Deaths: Phil Everly, 74: Half of Everly Brothers

Died January 3, 2014. He and his brother Don Everly had a whole slew of big hits in the late 50s/early 60s and were noted for their high harmony. According to AP, they "sang dark songs hidden behind deceptively pleasing harmonies and were the perfect interpreters of the twitchy hearts of millions of baby booming teens coming of age in the 1950s and 1960s." //// They even influenced the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkell. From 1957 to 1962 they had 19 Top 40 hits before breaking up in 1073 and getting back together again in 1987. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Famne in 1986. //// Their hit song "Wake Up Little Susie" was actually banned back in its day. Some of their big hits "Wake Up Little Susie" #1 in 1957; "All I Have to Do" #1 1958; "Bird Dog" #1 1958; "Cathy's Clown" #1 1960 and "When Will I Be Loved" #8 1960 (later a big hit for Linda Ronstadt. //// A Great One. --RoadDog