Editing The Everly Brothers (section)

==History==

===Early life, family, and education===
Don was born in [[Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky]], on February 1, 1937, and Phil in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], on January 19, 1939. Their parents were Isaac Milford "Ike" Everly Jr. (1908–1975), a guitar player, and Margaret Embry Everly (1919–2021). Don and Phil were of mostly [[Germans|German]] and [[English people|English]] descent and had some [[Cherokee people|Cherokee]] ancestry as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicrow.com/2021/12/margaret-everly-dies-at-age-102/|title=Margaret Everly Dies At Age 102|first=Robert K.|last=Oermann|date=December 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name="AMG">{{cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |title=Biography of the Everly Brothers |publisher=AllMusic Guide |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4208|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=September 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/shopper-news/bearden/2019/02/21/everly-brothers-mother-99-recalls-bearden-cas-walker-chet-atkins/2879557002/|title=Everly Brothers' mother, 99, recalls Bearden, Cas Walker and the ducktails|first=John|last=Shearer|website=Knoxville News Sentinel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 21, 2019|title=Everly Brothers Childhood Home|url=https://www.facebook.com/everlybrotherschildhoodhome/posts/happy-100th-birthday-margaret-everly-joined-by-friends-and-fans-all-around-the-w/1538411049631429/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/355612454577967/1538411049631429 |archive-date=February 26, 2022|url-access=registration|access-date=August 23, 2021|website=[[Facebook]]|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Actor [[James Best]] (born Jewel Guy), also from [[Muhlenberg County, Kentucky|Muhlenberg County]], was a first cousin, the son of Ike's sister.

Margaret was 15 when she married Ike, who was 26. Ike worked in [[Coal mining|coal mines]] from age 14, but his father encouraged him to pursue his love of music and Ike and Margaret began singing together.<ref>Jerry Bledsoe. "Ike and Margaret Everly Don't Like Doing Nothing". Greensboro (NC) ''Daily News'', November 29, 1971, p. B1.</ref> The Everly brothers spent most of their childhood in [[Shenandoah, Iowa]].<ref name="Radioiowa">{{cite web|url=http://www.radioiowa.com/2014/01/05/shenandoahs-phil-everly-of-everly-brothers-fame-dead-at-74/|title=Shenandoah's Phil Everly, of Everly Brothers fame, dead at 74|last=Henderson|first=O. Kay|date=January 5, 2014|publisher=Radio Iowa|access-date=January 19, 2014}}</ref> They attended Longfellow Elementary School in [[Waterloo, Iowa]], for a year<ref>"Everly Brothers Back Home Before 2,100". ''Waterloo (IA) Daily Courier'', February 9, 1958, p. 14.</ref> but then moved to Shenandoah in 1944, where they remained through early high school. Ike Everly had a music show on [[KMA (AM)|KMA]] and KFNF in Shenandoah in the mid-1940s,<ref name=NYTPareles /> 

The family moved to [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], in 1953, where the brothers attended [[West High School (Knoxville, Tennessee)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knoxfocus.com/archives/everly-brothers-knoxville/|last=design|date=November 30, 2014|title=The Everly Brothers in Knoxville – By Mike Steely|website=The Knoxville Focus|access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref> In 1955, the family moved to [[Madison, Tennessee]], while the brothers moved to [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. Don had graduated from high school in 1955, and Phil attended [[University School of Nashville|Peabody Demonstration School]] in Nashville,<ref name="RSinterview" /> from which he graduated in 1957.<ref>John Larson. "The Everly Brothers Now Want to Act". ''Boston Globe'', December 25, 1960, p. 14.</ref> Both could now focus on recording.<ref>"Everly Brothers Surprised". ''Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch'', July 5, 1970, p. H8.</ref>

