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 Everly Brothers 1979 album "Blue Kentucky Girl." Phil recorded more frequently, but with no chart success until the 1980s. Everly wrote "Don't Say You Don't Love Me No More" for the 1978 Clint Eastwood comedy film "Every Which Way But Loose", in which Eastwood performed it as a duet with co-star Sondra Locke. Phil also wrote "One Too Many Women In Your Life" for the 1980 sequel, "Any Which Way You Can", and played in the band which backed Locke. In 1983, Phil had UK success as a soloist with the album "Phil Everly", recorded mainly in London. Musicians on the LP