CLASSIC COUNTRY FANS..why do you think..?

The EVERLY BROS is always mentioned THROUGH OUT 95% of my CLASSIC COUNTRY DICTIONARY'S AND ENCYLOPEDIA'S? I really don't consider them to be COUNTRY WHAT SO EVER..why do you think?

I Wonder If I Care As Much had a whining steel guitar in it, and I'm a great big fan of Don and Phil, don't get me wrong. But no, I wouldn't classify them as country.

I don't think of them as being country either

me neither

I think they are more the 50s rock n roll genre, not country. I have noticed the same thing. I have seen their music in compilations of 50s rnr as well as country. But I agree--they are not country at all when compared to other true country artists of the 50s.

They along with Jerry L.Lewis. Elvis and a few others were considered Country/Rockabilly. Not hard enough for rock,but yet not soft enough for country. That's just my opinion.

Rock and Roll and Country in the 50's were kind of intertwined

Carl Perkins is another example, they had influence on both genres....

quite obviously the people who include them in the coun try music genre do not listen to the music they write about. no way are they country.

i agree with tex and sophie.....i wouldn't deny them their place in C/W history....emmylou 'covered' them (but then again she covered the chordettes, so i guess that's not a good argument)

I think that back then, as some of our music today, the R&B, Rock and Country were combined. So I can see where they would be included in the country music history. According to the timeline from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction:

1954: Through the intercession of Nashville legend Chet Atkins, one of Don Everly鈥檚 songs, 鈥淭hou Shalt Not Steal,鈥?is recorded by country star Kitty Wells.

August 4, 1957: The Everly Brothers perform 鈥淏ye Bye Love鈥?and 鈥淲ake Up Little Susie鈥?on The Ed Sullivan Show. The same year, they also appear on The Grand Ole Opry and TV variety shows hosted by Perry Como, Alan Freed, Patti Page and Arthur Murray.

The Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson were the type entertainers that had a broad fan base.Singers such as Elvis,Jerry Lee,Johnny Cash were early cross over entertainers and the Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson fit the same mold as these others.
Personnally I still classify them as "pop".

who are they? i am the ultimate country fan and i have never heard them on the radio.

You know I would agree with you but if you look back at the time period that they originate from you will find a lot of artists for example Conway Twitty who were originally considered rock and some were considered country. To further mess the issue up I think that whole Rockabilly thing confuses a lot of people who write about music and make music compilations as well. It truly was the birth of Rock and Roll when country artists like Bill Haley started playing blues infused faster paced stuff. Now you have the aforementioned writers and compilers confused is he country or is he rock? It's the same with the Everly's I'll bet. I can't really say I know that much about them. I can only think of about 2 songs that they do.