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The Everly Brothers were an American country-influenced rock and roll duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Isaac Donald 'Don' Everly (born February 1, 1937) and Phillip 'Phil' Everly (January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014) were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
Tributes and interpretations by other artists
The Everlys, as noted above, wrote and composed 'Till I Kissed You' (Don), 'Cathy's Clown' (Don and Phil), and 'When Will I Be Loved' (Phil). 'Cathy's Clown' and 'When Will I Be Loved' became hits for Reba McEntire and Linda Ronstadt, respectively. (For the latter, the Everly Brothers themselves sang the chorus.)[citation needed]. 'Cathy's Clown' was also covered by the Tarney/Spencer Band. It was released as a single in 1979. Band member Alan Tarney (a former member of the Shadows) went on to be a producer for 'hit machines' like Cliff Richard and a-ha, the Norwegian band who, in turn, covered 'Crying in the Rain' in 1990 for its fourth album, East of the Sun, West of the Moon.
On Labor Day weekend 1988, Central City, Kentucky, began the Everly Brothers Homecoming event to raise money for a scholarship fund for Muhlenberg County students. Don and Phil toured the United Kingdom in 2005, and Phil appeared in 2007 on recordings with Vince Gill and Bill Medley. Also in 2007, Alison Krauss and former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant released Raising Sand, which included a cover of the 1964 hit 'Gone, Gone, Gone,' produced by T-Bone Burnett.
Four Everly Brothers tribute records were released in 2013: Billie Joe Armstrong's and Norah Jones's Foreverly, the Chapin Sisters's A Date with the Everly Brothers, Bonnie Prince Billy's and Dawn McCarthy's What the Brothers Sang, and the Wieners's Bird Dogs.
The album Marvin, Welch & Farrar (1971), by the British-Australian band of the same name, contains a track named after Don's place of birth, 'Brownie Kentucky'.[citation needed].
Jeff Lynne recorded a version of 'So Sad' for his 2012 album release Long Wave.
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