===Early career (1940s-1950s)===
[[File:The Everly Brothers - Cash Box 1957.jpg|thumb|The Everly Brothers on the cover of ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'', July 13, 1957]]
As children, Don and Phil Everly sang on [[KMA (AM)|KMA]] and KFNF in Shenandoah as "Little Donnie and Baby Boy Phil".<ref name=NYTPareles /> The brothers also sang on radio with their parents as the Everly Family.<ref>"Rock-a-Billy Everly Boys". ''Blytheville (AR) Courier-News'', July 31, 1957, p. 8.</ref>

While in Knoxville, the brothers found work performing on [[Cas Walker]]’s Farm and Home Hour, a regional radio and TV variety program. The brothers caught the attention of family friend [[Chet Atkins]], manager of the [[RCA Victor]] studios in Nashville.<ref>“Everly Brothers' mother, 99, recalls Bearden, Cas Walker and the ducktails,” Knoxville News Sentinel, February 21, 2019</ref> Shortly thereafter, their mother moved the family to Nashville.<ref name="Lazell p. 171">Lazell, Barry ed., with Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, ''Rock Movers & Shakers''. Billboard Publications, New York, 1989, p. 171.</ref> Despite affiliation with RCA Victor, Atkins somehow  arranged for the Everly Brothers to record for [[Columbia Records]] in early 1956. Their "Keep a-Lovin' Me", which Don wrote and composed, flopped, and they were dropped from the Columbia label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grunge.com/468223/the-untold-truth-of-the-everly-brothers/|last=MacGilbert|first=Molly |date=July 22, 2021|title=The Untold Truth of the Everly Brothers|website=Grunge |access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>

Atkins introduced the Everly Brothers to [[Wesley Rose]], of [[Acuff-Rose]] music publishers. Rose told them he would secure them a recording deal if they signed to Acuff-Rose as songwriters. They signed in late 1956, and in 1957 Rose introduced them to [[Archie Bleyer]],<ref>Alan Frazer, "The Everly Saga, $$." Boston Sunday Advertiser, July 23, 1961, p. 22.</ref> who was looking for artists for his [[Cadence Records]]. The Everlys signed and made a recording in February 1957.<ref name="Lazell p. 171" /> "[[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]" had been rejected by 30 other acts.<ref name="Lazell p. 171" /> Their record reached No.&nbsp;2 on the [[popular music|pop]] charts, behind [[Elvis Presley]]'s "[[(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear]]", and No.&nbsp;1 on the country and No.&nbsp;5 on the [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] charts.<ref name="Lazell p. 171" /> The song, by [[Felice and Boudleaux Bryant]],<ref name=pc9>{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19757/m1/ |title=Show 9 – Tennessee Firebird: American country music before and after Elvis. [Part 1] }}</ref> became the Everly Brothers' first million-seller.
[[File:(Till) I Kissed You - Oh, What a Feeling - Billboard ad 1959.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' advertisement, August 17, 1959]] 
Working with the Bryants, they had hits in the United States and the United Kingdom, the biggest being "[[Wake Up Little Susie]]", "[[All I Have to Do Is Dream]]", "[[Bird Dog (song)|Bird Dog]]", and "[[Problems (The Everly Brothers song)|Problems]]". The Everlys, though they were largely interpretive artists, also succeeded as songwriters, especially with Don's "[[(Till) I Kissed You]]", which hit No.&nbsp;4 on the US pop charts.<ref>Whitburn, Joel, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', Billboard Books, NY 1992, p. 165.</ref>

