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Being A Teenager In The 1950s Was Hard. The Everly Brothers Understood

In the 1950s, when they were barely adults themselves, Phil (left) and Don Everly took pieces of musical traditions and created songs that gave voice to a new youth culture that balanced, with all the awkwardness of teenage life, on an edge between anxiety about and hope for the future. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption

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Being A Teenager In The 1950s Was Hard. The Everly Brothers Understood

From the opening of their first hit, "Bye Bye Love," the Everly Brothers spoke directly to the deepest longings and anxieties of the generation that would come to define the rock and soul era.

Billie Joe Armstrong And Norah Jones Get Close

Foreverly, a new album from Norah Jones and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, was released today. Marina Chavez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Billie Joe Armstrong And Norah Jones Get Close

"We can't not look at each other; it doesn't work," Jones says of singing with the Green Day frontman. In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, the two discuss tackling the signature close harmonies of The Everly Brothers.

'Foreverly' Yours: Billie Joe Armstrong And Norah Jones Get Close

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