The Everly Brothers: Royal Albert Hall, London
Richard Williams, Times, The, 23 September 1983
You had to half-close your eyes, but then it all came back: 1958, The Perry Como Show, two boys with strange faces, perfectly greased quiffs and matching tuxedos, hoisting identical black-top jumbo guitars and sharing a microphone as they chopped the chords and sang in siren harmony about how Johnny had kissed the teacher.
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