The brothers toured with [[Buddy Holly]] in 1957 and 1958. According to Holly's biographer Philip Norman, they were responsible for persuading Holly and the [[the Crickets|Crickets]] to change their outfits from [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi's]] and [[T-shirt]]s to the Everlys' [[Ivy League (clothes)|Ivy League]] suits. Don said Holly wrote and composed "Wishing" for them. "We were all from the South", Phil observed of their commonalities. "We'd started in country music."<ref name="Philip Norman 1996">{{cite book |first=Philip |last=Norman |year=1996 |title=Buddy Holly: The Definitive Biography of Buddy Holly |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=0-306-80715-7 }}</ref> Although some sources say Phil Everly was one of Holly's pallbearers in February 1959, Phil said in 1986 that he attended the funeral and sat with Holly's family, but was not a pallbearer.<ref name="RSinterview">{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rolling-stone-interview-the-everly-brothers-19860508|title=The Rolling Stone Interview: The Everly Brothers|last=Loder|first=Kurt|date=May 8, 1986|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date=May 29, 2014}}</ref> Don did not attend, saying, "I couldn't go to the funeral. I couldn't go anywhere. I just took to my bed."<ref name="Philip Norman 1996" />

===Mid-career (1960s–1973)===
[[file:Everly Brothers in 1965.jpg|thumb|180px|Phil (left) and Don Everly in a 1965 publicity photo]]
After three years on Cadence, the Everlys signed with [[Warner Bros. Records]] in 1960,<ref name="AMG" /> where they recorded for 10 years. Their first Warner Bros. hit, 1960's "[[Cathy's Clown]]", which they wrote and composed themselves, sold eight million copies and became the duo's biggest-selling record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077x1fh|title=The Everly Brothers: Harmonies from Heaven|website=BBC|access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref> "Cathy's Clown" was number WB1, the first selection Warner Bros. Records ever released in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-everly-brothers/cathys-clown|title=Cathy's Clown by The Everly Brothers|website=Songfacts|access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|We're not [[Grand Ole Opry]]&nbsp;... we're obviously not [[Perry Como]]&nbsp;... we're just pop music. But, you could call us an American [[skiffle]] group!|{{clarify span|text=''[[NME]]''|reason=Source of quote unclear...in fact opaque: the quote appears to be from one of the Everly Brothers, not a *magazine* speaking in the first person.  If the first, it needs proper attribution; if the second, it should be deleted as confusing and non-germane.|date=February 2024}} – November of 1960<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book
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Other successful Warner Bros. singles followed in the United States, such as "[[So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)]]" (1960, pop No.&nbsp;7), "[[Walk Right Back]]" (1961, pop No.&nbsp;7), "[[Crying in the Rain]]" (1962, pop No.&nbsp;6), and "[[That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)|That's Old Fashioned]]" (1962, pop No.&nbsp;9, their last top 10 hit). From 1960 to 1962, Cadence Records released Everly Brothers singles from the vaults, including "[[When Will I Be Loved (song)|When Will I Be Loved]]" (pop No.&nbsp;8), written and composed by Phil, and "[[Like Strangers]]".<ref name="ebmf">{{cite web|url=https://musicfinder.online/the-everly-brothers/|title=The Everly Brothers |website=Music Finder| date=September 10, 2014 |access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref>

In the UK, they had 18 singles into the top 40 with Warner Bros. in the 1960s, including a string of top 10 hits through 1965 that featured "[[Lucille (Little Richard song)|Lucille]]"/"So Sad" (1960, No.&nbsp;4), "Walk Right Back"/"[[Ebony Eyes (John D. Loudermilk song)|Ebony Eyes]]" (1961, No.&nbsp;1), "[[Temptation (Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed song)|Temptation]]" (1961, No.&nbsp;1), "Cryin' in the Rain" (1962, No.&nbsp;6) and "[[The Price of Love]]" (1965, No.&nbsp;2).

