The Everly Brothers Inducted 1986 • Don Everly born in Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1937; Phil Everly born in Chicago, Illinois, 1939 • The Everlys were a performing family; hosted their own radio show • Father “Ike” was a guitar player with a unique finger picking style
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The Everly BrothersInducted 1986
• Don Everly born in Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1937; Phil Everly born in Chicago, Illinois, 1939
• The Everlys were a performing family; hosted their own radio show
• Father “Ike” was a guitar player with a unique finger picking style
• Don begins to focus on songwriting
• Kitty Wells records Don’s original “Thou Shalt Not Steal” (1954); published by Athens Music owned by Chet Atkins
• Chet Atkins (Inducted 2002), becomes a guide as Don and Phil make their way through Nashville in 1955-1956
• 1957: the brothers are introduced to Wesley Rose who secures a contract with Cadence Records – their big break
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• written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant –husband and wife country music and pop songwriting team
• Reached #2 on Billboard Pop Charts Reached #1 on Billboard Country Charts
• Song’s success garners national bookings, bookings at the Grand Ole Opry, and television appearances on Ed Sullivan and American Bandstand