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1. Although he did not receive a songwriting credit, Phil Everly was the inspiration for a 1978 song recorded by Warren Zevon. Zevon recalled that Phil gave him the title and asked for the song for his forthcoming solo album. Although Phil never recorded the song, it appeared on Zevon's "Excitable Boy" and became his only Top 40 hit. What is this song?
2. Albert Hammond's 1972 Number Five hit "It Never Rains in Southern California" came from an album of the same name. The album also included a dreamy song he wrote with Mike Hazlewood, which was not released as a single. Phil Everly was the first to cover the song, on his 1973 album "Star Spangled Springer," but it did not become a hit until it was recorded by the Hollies in 1974, when it reached Number Six on the Billboard Hot 100. What is this song?
3. Lured by the promise of a million-dollar signing bonus, the Everly Brothers left Cadence Records in 1960 for Hollywood and Warner Brothers. Their first Warner single was their best-selling song ever. The brothers wrote it, and Phil Everly contributed the chorus. What was this smash hit?
4. Phil Everly is seen on screen in a successful 1978 American action-comedy film. The leading lady portrays a singer, and Phil a member of her band. He wrote "Don't Say You Don't Love Me No More," which he performs in a duet with the lady, and also is heard in a duet with her on the soundtrack album. What is this film?
5. Phil Everly sang high harmony with his brother Don, in the style of other brother duos like the Delmore Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, and the Blue Sky Boys. In 1958 they released an album called "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us," which contained Appalachian ballads and traditional folk songs, including one named for the state of their father's birth. What state is it?
6. Phil Everly was not as well known as a songwriter as a harmony singer, but he did have some success, and his songs have been recorded by artists including Eddy Arnold and Pat Boone. His most famous song by far was one the Everly Brothers recorded in 1960. It spent nine weeks in the Billboard U.S. Top 40, peaking at Number Eight, and reached even greater popularity 15 years later when Linda Ronstadt released it as a single from her "Heart Like a Wheel" album. What is this very popular song?
7. Child actor Eddie Hodges, who played Winthrop in the Broadway musical "The Music Man", recorded a few songs on Cadence Records when he was a teenager. "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" made it to Number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961; another song, "Made to Love," written by Phil Everly, peaked at Number 14. According to Phil's song, who was or were "made to love?"
8. It seems that every significant musical act records a Christmas album, and the Everly Brothers made theirs in 1962, a joint effort with the Boys Town Choir. Each brother took a solo turn on one of the twelve tracks: Don performed "What Child is This" by himself, while Phil chose to solo on an 1860s carol that includes a line that refers to "thy deep and dreamless sleep." What is this beautiful Christmas carol?
9. Phil Everly's fifth and final solo album was released only in the United Kingdom, and included a duet with one of the most successful male British artists of all time. "She Means Nothing to Me" reached Number Nine on the U.K. charts. Which artist, whose first Number One single was "Living Doll" in 1959 and who has had Number One hits in each of the four subsequent decades, was Phil's duet partner?
10. In 1974, Phil Everly became the host of a late-night music show called "In Session" which drew musicians like Alex Harvey, Jackson Browne, Jesse Colin Young, Kris Kristofferson, and B.B. King. What Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist, known for his "twangy" sound and instrumentals like "Rebel Rouser," not only was a guest, but produced Phil's first solo album "Star Spangled Springer?"
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