Everly Brothers singer dies aged 74
Phil Everly, who with his brother Don formed the influential duo The Everly Brothers died on Friday in California at the age of 74. The pair touched the hearts and sparked the imaginations of rock'n'roll singers for decades, including the Beatles and Bob Dylan.
Phil and Don Everly helped draw the blueprint of rock'n'roll in the late 1950s and 1960s with a high harmony that captured the yearning and angst of a nation of teenage baby boomers looking for a way to express themselves beyond the simple platitudes of the pop music of the day.
In all, their career spanned five decades, although they performed separately from 1973 to 1983. In their heyday between 1957 and 1962, they had 19 top 40 hits.