By 1962, records by the Everlys had reportedly generated $35 million in sales. In 1961, the brothers had a falling out with Wesley Rose during the recording of "Temptation". Rose was reportedly upset that the Everlys were recording a song which he had not published and, hence, for which he would not be paid any publishing royalties. Rose made efforts to block the record's release. The Everlys held firm to their position, and as a result, in the early 1960s, they were shut off from Acuff-Rose songwriters. These included Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, who had written and composed most of their hits, as well as the Everlys themselves, who were still contracted to Acuff-Rose as songwriters and had written several of their own hits. From 1961 through early 1964, the Everlys recorded songs by other composers to avoid paying any royalties to Acuff-Rose. They used the pseudonym "Jimmy Howard" as writer or arranger on two selections they wrote and recorded during this time. This ruse, however, was ultimately unsuccessful, as Acuff-Rose gained legal possession of the copyrights once the deception was discovered.<ref name="alca">{{cite web|url=https://alancackett.com/phil-everly/|title=Phil Everly|website=Alan Cackett |access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref>
Around this time, the brothers also set up their own record label, Calliope Records, for solo projects. Using the pseudonym "Adrian Kimberly", Don recorded a big-band instrumental version of [[Edward Elgar]]'s first "[[Pomp and Circumstance]]" march, which [[Neal Hefti]] arranged and which charted in the United States top 40 in mid-1961. Further instrumental singles credited to Kimberly followed, but none of those charted. Phil formed the Keestone Family Singers, which featured [[Glen Campbell]] and [[Carole King]]. Their lone single, "Melodrama", failed to chart, and by the end of 1962, Calliope Records had gone out of business.
The Everly Brothers' last United States top 10 hit was 1962's "That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be)", a song recorded but unreleased by [[The Chordettes]] and given to the brothers by their old mentor, Archie Bleyer.<ref name="ebmf"/>

In succeeding years the Everly Brothers sold fewer records in the United States. Their enlistments in the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]] in October 1961 took them out of the spotlight.<ref>Natalie Best. "Rock 'n' Roll Marine Weds With Brother As Best Man". ''San Diego Union'', February 14, 1962, p. B1.</ref> One of their few performances during their Marine Corps service was on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', on February 18, 1962, when they performed "[[Jezebel (Frankie Laine song)|Jezebel]]" and "Crying in the Rain" while outfitted in their Marine uniforms.<ref>George Varga. "Everly Brothers Served at Camp Pendleton". ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', January 6, 2014. [http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/Jan/06/everly-brothers-served-at-camp-pendleton/]</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaX7LG67to| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218172952/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaX7LG67to| archive-date=February 18, 2014 | url-status=dead|title=The Everly Brothers – Crying In the Rain...|via=YouTube}}</ref>

Following their discharges from active duty, the Everlys resumed their career, but with little success in the United States. Of their 27 singles on Warner Bros. from 1963 through 1970, only three made the [[Billboard Hot 100]], and none peaked higher than No.&nbsp;31. Album sales were also down. The Everlys' first two albums for Warners (in 1960 and 1961) peaked at No.&nbsp;9 US, but after that, of a dozen more LPs for Warner Bros., only one made the top 200 – 1965's "[[Beat & Soul]]", which peaked at No.&nbsp;141.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nysmusic.com/2021/08/23/don-everly-1937-2021/|last=O'Shea|first=Tim|date=August 23, 2021|title=Don Everly, 1937–2021|website=NYS Music|access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-everly-brothers/chart-history/tlp/|title=Chart History: The Everly Brothers – Beat & Soul|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref>

The Everlys' dispute with Acuff-Rose lasted until 1964, when they resumed writing and composing as well as working with the Bryants. By then, however, both of the brothers were addicted to [[amphetamine]]s. Don's condition was worse, as he was taking [[Methylphenidate|Ritalin]]; his [[addiction]] lasted three years, until he suffered a [[nervous breakdown]] and was hospitalized for treatment.<ref name="RSEncyc">''The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll'' (Simon & Schuster, 2001)</ref> The mainstream media did not report either brothers' addiction. When Don collapsed in England in mid-October 1962, reporters were told he had food poisoning;<ref>"Don Everly Ill, Taken to Hospital", ''San Diego Union'', October 15, 1962, p. 8.</ref> when the tabloids suggested he had taken an overdose of pills, his wife and his brother insisted he was suffering physical and nervous exhaustion.<ref>"Singer Don Everly Flies to N.Y. Hospital". ''Boston Traveler'', October 16, 1962, p. 54.</ref> Don's poor health ended their British tour; he returned to the United States, leaving Phil to carry on with Joey Page, their bass player, taking Don's place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/everly-brothers-feud-split-reunion/|title=How The Everly Brothers repaired their broken relationship after breaking up during a live concert|website=Smooth Radio|access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref>

