggestion love that song
The Beatles refused to record that song themselves -- I remember reading that Paul and John would start singing, "Please, lock me away...." and start howling with laughter because they thought it was so sappy!
Chad and Jeremy were great too.
Everly Brothers. My all-time rock a billy heart melters. Huge influence on rock and roll.
Back when this song was new it lilted out of the radio in the kitchen. Simpler times. Have loved this song practically my whole life. Welcome to the Everly Brothers!
Amber, you mentioned the reference to the exclamation of "gee whiz" -- that's how we talked back in the 50's. I was born in 1950 so I was just a little kid when all this music started out in the 50's. Like this song, it was 1958 (I think) so I was 8. So my first "loves" were Elvis, Ricky Nelson, the Everly Brothers, among others just like them. And I wasn't the only one! Almost all girls back then were "in love" with all of these beautiful artists, just like me! My parents didn't use profanity in front of me and my sisters, we didn't hear it in school, church nor on TV. It was forbidden to use profanity on TV shows and we only had 3 channels. So, of course, there was no profanity in the music that was on the radio or TV. I probably didn't hear an actual curse word until I was in high school and not very often. So, when we did hear a bad word, it was jarring and almost foreign. Consequently, when we heard music that used bad words or explicit language about sex, it was judged against all the music that we grew up on and it wasn't received well with lots of us "boomers." I'm not talking about all of us, of course, but a significant amount of us to be sure. It started with hard rock which pretty much got started in the late 60's and got bigger and bigger. Now, I like some rock, but if it is too raunchy, it's just not for me. It's the same with other genres, like hip hop and rap. If it gets too raunchy, i'm not a fan.
Anyhow, enough of that . . . loved you listening to the Everly Brothers, I knew you'd love them, too! Now you need to listen to Ricky Nelson! You'll flip for him, he's so very cute! I used to watch him on his parents' TV show and dream of marrying him someday! I wasn't yet in my teens but he already was a teen! Just . . . oh, you'll just have to see him for yourself! Keep up the good work guys!
Very, very well said concerning the raunchiness and vulgar language and images of so much of the music and videos of today compared to the 50s, 60s, 70s, and even mid to late 80s.
Some more old school, just love it. Grew up listening to this music 50, 60 to me was the best.
These young kids don't know what they missed ... the 50's and 60's music was so smooth and danceable !!!
Devoted To You. Another sweet Everly Brothers song. Wedding worthy.
3 Female band singers from the early 60"s: Shelley Fabares "Johnny Angel", The Angels "My Boyfriends Back", Doris Day "Que Sera Sera" or "Fly Me To The Moon"
Connie Francis, "Who's Sorry Now", "Where the Boys Are". and "Stupid Cupid" are just 3 of her greats.
Fly Me To The Moon and let me stay
At 3:00... you couldn't have said it better. 50's love songs are the best ever written. They scream of a pure love we all could dream for
He’s in love, but she’s unattainable, so he dreams…
It's unrequited love for a girl who doesn't know he exists.
I don't take it that way. I take it that they he has been separated from his girlfriend and they will be reunited. In the meantime, he is dreaming of his love to satisfy his desire for her.
My love life in a nutshell lmao
@@rondaleroi It could be either.
Right!
Love the evenly brothers. There sing 🎶 is great 👍🏼✔️💛🐷❤️
Amber...good call on the "Beav". He would say something like "Gee Wiz", but only if he was really really upset. 🤣 Great reaction. These two brothers were amazing performers and greatly influenced music back in the day.
lol Yes, The Beav and Opie on Andy Griffith
One of my favorite songs of all times! Whenever this song comes on, I stop what I'm doing and start singing along. Such harmony! RIP Don and Phil.
Back in the day the Everly Brothers were prime examples of what was known as "high lonesome" harmony. For THE classic example, check out the Everlys' "Maybe Tomorrow".
High lonesome is more Bill Monroe, another Kentucky man who was born in Rosine, not real far from the Everlys hometown, Central City, Ky.
Flip side of Wake Up LIttle Suzie"
Sounds like a Leslie speaker on that guitar for that shimmering effect. Never noticed that before.
I saw an old interview with them not to long ago where they said Chet Atkins was always bringing them new gadgets to try, and on this song he brought a guitar with a tremolo attachment into the studio. And that is Chet Atkins playing the chords using the tremolo effect in this song. It was still considered a novel effect at that time, although the first guitars with tremolo bars did come out in the early fifties.
