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Don Everly: Brother Juke Box Trivia Quiz

After Phil Everly died in 2014, I created a quiz in his honor, called "Phil Everly: Harmonies from Heaven." His brother Don died in 2021, and it is far past time for him to have his own quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by BarbaraMcI. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
BarbaraMcI

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
414,770

Updated
Dec 05 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Don Everly was born in 1937 in Brownie, Kentucky, which no longer exists. What kind of industry was the center of the community? Hint

Textile mill

Coal mining

Military installation

Distillery

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Don Everly's middle name? Hint

Isaac

Donald

Merle

Chester

3. Though the Everly Brothers moved to Nashville in 1955 to pursue a performing career, Don's first commercial success came as a songwriter. When he was 17 years old, he wrote "Thou Shalt Not Steal," which peaked at number 14 on the U.S. Country chart for an artist called "The Queen of Country Music." There are several women who have used this title; which one sang Don's song? Hint

Dolly Parton

Kitty Wells

Loretta Lynn

Tammy Wynette

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Question 4 of 10

4. While Phil Everly had some solo success, recording five albums under his own name, Don also did his own solo work, with three albums and contributing vocals to the work of other artists. Which of these was NOT one of Don's solo albums? Hint

Brother Juke Box

Don Everly

Star-Spangled Springer

Sunset Towers

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Question 5 of 10

5. Many musical acts record holiday albums, and the Everly Brothers made "Christmas with The Everly Brothers and the Boys Town Choir" in 1962. Each brother had a solo track: while Phil soloed on "O Little Town of Bethlehem," Don took his turn on what traditional English Carol, with an alternate version rumored to have been composed by Henry VIII? Hint

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Deck the Halls

What Child Is This

Away in a Manger

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Question 6 of 10

6. Don Everly contributed guest vocals to many recordings by other artists. What fellow Country Music Hall of Fame member shared vocals with Don on her 1979 album "Blue Kentucky Girl"? Hint

Reba McEntire

Emmylou Harris

Kathy Mattea

Bobbie Gentry

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Question 7 of 10

7. One of the Everly Brothers' biggest hits was credited to both Don and Phil as songwriters, but there was a long dispute and a court case before the sole credit was awarded to Don. Which song was this? Hint

Don't Blame Me

When Will I Be Loved

Cathy's Clown

So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)

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Question 8 of 10

8. On Don Everly's first solo album, he sang a classic country song first recorded in 1934 by the Sons of the Pioneers. The original recording was selected in 2010 by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." What is this famous song? Hint

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Right or Wrong

Cool Water

Faded Love

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Question 9 of 10

9. Don Everly's second wife was Venetia Stevenson, daughter of actress Anna Lee. Their daughter Erin, a model, married a rock star who wrote a Number One song for her. Who was Don's onetime son-in-law? Hint

Vince Neil

Axl Rose

Bryan Adams

John Mellencamp

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Question 10 of 10

10. Don Everly's final live performance was in 2018, on the farewell tour of a fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who had idolized the Everly Brothers and whose early work was patterned after them. Who was that? Hint

Paul McCartney

Paul Simon

Bill Medley

Richard Carpenter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Don Everly was born in 1937 in Brownie, Kentucky, which no longer exists. What kind of industry was the center of the community?

Answer: Coal mining

Brownie was a coal camp which was later absorbed into Central City, which was originally named for a gristmill but which was formed around the coal industry.

2. What is Don Everly's middle name?

Answer: Donald

It may seem to be a trick question, but Isaac Donald Everly was called "Donald" to distinguish him from his father Isaac Everly, a noted guitarist.

Answer: Kitty Wells

Kitty Wells was the first female country singer to have a Number One record, with the pioneering and controversial "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." In a 2021 interview, Dolly Parton took exception to being given the title, stating "The Queen of Country Music is Kitty Wells." Wells and her husband Johnnie Wright were married for almost 74 years.

Answer: Star-Spangled Springer

"Star-Spangled Springer" was Phil Everly's first solo album, released in 1973. The title song from "Brother Juke Box" was a Number One country record by Mark Chesnutt, but the first to record it was Don Everly.

Answer: What Child Is This

The rumor that Henry VIII composed "Greensleeves," the same tune as "What Child Is This," is not true.

6. Don Everly contributed guest vocals to many recordings by other artists. What fellow Country Music Hall of Fame member shared vocals with Don on her 1979 album "Blue Kentucky Girl"?

Answer: Emmylou Harris

"Blue Kentucky Girl" won the 1980 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Answer: Cathy's Clown

The original story was that Don had written the verses of "Cathy's Clown" and Phil had contributed the chorus, but in 1980 a judge ruled that Don was the sole author. The publisher removed Phil's name from the royalty statements.

Answer: Tumbling Tumbleweeds

"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" was written by Bob Nolan and was originally called "Tumbling Leaves." The leadoff track from "Don Everly," it was released as a single but did not chart.

Answer: Axl Rose

Erin Everly married Axl Rose in 1990; they had several separations and the marriage was annulled in 1991. She appeared in the music video for "Sweet Child o' Mine."

Answer: Paul Simon

When Simon and Garfunkel reunited for a world tour in 2003, they recalled singing Everly Brothers in high school and asked Don and Phil to be their supporting act. Their live version of "Wake Up Little Susie," recorded at their 1981 Central Park concert, reached Number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Paul Simon sang harmony with Don on "Bye Bye Love" in Nashville in 2018.

Source: Author BarbaraMcI

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