Brook Brothers

For about five years, from 1958 through 1963, Ricky Brook (born on October 24, 1940) and Geoffrey Brook (born on April 12, 1943) bidded fair to become England's answer to the Everly Brothers.

The two brothers, who deliberately cultivated nearly identical appearances on stage despite the nearly three years' difference in their ages, began performing skiffle together in 1956, amid the boom for that uniquely British amalgam of folk, blues, jazz, and rock & roll.

After winning a talent competition, they chose to turn professional and developed a sound very similar to that of the Everly Brothers, who were just emerging as stars at the time -- they were also probably influenced to some extent by the Kalin Twins (themselves similar to the Everly Brothers) and their single \