The Everly Brothers were American country-influenced rock and roll singers, known for steel-string guitar and close harmony singing. Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (born February 1, 1937) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014) were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
Don was born in Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1937, and Phil two years later in Chicago, Illinois. Their parents were Isaac Milford "Ike" Everly, Jr. (1908–1975), a guitar player, and Margaret Embry Everly. Actor James Best (born Jules Guy), also from Muhlenberg County, was the son of Ike's sister. Margaret was 15 when she married Ike, who was 26. Ike worked in coal mines from age 14, but his father encouraged him to pursue his love of music. Ike and Margaret began singing together. The Everly brothers spent most of their childhood in Shenandoah, Iowa. They attended Longfellow Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa, for a year, but then moved to Shenandoah in 1944, where they remained through early high school.
The Everly Brothers is the 1958 eponymous debut album of close harmony rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers. The album peaked at number 16 on Billboard's "pop albums" chart and launched three very successful singles. Originally on the Cadence label, the album was re-released on LP in 1988 by EMI and on CD in 2000 by Emporio Records. It was re-released again in 2009 on 180-gram vinyl by Doxy music.
"I Wonder If I Care as Much" reached #2 on the Pop Singles chart. "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie" enjoyed crossover success. "Bye Bye Love" peaked at #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, #2 on the Pop Singles chart and #5 on the Black Singles chart. "Wake Up Little Susie" reached #1 on all three.
Two of the songs on this album are included in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". "Bye Bye Love", #207 on the list, had been rejected by thirty musicians before The Everly Brothers agreed to record and release it, whereupon it remained on the charts for 27 weeks. "Wake Up Little Susie", song #311, was controversial enough as to be banned in Boston with its story of a teen couple who fall asleep during a boring film and wake far past curfew.
Lucille, you don't do your daddy's will
Lucille, you don't do your daddy's will
well there's nothin to ya, but I love you still
Lucille, please come back where you belong
Lucille, please come back where you belong
I'm beggin to you baby, please don't leave me alone
I woke up this mornin, Lucille was not in sight
I asked my friends about her, but all their lips were tight.
Lucille, please come back where you belong
I'm beggin to you baby, please don't leave me alone
OHHHHHHH
lucille, you don't do your daddy's will
Lucille, you don't do your daddy's will
Well, there's nothin to ya, but I love you still
OHHHHHHH