@@ptournas Great info!
the Everly Brothers harmonies were huge influences on both Simon and Garfunkle and the Beatles... and yes, the Brothers Gibb.
I love the Everly Brothers, SO many great songs. Cathy's Clown, Devoted To You, So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad), and many others.
Another 50s song to react to, is MOVE IT by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. It came out in 1958, and it was the UKs first real Rock and Roll song. He was, like many other influenced by seeing Elvis, and wanting to copy him, and developed his own sound, with the help from his band The Shadows, who had several UK number ones, on their own and also with Cliff. In the early 60s, the Shadows were even knocking their own songs off of the number one spot, with a song that had them and Cliff on. But it all started with MOVE IT.
Cliff has just turned 81,and is still singing and touring, and is called the Peter Pan of Pop! He's had hits in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s.
Another "slow dancin' at the sock hop" song! Good on ya, Jay and Amber!!
Absolutely and I remember vividly, wonderful memories
All I Have To Do Is Dream is my favorite Everly Brothers song from 1958.
I don't know when you will see this but Thank you for your channel. These songs bring back mostly great times, some sad also. Please look for the band Bread. My favorite song is " I want to make it with you" but their all great. David Gates lead singer. AWESOME voice.
Another awesome reaction guys.
If continuing the “Brothers” theme, please Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers. A great song from 1958 is Summertime, Summertime by the Jamies. You may have heard parts of it in a McDonald’s commercial.
This was number one in the UK when I was born in July 1958. The greatest harmonies ever. Saw them in 1992 in Brighton, south east England. They were absolutely brilliant. Love your so very genuine reactions. Thank you.
R.I.P. to the Everly Brothers.
Yes, "Wake Up Little Suzy" - another great Everly Brothers song.
Thank you for doing "All I Have to Do is Dream", - such a beautiful song & they were such great pioneering musicians!!! LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH.
He's in love with the unattainable girl, so he dreams about being her guy.
The Everly Brothers were the beginning in many ways!
I LOVE "Cathy's Clown"
The harmonies were top level
RIP Phil and Don
Speaking Of Legendary Duo's,, These 2 Bring It!!,, SEALS & CROFTS "DIAMOND GIRL"",, "SUMMER BREEZE",, "WE MAY NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN" & "HUMMINGBIRD"..TRUE MUST HEAR CLASSICS.
Let it Be Me is a great ballad by the Everly Brothers. It is great to watch them do their harmonies live.
Another brother group is the Isley Brothers: This Old Heart of Mine is a so good!
The Everly Brothers was the first concert I ever went to. I went with my parents and aunt and uncle. ❤️
They had a telepathic ability to harmonise their voices. Utterly flawless.
Everly Brothers have such beautiful songs!!!
Yes, they did indeed influence many artists. The Beatles, for one, said that their harmonies were influenced by the Everlys. The Everlys also did the original versions of Nazareth's biggest song, "Love Hurts", and one of Linda Ronstadt's biggest songs, "When Will I Be Loved". Other great Everly songs are "Wake Up Little Susie", "Till I Kissed You", "Cathy's Clown", and "Walk Right Back".
Gram Parsons did an amazing version of "Love Hurts" with Emmylou Harris.
I’ve always loved the Everly Brothers voices.
Guys, There’s a movie called American Graffiti which has one of the best 50’s and 60’s musical soundtracks ever. The film is brilliant and is a bit of a cult movie but the accompanying soundtrack is just fantastic. It’s well worth a watch if you ever get the chance.
Big Bopper "Chantilly Lace"
Not to mention it influenced the making of one of the most popular sitcoms of the 70s, "Happy Days", bringing with it actors Ron Howard and Cindy Williams.
It's amazing how many "unknowns" in that movie went on to be huge stars. I love American Graffiti.
A lot of young faces that would go on to greatness. Ron Howard, Cindy Williams...yes, but Harrison Ford (Star Wars, Indiana Jones), Bo Hopkins (Small Town In Texas), Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Goodbye Girl), Charles Martin Smith (Untouchables, Streets of Laredo), McKenzie Phillips (One Day at a Time TV show), Suzanne Somers (Three's Company TV show), and many more.
