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The Everly Brothers (Phil on the left, Don on the right) singing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1957.
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One half of one of the most influential duos in rock 'n' roll history has died.
Phil Everly, 74, died Friday in a Burbank, Calif., hospital. His son Jason tells The Associated Press,
NPR and other news outlets that the legendary singer suffered from chronic pulmonary disease.
Everly's brother Don, now 76, is among the other survivors.
Their webpage on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame catalog of inductees rightly notes that the brothers
"transformed the Appalachian folk, bluegrass and country sounds of their Kentucky boyhood into a
richly harmonized form of rock and roll. ... With Don taking the melody and Phil harmonizing above
him, the Everlys released a steady string of hit records between 1957 and 1962 that crossed over
from country to pop and even R&B charts."
Those hits included:

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They also wrote songs that became hits for others, including:
"Cathy's Clown"
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