Children's author Anne Bustard on her favorite picture book biographies and a few collected biographies, too, birthday by birthday.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
January 19 Birthday: Phil Everly
Phil Everly, musician
Jan. 19, 1939-
Shake, Rattle & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll by Holly George-Warren, illustrated by Laura Levine (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
In a page of text devoted to The Everly Brothers, readers learn Phil and his brother Don started out singing country but crossed over to rock and roll. Wake Up Little Susie was one of their biggest hits.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, a timeline and short bio of The Everly Brothers is posted at RockHall.com.