You've now reached the town of Shenandoah, Iowa! While not the most well-known town, it does have some interesting aspects to it.

Originally, this town was known as Fair Oaks, and was platted in 1870, shortly after the arrival of several railroads, including the Quincy, Chicago, and Burlington railroads. The city has also been referred to as the "seed and nursery center of the world," and is home to the Earl May Seed Company, and his radio station, KMA. This station gave several musical artists their start, including jazz bassist Charlie Haden, as well as the Everly Brothers.

Don and Phil Everly began singing with their parents, and were known as "The Everly Family." However, while still in high school, the brothers were noticed by prominent musicians from Nashville, such as Chet Atkins, who would gain them national attention.

This would spark a string of hit songs written by either the brothers themselves or Felice and Boudleaux Byrant. These songs included "Wake Up Little Susie," "All I Have To Do is Dream," "Problems," and "Cathy's Clown," with the last song being written by the brothers, and became their biggest-selling single. However, growing disputes with management, increasing drug use within the group, as well as changing tastes in popular music led to the decline of the groups popularity in the United States. However, they did continue to release hit songs in both the UK and Canada. However, by 1973, the group would break up, but reunited in 1983, performing periodically until 2014, when Phil Everly passed away.

As far as legacy, the close harmony singing and acoustic style of the Every Brothers influenced some of the biggest acts in generations to come, such as Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, and the Beatles (information courtesy of Wikipedia.com, image courtesy of ABC Television--the press release is not intact, but the ABC New York Avenue of the Americas address can be partially seen. / Public domain ).