@@kellylaflash1016 me too, it’s one of my all time favourite films and it had a huge influence on my music choices growing up. I always loved 50s and 60’s music and being from the UK I had a fascination with the quintessential 50s American diner and it’s music so this film was the perfect combination for me 😊
Without these guys, there were no Beatles, and a whole lot of rock duos you guys like. They put the "H" in harmony. Played great steel-string guitar, and rocked the hell out of the 50's and 60's. Thanks for the play. More everly brothers, please.
My dad used to sing this music to my sister and me when we were children. Love their music so very much. Brings back such sweet memories. Thank so much for this reaction.
Please do a live Everly performance. They were so amazing and perfect live. Their harmonies were always spot on.
The Everly Bros were a gigantic influence on Barry Gibb and his melding of The Bee Gees voices.
I love the 50s, the decade before I was born... I love watching old episodes of What's My Line on YT for a window into the cultural history of the time.
Yup, The Everly Brothers had matching vocal tones that you normally only get with sibling groups. And, many of their hits were written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and were more intricate than you'd notice at first glance... the lines often rhymed in the middle as well as at the end. And, their vocal arranger wrote harmonies that used a lot of fifth intervals instead of just the usual thirds. That gave their singing a haunting quality that was copied by The Beatles and other British Invasion groups.
Boudleaux Bryant was born down here in Shellman, Georgia. Whenever we used to play over there we’d always do a couple of their many hits.
Here's a clip from The Johnny Cash Show. Cash, his brother Tommy, the Everlys, and their dad Ike, are doing a supposedly-impromptu medley. And Johnny mentions Boudleaux Bryant.
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Tbs Every Brothers are like, part of the water of early rock & roll...yes, wholesome, yes smooth and mellow but oh so relatable..."Wake Up Little Susie ", and " Cathy's Clown" both play out in different ways the feelings and fears of teenage angst, as does this tune here...this
That being said, The Beatles were tapping into that too, with "Love Me Do" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand"...
" Silhouettes" by The Rays does that too, and then there's "Teenager In Love" by Dion And The Belmonts that puts a cherry on that particular sundae, lol...
There are of course tons more...
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I have another name for the fifties list: Buddy Holly. He is one of those who died in the plane crash sung about in "American Pie". My fave Buddy Holly (and the Crickets) tunes are "Maybe Baby", "That'll Be The Day", and "Every day" (a very sweet song, unlike the other two rockers.) The Big Bopper, best known for the suggestive phone conversation song, "Chantilly Lace", and Ritchie Valens, whose big hits were "La Bamba" and "Come on, Let's go!" also died in that plane crash in Iowa February 3rd,1959, "The day the music died".
So many great iconic 50s songs, Enjoy the musical journey! Just to name a couple:
The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
Frankie Lymon & The Teenager - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
One thing you should know about The Everly Brothers is that they are pioneers of folk-rock and close-harmony singing. They have influenced several musical acts of the 60's and beyond; such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, Bee Gees, Righteous Brothers and many others. They are really the most influencial duo ever.
Watching them live they kept their eyes on each other to take sure they started a note at the exact same time. Their harmony was impeccable .
*To make sure
You should try “Rhythm Of The Rain” 🌧by The Cascades and “Spanish Harlem” 🌹by Ben. E King......I love both of these songs ❤️
Love The Everly Brothers - so many amazing songs & sublime harmonies.
I think you would enjoy Ricky Nelson “Hello Mary Lou”
“Travel in’ Man”
“Poor Little Fool”
If you’ve ever seen Ozzie and Harriet Show, Ricky was one of the sons, David was the other brother. It was one of those wholesome 50’s & 60’s tv sitcoms.
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They make you travel to a better time. Pure music✌️✌️✌️
My 2nd cousin Boudleaux Bryant and his wife Felice wrote this and all the Everly Brothers hits. Truth.
Great songwriters; wrote so many classics!
Their harmonizing was just beautiful. Cathy's Clown really shows it. Happy that are you are learning about them, both gone now..
Long Time Gone is a tasty jam.
It's originally done by The Everly Brothers but was also covered by Billie Joe Armstrong in a duet with Nora Jones. Also worth a listen.
Their voices were so smooth, easy on the ears. Wholesome was a thing way back in the day. So cool you two like harmonic voices. Cathy s Clown and Wake Up Little Suzie, were huge for them. Smile
Melissa Etheridge I'm the only one!!!!!!!!!
Sarah McLachlan in the arms of an Angel!!!
Brooks & Dunn My Maria!!!!
