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I loved the Everly Brothers when I was younger - such memories with their songs.

Rest in peace, Phil, you will never be forgotten while your music is played

Lizx

Dear All

Hello

Hope you are okay and safe from the weather.


This is a much overlooked song, written by Paul McCartney and sang by
the Everly Brothers:


"ON THE WINGS OF A NIGHTINGALE"


"When I love, I get a feeling
Like I'm traveling through the sky

On the wings of a nightingale
As I ride, my head is reeling

And I don't even wonder why
On the wings of a nightingale I'll fly


I'll go land and sea,
I'll be thinking of you and me

Couldn't ask for a better place to be
Oh, I can feel something happening

Oh, I can feel something happening
Oh, I can feel something happening to me


So hold my hand, I got a feeling
That the journey has just begun

On the wings of a nightingale
And if you like we'll fly together

To the land of eternal sun
On the wings of a nightingale of love


I'll go land and sea,
I'll be thinking of you and me


Couldn't ask for a better place to be
Oh, I can feel something happening

Oh, I can feel something happening
Oh, I can feel something happening to me


When I love, I get a feeling
Like I'm traveling through the sky

On the wings of a nightingale
On the wings of a nightingale"

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May you rest in peace, Mr Everly and thank you.


Sincere wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Loved them and their songs, many of which had haunting tunes and real words!!! Makes me remember how old I am when I see his age!!! R.I.P. Phil.

ahh I'm so sad to read this.
I saw the Everly brothers perform at the City Hall in Newcastle when I was a young teenager in the fifties, and was really thrilled to touch Phil's arm as he passed by me after the concert.
Bye Bye love..... another idol gone from my youth :-(

RIP Phil Everly

Another icon of my youth gone :-(

R.I.P. Phil Everly

My era too AnnC, I loved all their records and used to drive my lovely Dad nuts playing Devoted To You repeatedly........ ahhhh, happy days and lovely memories.

RIP Phil Everly. A legend.

My favourite Everly song of all was 'Bowling Green' but couldn't 'Ebony Eyes' tear you apart?

RIP melodious one.

RIP Phil Everly

so sad - part of my youth!!!

Phil Everly, Younger of the Everly Brothers, Dies Aged 74 [VIDEO]
By Mark Piggott | IB Times – 50 minutes ago
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Singer Phil Everly, who with older brother Don forged a unique blend of country and rock music, which influenced artists from Bob Dylan to Green Day, has died aged 74.

Rolling Stone magazine described the Everly Brothers as "the most important vocal duo in rock" and Phil attributed their uniquely melodic sound to the fact they were brothers.

Paul McCartney said hearing them sing All I Have to Do is Dream in 1958 inspired them to try and play it and Paul Simon, of Simon and Garfunkel, said: "Bye Bye Love was the first song that really killed me."

Phil was born in Chicago on 19 January 1939, the son of Country singers Margaret and Ike Everly, and he and his brother Don sang with their parents on local radio. In the 1950s they moved to Nashville to record their own songs and took a Felice and Boudleaux Bryant song, Bye Bye Love, to number 2 in the US charts.

The brothers wrote and sang together throughout the following decades and had 35 top 100 songs, more than any other duo. In 1973 they split acrimoniously mid-gig, but were reconciled ten years later and went on to score further hits including Born Yesterday in 1986. That same year they were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

Speaking that same year Don attributed their success to the fact they had never followed trends:

"We did what we liked and followed our instincts. Rock 'n' roll did survive, and we were right about that. Country did survive, and we were right about that. You can mix the two, but people said we couldn't."

Bob Dylan said of the duo: "We owe these guys everything. They started it all."

Phil had smoked heavily throughout his life and contracted chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He died in a California hospital leaving a wife, Patti, and two sons, Jason and Chris.