Central City in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

The Everly Brothers

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, December 1, 2025

1. The Everly Brothers Marker

Inscription. The Hits All I Have to Do Is Dream 💿 Born Yesterday 💿 Bye Bye Love 💿 Claudette 💿 Devoted to You 💿 Ebony Eyes 💿 Kentucky 💿 Love Is Strange 💿 Don't Blame Me 💿 Bird Dog 💿 Let It Be Me 💿 No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile 💿 Like Strangers 💿 Should We Tell Him 💿 Take a Message to Mary 💿 Love Hurts 💿 That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be) 💿 This Little Girl of Mine 💿 Wake Up Little Susie 💿 Lucille 💿 When Will I Be Loved 💿 Walk Right Back 💿 Bowling Green 💿 So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) 💿 The Price of Love 💿 Wings of a Nightingale 💿 Temptation 💿 ('Til) I Kissed You 💿 Cathy's Clown 💿 Crying in the Rain 💿 How Can I Meet Her 💿 Problems 💿 Be-Bop-A-Lula 💿 Hey Doll Baby 💿 Poor Jenny

and many more

"The biggest influence on John and me was the Everly Brothers. To this day, I just think they're the greatest… We idolized them. We wanted to be
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- Paul McCartney, "The Lyrics"

Brownie, Kentucky. A small mining community located in the heart of Western Kentucky coal country in Muhlenberg County. It was here that Ike Everly had gone to work in the mines at age 14 and it was here that he and his wife, Margaret, welcomed the birth of their first son, Isaac Donald Everly. In 1937, two years later, Phillip Everly was born in Chicago, Illinois. The boys learned guitar from their father, a gifted musician in his own right who hosted a radio program after their move to Shenandoah, Iowa, where the brothers began performing with their parents as children - honing the instrumental skills and soaring harmonies for a legendary entertainment career that would lead to induction into both the Country Music and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame. The family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. In their teen years, however, it was in Nashville that the Everly Brothers, under the guidance of Chet Atkins, scored their breakthrough hit "Bye By Love" in 1957. The song, written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, was turned down by nearly every act in town before it exploded on the country, pop, and R&B charts

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2. The Everly Brothers Marker

- introducing Don & Phil to the world. The Everly Brothers bridged the gap between Country and Rock, becoming Rock & Roll pioneers in the process. They influenced generations of artists in the USA and abroad, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys Linda Ronstadt, and Vince Gill. They were among the inaugural class of inductees enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 1986. Don & Phil hold the record in the USA for the most Top 11 singles by any duo, with five reaching No. 1. They also had 30 chart singles in the UK, including four at No. 1. The Everly Brothers received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 and are members of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. They also have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their music and talent took them all over the world, but Don & Phil never forgot their Central City roots.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Entertainment. In addition, it is included in the Grammy Award Winners series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1937.

Location. 37° 17.606′ N,

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, December 1, 2025

3. The Everly Brothers Marker

87° 7.477′ W. Marker is in Central City, Kentucky, in Muhlenberg County. It is at the intersection of East Broad Street and South 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on East Broad Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 E Broad St, Central City KY 42330, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Tri-State Region

and specifically in the Pennyroyal Region.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Prine (a few steps from this marker); Mount Zion Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.7 miles away); Jonathan E. Spilman (approx. 6.3 miles away); Muhlenberg Hero (approx. 6½ miles away); Airdrie Furnace Site / Iron Made in Kentucky (approx. 6.7 miles away); George

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, December 1, 2025

4. The Everly Brothers Marker

Short House / George W. Short (1805-1863) (approx. 6.9 miles away); Greenville Methodist Church (approx. 6.9 miles away); Old Greenville Cemetery (approx. 7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Central City.

Another marker is no longer nearby. John W.I. Godman (was approx. 3.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . YouTube video - The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (Shindig, Nov 18, 1964). (Submitted on December 22, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, December 1, 2025

5. The Everly Brothers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 70 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 15, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.