(ANSA) - LOS ANGELES (USA), AUG 22 - The American rock and country pioneer Don Everly, of the Everly Brothers duo, died at the age of 84 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Don had survived his brother Phil, who died in 2014 aged 75. The duo recorded their first album in 1957. Their music influenced an entire generation of bands in the 1960s, starting with John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles who were nicknamed the 'ForeverlyBrothers' early in their careers. They broke through at the age of 18 with 'Bye Bye Love'. However, the Beatles' supremacy over time got the better of the success of the Everly Brothers, who fell into drugs and alcohol and clashed more and more often offstage.
In 1973 the duo disbanded in the middle of a concert in that California, and then reformed in 1983 during a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. (HANDLE).