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“Beautiful”: the 1958 hit guaranteed to make Mike Love happy
The article highlights ‘Devoted to You’ by the Everly Brothers as a 1958 song that Mike Love says would make him happy. It presents the track as significant because the duo’s harmonies influenced Love and Brian Wilson, helping to shape the vocal approach later associated with the Beach Boys.
Love recalls that he, Wilson and Love’s sister Maureen sang Everly Brothers songs while walking home from Presbyterian church youth nights, expanding the duo’s two-part harmonies into three parts. He calls the Everlys a major inspiration and says ‘Devoted to You’ is particularly close to his heart.
In short
- Mike Love names ‘Devoted to You’ as a cherished Everly Brothers song.
- Its harmonies influenced Love and Brian Wilson.
- Love links it to youthful singing with family and friends.
Explained simply
The Everly Brothers were an American singing duo, Don and Phil Everly, known for close two-part harmonies in songs such as “Devoted to You”, released in 1958. Mike Love and Brian Wilson, later members of the Beach Boys, grew up listening to their music.
Love has recalled singing Everly Brothers songs with Wilson and his sister Maureen after church youth nights, adapting the duo’s harmonies for three voices. Their influence helps explain the Beach Boys’ emphasis on layered group vocals and the song’s personal importance to Love.