Prior to moving to Warner's, Don and Phil recorded for Cadence Records, owned by Archie Blyer. Right after leaving Cadence, they discovered that Archie was releasing material from the Cadence vaults, and this material was interfering with their new material on Warner's. This at first didn't hurt, as their first Warner's release was a huge hit, "Cathy's Clown". However, no act can compete against itself and remain successful. The radio disk jockeys and the buying public were getting confused as far too much material was finding it's way onto the market. One of the prime reasons that the Everlys left Cadence Records was to gain more control over their recorded output. However, they were under a management contract with Wesley Rose, owner of Acuff-Rose Publishing. Virtually all of their hits were penned by either Phil, Don, or, the team of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, all under Acuff Rose Publishing. ( see Mr.Moonlight's "All I Have To Do Is Dream" page ) What this meant for Wesley Rose was that he made money off of every record sold, and as an added boost, he insisted that even the flip sides be by Acuff-Rose composers. When "So Sad" was released with "Lucille" ( a non-Acuff-Rose composition ) as the flip side, Rose was very upset.. After signing with Warner Records, the Brothers moved from Nashville to L.A. for recording, a move that gave them distance from Wesley Rose. When they released another "non-Acuff-Rose" song, "Temptation", it drove the wedge deeper. Realizing that Rose had a conflict of interest as both their manager and publisher, they dismissed him as their personal manager. Since they still had a year left on the contract, this meant that Rose would take the time honored course of suing them. While all of this was dragging on, it meant that Phil and Don were denied the songwriting services of the Bryants, and had to look elsewhere for outside material.

"Crying In The Rain", by Howie Greenfield and Carole King was a look in a different direction. It was a good song, suited to their style of singing and met with success. However, less than two weeks after it was released, the brothers were inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps. What happened was Don was to have served for two years only to have Phil, two years his junior, go in as Don was getting out. To avoid this, a deal was made allowing both brothers to join at the same time for six months active duty, followed by eight years of reserve duty. This was not easy for two guys used to going to bed about the same time that the Marines are waking up.

After finishing their Marine stint, they scheduled a tour of England. The tour ended early as Don was flown home suffering the effects of a drug problem. The press reported it as either "exhaustion" or "food poisoning", but it was a drug overdose. Don would later call this period of time "a blur". After time off to recover and get things in order, the Everly's returned to England in the Fall 1963 to make good on the cancelled dates. On the bottom of the bill they toured with was a group called The Rolling Stones and everywhere the Brothers went they were being asked by the press what they thought of The Beatles. Like everyone else from the States, the Everly's had no idea what a Beatle was and were a little chagrined to hear of their sound being compared to the Beatles' instead of the other way around.