The consummate version of "The Air That I Breathe", in my opinion, can be found on the album "Star Spangled Springer" by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers.
it's a good thing he did because he sent this album to the hollies, with a message saying i know you guys like the everly brothers, so i thought maybe you'd like to record one of my songs, and the hollies chose the 1 song on the album phil didn't write.
Don't get me wrong The Hollies were amazing with this one but Phil brings such a sweet tenderness , so pure and beautiful . Wow he and his brother Don were just magical 💖
I agree. This song although we loved the Hollies version, was in fact a perfect Everly Brothers. Great choice, Phil. A great song. A song worthy of the Everly Brothers. To hear Phil sing it brought even more gentleness and depth to an already wonderful song. Bet the Hollies would agree. Don’t know original recording. Thanks for the info.
Wonderfully sung by Phil, I loved the Hollies singing this but in my opinion I think Phil absolutely nails it. What a talent those two brothers were and how lucky are we that their music still lives on. RIP Don and Phil.
So beautiful by such a gorgeous, handsome lovely man ,who was very modest and humble ,Phils voice is so pure and gentle ,he could have had a solo career ,he sings with such passion and so perfectly and exquisite . I do have a C D of Phils and it is Devine, just lovely to here him singing alone .Let It Be Me is wonderful with just Phil singing it ,it tears your heart out and it makes me cry ,knowing Phil is gone., so young ,and beautiful ,l will see you with the Angels and love and hold you for ever .Devoted To You ,l Bless The Day l Found You .. my love always Paula xxx .
There were quite a few albums he made solo. I love every one of them. I spend hours listening.. my daughter has one of those systems that you can talk to and I found sooooo many Phil solos. And albums on line to purchase.
I'm transported to heaven everytime I play this song and still get chills. What an extraordinary talent. We miss you, Phil. But you're up there singing with the angels.
I remember hearing Phil Everly's version before that of The Hollies. It is, simply, one of those marvellous songs that are immediately a classic, like "Bridge Over Troubled Waters". A beautiful song and a beautiful record.
I remember seeing them live when they came to Hull England in the early 60's. I always liked Phil's voice and him best. I'm 81 now. Have all their records and the Hollies. Seen the original Hollies. plus of course The King Elvis. Lifelong member of EP UK fan club. Been to Graceland and Deep South. Elvis memory will live forever 😅😅😅
He did go solo for awhile after they broke up 1973 but alas not that successful. He made a number of albums. Check out Everly Brothers International fan club.
Love this better than the Hollies, and always loved Phil. Met Phil when we were both starring in the window of a shoe store in Georgetown. I was dumbfounded and hardly could speak, I said Hello Phil and he asked how I was. . Never forget it. It was 1973
Got to know them from my eldest sister who got the album when I was just a kid. I've loved many artists in my life, never stopped loving them and their beautiful melodies and songs.
A wonderful rendition of a great song. More authentic in feel to the Hollies perhaps. The first birthday present to me from my girlfriend who is now my wife of of over 50 years was an Everly Brothers album. Still got both!
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He was a beautiful singer along with his brother they were very good.There voices are so beautiful and when they sang you were memorised the beautiful sound was as one .
@@Reverberocket I'm going to express my thought . . . I thought so too. I love The Righteous Brothers and specifically Bobby Hatfield, and now I'm getting into The Everly Brothers and specifically love Phil Everly. Relationships are complicated, especially when they overlap personal and professional and artistic. In these duos Bobby Hatfield and Phil Everly were overpowered by their partners some and seemed to suffer from it. And in both duos Bobby and Phil were the master harmonizers and singers. 😢💜✨
I’ve never really liked the Hollies version of this song but I really like it as done by Phil. I love the pictures accompanying the video. Geez, Phil was handsome…
I don’t think Phil got enough credit for his singing. I knew he had a beautiful voice. I think he was really a good guy. Still miss him. Rest In Peace Phil. 🙏🏼✨🙏🏼✨🙏🏼✨🙏🏼✨🙏🏼✨🙏🏼✨🙏🏼
1963, I was privileged to see Phil perform at the New Vic London , Don was ill and could not accompany him at the gig .He was wonderful and quite unforgettable. I grew up in the sixties and adored the Everly Brothers.
It was 1962 when I saw Phil solo at the East ham Granada, the first venue of the Everly's proposed UK tour. We were told that Don was " taken ill" and so he was but he had overdosed and had been taken to hospital. This was Phil's first solo spot ever and it didn't go very well at all. We all felt a bit sorry for him.
Redhill Eagle: It’s great to hear of a true Everly’s fan from, dare I say, the younger generation.....well, a generation younger than mine anyway, who realises there’s a helluva lot more to them than “Bye Bye Love” and “Wake up Little Susie.” Cheers.
