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
Every Which Way but Loose (film) only decent part is played by an orangutan. One can forgive [his] participation—he couldn't read the script—but what is Eastwood's excuse?" "Variety" commented that, "This film is so awful it's almost as if Eastwood is using it to find out how far he can go—how bad a film he can associate himself with." The soundtrack album included many successful country music hits, two new songs of which reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in 1979: the title track "Every Which Way but Loose" by Eddie Rabbitt and "Coca-Cola Cowboy" by Mel Tillis; also included was "Behind