Though their U.S. stardom had begun to wane two years before the [[British Invasion]] in 1964, their appeal was still strong in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. The Everlys remained successful in the United Kingdom and Canada for most of the 1960s, reaching the top 40 in the United Kingdom through 1968 and the top 10 in Canada as late as 1967. The 1966 album ''[[Two Yanks in England]]'' was recorded in England with [[the Hollies]], who also wrote many of the album's songs. The Everlys' final U.S. top 40 hit, "[[Bowling Green (song)|Bowling Green]]", was released in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-everly-brothers-don-everly-dies-at-84/|last1=Kim|last2=Bloom|first1=Michelle Hyun|first2=Madison|date=August 22, 2021|title=The Everly Brothers' Don Everly Dies at 84|website=Pitchfork|access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref>

By the end of the 1960s, the brothers had returned to country rock, and their 1968 album, ''[[Roots (The Everly Brothers album)|Roots]]'', was hailed by some retrospective critics as "one of the finest early country-rock albums".<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6937|pure_url=yes}}|title=Roots The Everly Brothers|publisher=Allmusic.com}}</ref> However, by the end of the 1960s, the Everly Brothers had ceased to be hitmakers in either North America or the UK, and in 1970, following an unsuccessful live album (''The Everly Brothers Show''), their ten-year contract with Warner Bros. lapsed. They were the summer replacement hosts for [[Johnny Cash]]'s [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC-TV]] television show in 1970; their variety program, ''Johnny Cash Presents the Everly Brothers'', featured [[Linda Ronstadt]] and [[Stevie Wonder]].<ref>"Everly Brothers Return". Cleveland ''Plain Dealer'', July 5, 1970, p. 29E.</ref>

In 1970, Don released his first solo album, which was unsuccessful. The brothers resumed performing in 1971 and issued two albums for [[RCA Records]] in 1972 and 1973. [[Lindsey Buckingham]] joined and toured with them in 1972. The Everlys announced their final performance would take place on July 14, 1973, at [[Knott's Berry Farm]] in [[Buena Park]], California, but tensions between the two surfaced and Don told a reporter he was tired of being an Everly Brother.<ref>Marilyn and Hy Gardner, "Everly Brothers Too Close for Too Long". ''Springfield Union'' (MA), August 24, 1973, p. 27.</ref> During the show, Phil smashed his guitar and walked off. Don performed solo the following night, commenting to the audience "The Everly Brothers died ten years ago".<ref name="TimeMag06242001">{{cite magazine |last=Cocks |first=Jay| url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,143390,00.html | title=The Everly Brothers in Arms|date=June 24, 2001|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> The two would not reunite musically for more than ten years.

===Solo years (1973–1983)===
Phil and Don pursued solo careers from 1973 to 1983. Don found some success on the US country charts in the mid- to late-1970s, in Nashville with his band, Dead Cowboys, and playing with [[Albert Lee]]. Don also performed solo at an annual country music festival in London in mid-1976. His appearance was well received, and he was given "thunderous applause", even though critics noted that the performance was uneven.<ref>Ed Blanche, "Everly Laid Back". Springfield (MA) Union, June 21, 1977, p. 26.</ref>

