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On August 21, 2021 we received the sad news that Don Everly of The Everly Brothers passed away. Don Everly, 84, died at his home in Nashville. He formed the legendary rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers with his brother Phil. Together they had worldwide hits in the late 50s and early 60s with “Bye bye love“ and “All I have to do is dream“. In 1984 on their comeback they scored “On the wings of a nightingale“. This exclusive live video is the YouTube premiere of the concert the Everly Brothers did in 1984 in the Netherlands. Rest in peace, Don! The Everly Brothers were an American country-influenced rock and roll duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald “Don“ Everly (born February 1, 1937 - August 21, 2021) and Phillip “Phil“ Jason Everly (January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014), the duo was raised in a musical family, first appearing on radio singing along with their father Ike Everly and mother Margaret Everly as “The Everly Family“ in the 1940s. When the brothers were still in high school, they gained the attention of prominent Nashville musicians like Chet Atkins, who began to groom them for national attention. They began writing and recording their own music in 1956, and their first hit song came in 1957, with “Bye Bye Love“, written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. The song hit number 1 in the spring of 1957, and additional hits would follow through 1958, many of them written by the Bryants, including “Wake Up Little Susie“, “All I Have to Do Is Dream“, and “Problems“. In 1960, they signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records and recorded “Cathy’s Clown“, written by the brothers themselves, which was their biggest selling single. The brothers enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1961, and their output dropped off, though additional hit singles continued through 1962, with “That’s Old Fashioned (That’s the Way Love Should Be)“ being their last top-10 hit. In October 1984 the Everly Brothers visited the Netherlands to headline the annual Dutch television show ’AVRO’s Platengala’. Their single ’On The Wings Of A Nightingale’ reached its highest position of #4 in the in the Dutch Top 10 on that very day, 13 October 1984. Their album ’EB’84’ was on its way to the 6th position in the Album top 100 and achieved the gold status. This performance was taped at the Platen Gala, 13 October 1984 recorded live in the Ahoy hal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Nederlands: 21 augustus 2021. Don Everly van The Everly Brothers overleden, bekend van “All I have to do is dream“ en “On the wings of a nightingale“ In zijn huis in Nashville is Don Everly (84) overleden. Hij vormde met zijn broer Phil het legendarische rock-’n-rollduo The Everly Brothers. Samen hadden ze eind jaren 50 en begin jaren 60 wereldwijd hits met “Bye bye love“ en “All I have to do is dream“. In 1984 bij hun comeback scoorden ze met “On the wings of a nightingale“ een vette top 10 hit in Nederland. Dit is de live versie van dit nummer opgenomen door AVRO tv op 13 oktober 1984 tijdens het AVRO Platen Gala 1984 in de Rotterdamse Ahoy hall. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 13 October 1984 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
