Everly Brothers Trivia Questions With Answers
Who were The Everly Brothers?
A: They were American country-influenced rock and roll singers.
What were the Everly Brothers known for ?
A: Steel-string guitar and close harmony singing.
When was Isaac Donald "Don" Everly born?
A: February 1, 1937.
When was Phillip "Phil" Everly born?
A: (January 19, 1939.
Where was Don Everly born?
A: In Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Where was Phil Everly born?
A: In Chicago, Illinois.
Who were their parents?
A: Isaac Milford "Ike" Everly, Jr., a guitar-player, and Margaret Embry Everly.
Where did the Everly brothers spend most of their
childhood?
A: In Shenandoah, Iowa.
Where did they begin attending elementary school?
A: Longfellow Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa.
Ike Everly had a show on KMA and KFNF in Shenandoah in the
mid-1940s, first with his wife, and then with whom?
A: His sons.
Who did the brothers sing on the radio as?
A: "Little Donnie and Baby Boy Phil."
The family sang as what?
A: Everly Family.
Ike, with guitarists Merle Travis, Mose Rager, and Kennedy
Jones, was honored in 1992 by construction of the what?
A: Four Legends Fountain in Drakesboro, Kentucky.
Where did the family move to in 1953?
A: Knoxville, Tennessee.
What high school did the brothers attend?
A: West High School.
In 1955, the family moved to where?
A: Madison, Tennessee.
Don had graduated from high school in what year?
A: 1955.
Phil graduated from Peabody Demonstration School in
Nashville in what year?
A: 1957.
While in Knoxville, the brothers caught the attention of
what family friend?
A: Chet Atkins, manager of RCA Victor's studio in Nashville.
The brothers became a duo and moved to where?
A: Nashville.
Who did Atkins introduced the brothers to?
A: Wesley Rose of Acuff-Rose, music publishers.
What did Rose tell them he would do if they signed to Acuff-Rose
as songwriters?
A: Get them a recording deal.
They signed in late 1956, and in 1957 Rose introduced them
to whom?
A: Archie Bleyer.
Archie Bleyer was looking for artists for his what?
A: Cadence label.
The Everlys signed and made recording when?
A: In February 1957.
Their single, "Bye Bye Love," had been rejected by how
many other acts?
A: 30.
Their recording reached what number on the pop charts
behind Elvis Presley's "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"?
A: No. 2.
Bye Bye Love also reached what on the R&B charts?
A: No. 5.
The song became the Everly Brothers' first what?
A: Million-seller.
What were the Everly Brothers four biggest hits?
A: "Wake Up Little Susie", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", "Bird
Dog", and
"Problems".
Who did the brothers tour with in 1957 and 1958?
A: Buddy Holly.
After three years on Cadence, the Everlys signed with what
label?
A: Warner Bros. Records in 1960.
Their first hit for Warner Brothers, 1960's "Cathy's
Clown"
sold how many?
A: Eight million.
The brothers never stopped working as a duo but their last
United States Top Ten hit was 1962's what?
A: "That's Old Fashioned".
Of 27 singles on Warner Brothers from 1963 through 1970,
how many made the Hot 100?
A: Three.