The Everly Brothers rock groups of the 1960s. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Simon & Garfunkel developed their early styles by performing Everly songs. The Bee Gees, The Hollies, The Marmalade, and other rock and roll groups that feature harmony singing were also influenced by the Everlys. The music of the Everly Brothers influenced the Beatles, who referred to themselves as "the English Everly Brothers" when Paul McCartney and John Lennon went hitchhiking south to win a talent competition. They based the vocal arrangement of "Please Please Me" on "Cathy's Clown." Keith Richards called Don Everly "one of the finest rhythm players."
The Mills Brothers he was 68, stopped touring with the group. As a trio, the Mills Brothers were frequent guests on "The Jack Benny Show", "The Perry Como Show", "The Tonight Show", "The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom", "The Dean Martin Show", and "The Hollywood Palace". After leaving Decca for Dot Records, they had a hit in 1958 with a cover version of "Get a Job" by The Silhouettes. They reached the charts with "Yellow Bird" two years before Arthur Lyman's version was a Top Ten hit. "Cab Driver", written by C. Carson Parks and recorded in 1968, was their last hit (No. 23