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1. Don Everly was born in 1937 in Brownie, Kentucky, which no longer exists. What kind of industry was the center of the community?
2. What is Don Everly's middle name?
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?
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?
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?
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"?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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