Phil sang backup for [[Roy Wood]]'s 1975 album ''[[Mustard (album)|Mustard]]'' and two songs for [[Warren Zevon]]'s 1976 [[Warren Zevon (album)|self-titled album]].<ref>album liner notes</ref>  While Zevon was part of Phil Everly's back-up band, Phil also suggested the title and subject matter for Zevon's breakthrough hit single "[[Werewolves of London]]".<ref name="Medium">George Plasketes (June 15, 2016). [https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-secret-inspiration-behind-warren-zevons-werewolves-of-london-4a5fa337a7f1 The Secret Inspiration Behind Warren Zevon's ‘Werewolves of London’], Medium.com, accessed July 30, 2018</ref>

Don recorded "Everytime You Leave" with [[Emmylou Harris]] on her 1979 album ''[[Blue Kentucky Girl (Emmylou Harris album)|Blue Kentucky Girl]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artandculture.com/users/1120-everly-brothers |title=Everly Brothers @ Art + Culture |publisher=Artandculture.com |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=December 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219114555/http://www.artandculture.com/users/1120-everly-brothers |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Phil recorded more frequently, but with no chart success until the 1980s. He wrote "Don't Say You Don't Love Me No More" for the 1978 [[Clint Eastwood]] comedy film ''[[Every Which Way but Loose (film)|Every Which Way But Loose]]'', which he performed as a duet with the film's co-star [[Sondra Locke]]. Phil also wrote "One Too Many Women In Your Life" for the 1980 sequel, ''[[Any Which Way You Can]]'', and played in the band which backed Locke.<ref name="gard">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/05/phil-everly|last=Sweeting|first=Adam|date=January 5, 2014|title=Phil Everly obituary – Half of the brilliant duo that transformed 1950s pop music|website=The Guardian|access-date=September 20, 2021}}</ref>

In 1983, Phil had UK success as a solo artist with the album ''Phil Everly'', recorded mainly in London. Musicians on the LP included [[Dire Straits]] guitarist [[Mark Knopfler]], [[Rockpile]] and Dire Straits drummer [[Terry Williams (drummer)|Terry Williams]], and keyboard player [[Pete Wingfield]]. The track "[[She Means Nothing to Me]]", written and composed by [[John David Williams]] and featuring [[Cliff Richard]] as co-lead vocalist, was a UK Top 10 hit, and "Louise", written and composed by [[Ian Gomm]], reached the Top 50 in 1983.<ref name="alca"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Phil-Everly-Phil-Everly/release/3645876|title=Phil Everly |website=Discogs|date=September 6, 1983 |access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref>

===Reunion and later career (1983–2005)===
The brothers' reunion concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]] on September 23, 1983, which ended their ten-year-long solo careers, was initiated by Phil and Don alongside Terry Slater, with Wingfield as musical director. This concert was recorded for a live LP and video broadcast on cable television in mid-January 1984.<ref>"Cable Concert Appearance Reunites the Everly Brothers". Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, January 6, 1984, p. 38.</ref> The brothers returned to the studio as a duo for the first time in over a decade, recording the album ''EB '84'', produced by [[Dave Edmunds]]. The lead single, "[[On the Wings of a Nightingale]]", written by [[Paul McCartney]], was a success (Top 10 adult contemporary)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eb-84-mw0000189823/awards |title=EB 84 – The Everly Brothers &#124; Awards |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 5, 2014}}</ref> and returned them to the US Hot 100 (for their last appearance) and the UK charts. McCartney made his esteem for the duo explicit, saying, "When John and I started to write songs, I was Phil and he was Don."<ref>Hutcheon, David, ''Mojo Magazine'', November 2021, "Bye Bye Love (Don Everly obituary), p. 116</ref>

