Everly Brothers - Sing Their Greatest Hits (Limited Ediition)

There have been some wonderful
harmony pairings in popular
music: John Lennon and Paul
McCartney, Michael Stipe and Mike
Mills, Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell,
everyone will pick their own; but
there is something very special
about family and especially sibling
harmony. A modern group like The
Proclaimers took their inspiration
directly from the Everleys, who
borrowed something in turn from
The Louvin Brothers and other acts
of the time. The voices were not
just in tune, but shared a very
particular timbre. The brothers fell
out in time, as brothers do, but
when they sang – and there’s no need
to list the songs; they’re stitched
into the history of rock’n’roll –
they didn’t sound like two men, but
like one.