They began writing and recording their own music in 1956, and their first hit song came in 1957, with "Bye Bye Love", written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. The song hit No. 1 in the spring of 1957, and additional hits would follow through 1958, many of them written by the Bryants, including "Wake Up Little Susie", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", and "Problems". In 1960, they signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records and recorded "Cathy's Clown", written by the brothers themselves, which was their biggest selling single. The brothers enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1961, and their output dropped off, though additional hit singles continued through 1962, with "That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)" being their last top-10 hit.
Long-simmering disputes with Wesley Rose, the CEO of Acuff-Rose Music, which managed the group, a growing drug usage in the 1960s, as well as changing tastes in popular music, led to the group's decline in popularity in its native U.S., though the brothers continued to release hit singles in the U.K. and Canada, and had many highly successful tours throughout the 1960s. In the early 1970s, the brothers began releasing solo recordings, and in 1973 they officially broke up. Starting in 1983, the brothers got back together, and would continue to perform periodically until Phil's death in 2014. Don died seven years later.
The group was highly influential on the music of the generation that followed it. Many of the top acts of the 1960s were heavily influenced by the close-harmony singing and acoustic guitar playing of the Everly Brothers, including the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Bee Gees, and Simon & Garfunkel. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked the Everly Brothers No. 1 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class of 1986, and into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Don was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019, earning the organization's first Iconic Riff Award for his distinctive rhythm guitar intro to the Everlys' massive 1957 hit "Wake Up Little Susie".
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You Done Me Wrong
The Everly Brothers Lyrics
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No use denyin' you done me wrong
If I could look inside your heart maybe I could find the reason
Why you are leavin' me all alone
Well you know it's not so when you say it's not well you know you lie
I didn't do one wrong thing to you
Won't you tell me baby why you went and left me here so lonely
I miss only yes I love you
Did I ever make you sad so you'd be mad and love to hurt me
And desert me for so long
Well you're telling everyone what you done you think it's funny
Well listen honey you done me wrong
Well you know it's not so...
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Well you know it's not so...
The Everly Brothers' song "You Done Me Wrong" talks about a relationship that has gone downhill. It all starts with the girl telling the boy that she cares for him, but then she leaves him, which makes him very sad. He is crying and cannot help but think that she had done him wrong. He is so hurt that he wishes he could find out why she is leaving him alone. He is convinced that she is lying by saying that nothing is wrong between them, and he feels he didn't do anything to deserve her leaving him. He is lonely and misses her a lot.
In the second verse, the boy is questioning if he ever did anything wrong to the girl, which caused her to be mad or hurt him. However, she left him alone for so long that he is wondering if any of his actions ever mattered. He then tells the girl that she has been going around town bragging about what she did, but all he feels is the pain that she has caused him. He reiterates that she has done him wrong, and it has not been a funny incident at all.
Line by Line Meaning
Well you tell me that you care but now you're gone you got me cryin'
You claimed to care for me, but now that you left, I'm left in tears.
No use denyin' you done me wrong
There's no point in denying that you hurt me.
If I could look inside your heart maybe I could find the reason
Perhaps if I could understand your feelings, I could understand why you left me.
Why you are leavin' me all alone
I'm left questioning why you left me to face the world on my own.
Well you know it's not so when you say it's not well you know you lie
Your protestations of innocence do not ring true; you are lying.
I didn't do one wrong thing to you
I have not done anything to warrant the way you treated me.
Won't you tell me baby why you went and left me here so lonely
I am begging you to explain why you abandoned me to face loneliness.
I miss only yes I love you
I long for you and I confess my love for you.
Did I ever make you sad so you'd be mad and love to hurt me
Did I at any point in our relationship make you sad that caused you to leave and hurt me purposely?
And desert me for so long
You have deserted me and refused to communicate despite the long time that has passed.
Well you're telling everyone what you done you think it's funny
You find amusement in telling others about the heartbreak and harm you caused me.
Well listen honey you done me wrong
In spite of your laughter and jokes about our breakup, you have wronged me deeply and caused me great pain.
Well you know it's not so...
Despite your claims to the contrary, your actions toward me were unjust and wrong.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PAT MC LAUGHLIN
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