[[File:Everlys 3.jpg|thumb|The Everly Brothers performing in New York, c. 1980s]]
Their final charting single was 1986's "[[Born Yesterday (song)|Born Yesterday]]", from the album of the same name. They collaborated with other performers, mostly singing either backup vocals or duets, including additional vocals on the title track of [[Paul Simon]]'s 1986 album ''[[Graceland (album)|Graceland]]''. In 1990, Phil recorded a duet with Dutch singer [[René Shuman]]. "On Top of the World" was written and composed by Phil, who appeared in the music video they recorded in Los Angeles. The selection appeared on Shuman's album ''Set the Clock on Rock''. A 1981 live [[BBC]] recording of "[[All I Have to Do Is Dream]]", which featured Cliff Richard and Phil sharing vocals, was a UK Top 20 hit in 1994.<ref name="Sleeve notes from 'All I Have to Do Is Dream' single">{{cite AV media notes | title='All I Have to Do Is Dream' (single)| author=Cliff Richard with Phil Everly|date=1994| publisher=EMI| location=United Kingdom}}</ref>

In 1998, the brothers recorded "Cold" for [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s and [[Jim Steinman]]'s musical ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical)|Whistle Down the Wind]]'', and the recording was used in stage versions as [[source music]]. It was the final studio recording the Everly Brothers would make as a duo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicrockhistory.com/top-10-everly-brothers-songs-decade-by-decade/|last=Anderson|first=Skip|date=c. 2018|title=Top 10 Everly Brothers Songs Decade By Decade – Top 10 Everly Brothers songs from the 1970s to 1998 (# 10 – Cold)|website=Classic Rock History |access-date=September 22, 2021}}</ref>

The brothers joined [[Simon & Garfunkel]] in their "[[Old Friends (1997 Simon and Garfunkel album)|Old Friends]]" reunion tour of 2003 and 2004. As a tribute to the Everly Brothers, Simon & Garfunkel opened their own show and had the Everlys come out in the middle of it. The live album ''[[Old Friends: Live on Stage]]'' contains Simon & Garfunkel discussing the Everlys' influence on their career and features all four on "Bye Bye Love"; the subsequent DVD features two extra solo performances by the Everlys. This was not the first time [[Paul Simon]] had performed with his heroes; in 1986, the Everlys had sung background vocals on the [[Graceland (song)|title track]] of Simon's album ''[[Graceland (album)|Graceland]]''. Simon & Garfunkel's 1981 ''Concert in Central Park'' featured their interpretation of the Everlys' "Wake Up, Little Susie".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/simon-and-garfunkel-reunite-in-central-park-110446/|last=Connelly|first=Christopher|date=October 29, 1981|title=Simon and Garfunkel Reunite in Central Park|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=September 22, 2021}}</ref>

Phil Everly sang "Sweet Little Corrina" with country singer [[Vince Gill]] on his 2006 album ''[[These Days (Vince Gill album)|These Days]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Thom Jurek |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/these-days-mw0000402550 |title=These Days – Vince Gill &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |date=October 17, 2006 |access-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> Everly had previously supplied harmony vocals on [[JD Souther]]'s "White Rhythm and Blues" on his (Souther's) 1979 album ''[[You're Only Lonely]]''.

===Later developments===
Don Everly attended the Annual Music Masters as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame paid homage to the Everly Brothers on October 25, 2014. Don took the State Theater stage and performed the Everlys' classic hit "[[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]".<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Iq382I_UQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/i4Iq382I_UQ| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Don Everly sings Bye Bye Love 10 /25 /2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|date=October 27, 2014|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>  His final performance was a guest appearance with Paul Simon on Simon's 2018 farewell tour in Nashville. Don and Simon performed “Bye Bye Love”, with Simon on Phil Everly's original tenor harmony.<ref>{{Citation|title=Paul Simon with Don Everly "Bye Bye Love" at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville 6/20/18| date=June 20, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2U3jqLX8Qs| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/K2U3jqLX8Qs| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=August 23, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Don Everly publicly endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]] for the 2016 presidential election in January of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kmaland.com/news/don-everly-backs-hillary-clinton/article_4755c096-c5e1-11e5-bb1b-4313ed84baee.html|title=Don Everly backs Hillary Clinton|author=Mike Peterson|date=January 28, 2016|work=KMAland.com}}</ref> This marked the first time he had ever publicly supported a political candidate. Don stated that after his brother Phil's death, he felt free to express his views more openly, noting that the brothers' opposing views had made it impossible for them to lend active support to political candidates.