@@Rose-kd3lr No, Phil never went solo… but after the others retired Jimmy went solo!! Probably bc he was the youngest + he had written several of their songs!!! He travelled a bit & did shows…but none were ever as popular as the 4 of them!!😎❤️ RIP Lou & Harold
Most everyone knows that Paul McCartney and John Lennon admired and emulated the brothers. They learned awesome harmony from them. They went so far as calling themselves Don and Phil while they were writing and/or practicing songs. I read that during a recording or performance Paul said to John "take it away Phil" or something like that. Trying to find that.
@@collingwoodartdolls634 If you listen to their album, "Song My Daddy Taught Me," Phil's high harmony makes those songs. I love listening to it because of how beautiful Phil's voice is.
WOW....blows me away how good this is...I've been an Everly fan since the '50s but had only heard the Hollies' version....now it's six of one, half a dozen of the other, flip a coin as to which one l should listen to...
Guitarist Duane Eddy produced this track and Duane wanted this to be the single. Phil turned it down. Phil's mistake was to The HOLLIES benefit. This happens all the time in the music biz. This would've been a worldwide hit for Phil, as it was his first solo outing from brother Don. That's fate for you.
Tony Hicks, lead guitarist, of the Hollies had a great ear for a song. He turned up and said he had heard a great song that they must record. He was also the one that spotted He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother.
I think Warren Zevon (later known for other reasons) was credited as the arranger on the record I used to have. It's not really distinctive Zevon work, but shows you the kind of talent that the Everlys attracted.
Yes, the combinations and complexities of so many factors of musical abilities and talents, song writing and arranging, personalities and relationships, producing and BUSINESS, much more, and "fate" -- !!!!!! 🎶✨
"The Air That I Breathe" is a ballad written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood in 1972. 1) 1972 • It is initially recorded by Albert Hammond and featured on his album "It Never Rains In Southern California", released on 1972-08-16. 2) 1973 • Philip Everly (from Everly Brothers) sings it (this one version) on his album "Star Spangled Springer", released on 1973-01-31. 3) 1974 • The Hollies cover, RECORDED AFTER HEARING Phil Everly's version, appears on their 14th UK studio album "Hollies" released in 1974. 4) 1974 • The same year, James Last records an instrumental/orchestral version on his 1974 album "Violins In Love". 5) 1975 • Olivia Newton-John performs it on her 1975 album "Have You Never Been Mellow". 6) 1975 • A finnish version "Tahdo en kuin hengittää vain" (adaptation written by Pertti Reponen) is released by Petri Pettersson. 7) 1976 • Another curiosity, "Comme Si" is a french cover, with lyrics adapted by Bernard Droguet and sung by duo Shuky & Aviva. 8) 1992 • The 1992 Radiohead song "Creep" uses a similar chord progression and shares some melodic content with the 1972 version of "The Air That I Breathe". Hammond & Hazlewood are given co-writing credits as well as a portion of the royalties. 9) 2017 • "Get Free" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey from her 5th studio album, Lust for Life (2017). Nothing is clear concerning a link with 1992 "Creep" and/or 1972 "The Air That I Breathe"... 🤔 Numerous others artists have covered this song through years. Some people even suggest the song itself is adapted/inspired from older songs making it appearing in the 1930's in the first place ?!... Who knows... All videos are on RU-vid but I can't put the links here. 🤬 I had to remove them all... Otherwise my comment is deleted immediately. 🤷🏻♂️
Are you crazy? Phil recorded this first. The song was written for Phil but when he did not record it the Hollies did. They did a fine job but Phil's was better.
Yeah, the Hollies did take it from him, in a way. Phil sent them his 1973 album saying 'anything on there you want to do'. The one they chose was Air That I Breathe, written by Albert Hammond, the only one Phil hadn't written! Phil missed out big time. Should have released it as a single for a worldwide hit, a year before the Hollies.
@@peebeedee6757 Phil single was shown to Alan Clark by his manager and told he should record it to. Alan decline saying he could never do better that Phil but his manager said record it your own way and he did
Song was written by Albert Hammond and a co-writer, came out on Hammond’s album in 1972. “It Never Rains in California” was the hit from that record. The Hollies version of Air... was on the radio in 1974. I listen to it and think of a beautiful girl named Corinne.
What a voice, what a song , what a pair, pure magic, that I saw at the Croydon ABC and the Lewisham Odeon way back, where a little known group accompanied them, and charted a few weeks later as The Rolling Stones. Phils RU-vid video echoed in my mind as I read all the posts and comments. Jimlad , 81
@@josephkilburn "The Air That I Breathe" is a ballad written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood in 1972. • It is initially recorded by Albert Hammond and featured on his album "It Never Rains In Southern California", released in 1972. • In 1973 Philip Everly (from Everly Brothers) sings it (this one version) on his album "Star Spangled Springer", released in 1973. • The Hollies cover, RECORDED AFTER HEARING Phil Everly's version, appears on their 14th UK studio album "Hollies" released in 1974.
