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BBC - The Everly Brothers: Harmonies from Heaven (2016)
WEBRip | 1280x720 | .MP4/AVC @ 2205 Kbps | 58mn 59s | 1014 MiB
Audio: English AAC 93.5 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

Documentary which celebrates, over the period covering the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 60s, the phenomenon of the Everly Brothers, arguably the greatest harmony duo the world has witnessed, who directly influenced the greatest and most successful bands of the 60s and 70s - the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys and Simon & Garfunkel to name but a few. Don and Phil Everly's love of music began as children, encouraged by their father Ike. Little Donnie and Baby Boy Phil sang on Ike's early-morning radio shows in Iowa. After leaving school, the brothers moved to Nashville where, under the wing of Ike Everly's friend, the highly talented musician Chet Atkins, Don and Phil signed with Cadence Records.

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