===Deaths===
Phil Everly died at [[Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center]] in [[Burbank, California]], on January 3, 2014,<ref name="CNN">{{cite web| url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/showbiz/singer-phil-everly-dies/|title=Singer Phil Everly – half of legendary Everly Brothers – dies|last=Botelho|first=Greg|author2=Todd Leopold  |date=January 4, 2014|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=May 28, 2014}}</ref> aged 74, of [[Lung Disease|lung disease]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25601185 |title=US Musician Phil Everly dies aged 74 |publisher=BBC |date=January 4, 2014 |access-date=January 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name=PhilDeathIndependent>{{cite news|last=Saul |first=Heather|title=Phil Everly dead: World mourns younger of US rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/everly-brothers-phil-dies-aged-74-9038640.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/everly-brothers-phil-dies-aged-74-9038640.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2014|newspaper=The Independent|date=January 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name="LATimesObit">{{cite news| url=https://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/04/local/la-me-phil-everly-20140104| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112155724/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/04/local/la-me-phil-everly-20140104| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 12, 2014|title=Half of rock vocal duo the Everly Brothers|last=Lewis|first=Randy| date=January 4, 2014|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 28, 2014}}</ref><ref name="gard" /> Patti Everly blamed her husband's death on his smoking habit, which caused him to develop [[COPD|chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]]; she stated that Phil had spent his final years having to carry oxygen tanks with him wherever he went and taking 20 different types of medication per day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2014/10/27/phil-everlys-widow-shares-pain-copd-death/18010401/|title=Phil Everly's widow shares the pain of his COPD death|first=Brad|last=Schmitt|newspaper=The Tennessean|access-date=August 26, 2021}}</ref>

In a 2014 interview with the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Don Everly said that he had given up smoking in the late 1960s and that Phil had stopped too. However, Don indicated that Phil had resumed smoking during their breakup and had continued until 2001. Don said that weak lungs ran in the family, as their father, Ike, had died of [[Coalworker's pneumoconiosis|black lung disease]]. Don admitted that he had lived "a very difficult life" with his brother and that he and Phil had become estranged once again in their later years. Don attributed their estrangement to "their vastly different views on politics and life", with music being the one thing they shared closely. Don said, "it's almost like we could read each other's minds when we sang". However, Don also stated that he had not gotten over Phil's death: "I always thought about him every day, even when we were not speaking to each other. It still just shocks me that he's gone". Don added that because he was the older brother, he had always believed he would die before Phil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-don-everly-brothers-phil-death-obituary-20140402-story.html|title=Don Everly on death of brother Phil: 'I think about him every day'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 3, 2014}}</ref> In a 2016 interview, Don said he was still coping with the loss of Phil and that he had kept some of his brother's ashes in his home. He added that he would pick up the ashes every morning and say "good morning", admitting that it was a peculiar ritual.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kmaland.com/news/don-everly-remembers-early-years/article_effb8932-c6aa-11e5-9981-2303fdd38fec.html|title=Don Everly remembers early years|author=Mike Peterson|date=January 29, 2016|work=KMAland.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822064354/https://www.kmaland.com/news/don-everly-remembers-early-years/article_effb8932-c6aa-11e5-9981-2303fdd38fec.html |archive-date=August 22, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Don died at his home in Nashville on August 21, 2021, at the age of 84.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/don-everly-country-rock-duo-the-everly-brothers-dies-at-84-1235001251/  Trilby Beresford, "Don Everly, Half of Country Rock Duo The Everly Brothers, Dies at 84", ''Hollywood Reporter'', August 21, 2021]. Retrieved August 22, 2021</ref>