Johnny Cash Sunday morning coming down!!!
I noticed that there are very few reactions for Melissa Etheridge and Sarah McLachlan. Wonder if they have record labels who put reactors in TH-cam jail? There are some artists that are completely off limits for reactors.
@@scapito Maybe that is the problem. It would be nice if they could have even a short list of people they can't react to.
@@scapito I just did a search on reactions of Melissa Etheridge and found about eight or nine. So she is not blocked. I did search for Sarah McLachlan and found just as many.
@@jamielloyd5849 Agree! I've asked for them to post a list. I just happen to know bc other reactors who have live feeds will instantly respond when they see a request. If they're concerned a video will get blocked, they'll play a lyric video, but even those get blocked sometimes too. I think the channels that have a higher number of subscribers get blocked more often. I understand the reason for blocking videos bc of copyright, but it's kind of sad that it has to resort to blocking reaction videos.
@@jamielloyd5849 Hop over to Jamal aka Jamel's channel if you're curious to see what happens. He just posted two examples about an hour ago of videos that were blocked. He has a lot of subscribers and it seems like the majority of his videos get blocked now. He's resorted to paying for an account with another service that he uses to upload videos and then includes the link in the comments so people can still watch his reactions.
Don Everly just passed away a month ago (August 21, 2021). They were among the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Big influence on the Beatles as well. Try "Wake Up, Little Susie." Simon and Garfunkel recorded that one too.
I would suggest another reaction channel Wings of Pegasus where he breaks down the purely technical side of the performances. He did The Everly Brothers. According to him they are pure perfection from the close harmony to the guitar playing.
Two pioneers in rock and elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. The had so many hits, I can't count them all. 'Bye, Bye, Love' (their first hit) 'Should We Tell Him', 'Bird Dog', 'Wake Up Little Suzie', 'Claudette', 'When Will I Be Loved', and 'Problems', in the 50's. 'So Sad', 'Temptation', That's Old Fashion', 'Cryin' in the Rain' 'Cathy's Clown', and Bowling Green', in the early to late 60's. 'Not Fade Away', 'Green River', 'Ridin' High', and 'Lay It Down', in the 70's. 'On The Wings of a Nightingale', 'Following The Sun', 'Always Drive a Cadillac', 'Amada Ruth', 'Born Yesterday', and 'Why Worry', in the 80's. Hundreds of songs! They were actually brothers and came before The Righteous Bros., Simon and Garfunkel and other duels. They heavily influenced many groups, including the Beatles, Rolling Stones and the Who. You need to do many more songs by them and I have given you a list to start working from and sent you some songs, earlier this year.
It’s actually a pretty sad song, he’s not singing about a ‘dream girl’ he’s singing about a real girl that he can’t be with. He says “I need you so that I could die” implying that the only way that he’s going to eventually die having lived a fulfilled life is if he gets this girl, however he can’t so he’d rather stay in bed and “dream his life away” so he could be with her.
No one but no one can harmonize like the late Phil and Don Everly. There are times in their work that they sound like one voice and no one can duplicate that.
Suggestions:
Christopher Cross - ‘Sailing,’
Kayne Brown - ‘Worship You,’
Kool and The Gang - ‘Celebration,’
Luther Vandross - ‘Dance With My Father,’
and last but not least ...
Roberta Flack - ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.’
They are iconic!! Amber, a must listen to for you, especially, is SO VERY HARD TO GO by Tower of Power...it's a romantic HORNS song!!!
With lyrics so you can get the best of the music and beautiful lyrics.
For more Oldies But Goodies and Female Friday’s give Brenda Lee (Little Miss Dynamite) a listen. Her voice is amazing “I’m Sorry” “Break It To Me Gently” “Emotions” “Fool # 1” so many good songs.
Brenda Lee's "Sweet Nothings" = FUN!
Yes! I've been asking for Brenda Lee! I think they should start with "Brenda Lee-Dynamite (early TV Appearance)". That's the TH-cam title. It was 1957 and she was only 12 years old. She went on to have the 4th largest number of #1 hits throughout the 60's, with only Elvis, the Beatles and Ray Charles having more. But that first tv appearance will give Jay and Amber a real understanding of why 4 ft 9 in Brenda would always be known as Little Miss Dynamite. And she only got better, of course.
I never understood how anyone could possibly stop a song a kill the vibe. Y'all can't wait to talk about it after??