The Statler Brothers Thro' The Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ม.ค. 2025
- The most awarded singers in the history of country music
Harold Reid (born August 21, 1939), Phil Balsley (August 8, 1939), Lew DeWitt (March 8, 1938), Don Reid (born June 5, 1945), Jimmy Fortune (born March 11, 1955)
[00:00:14] - 1 The Grand Ole Opry “Flowers on the Wall” 00:14
[00:02:36] - 2 With Merle Haggard “The Fugitive” 02:36
[00:04:11] - 3 With Marty Robbins “Did you know you are my Sunshine” 04:11
[00:06:15] - 4 With Marty Robbins “Whatever happened to Randolph Scott” 06:15
[00:07:11] - 5 “Don’t wait on me” 07:11
[00:10:08] - 6 “The Great Pretender” 10:08
[00:14:16] - 7 The Statler Brothers Farewell Concert “Thank you world” 14:16
The Statlers began their career at a performance at Lyndhurst Methodist Church near their hometown of Staunton, Virginia, under the name The Four Star Quartet. In 1964, they started an eight-year run as Johnny Cash's opening act and backing vocalists. This period of their career was memorialized in their song "We Got Paid by Cash." They were featured regularly on The Johnny Cash Show, his ABC hit that ran from 1969 to 1971. Due to their expanding career, the Statlers left Cash's entourage around the mid-1970s to concentrate on their own career, a departure that took place on good terms.
Two of the Statlers' best-known songs are “Flowers on the Wall”, their first major hit that was composed and written by Lew DeWitt, and the socially conscious “Bed of Roses”. In the 1980s, the Statlers were a mainstay on The Nashville Network (TNN), where their videos were shown regularly. Also on TNN, between 1991 and 1998, they hosted The Statler Brothers Show, a weekly variety show, which was the network's top-rated program for its entire 7-year run.
Throughout the Statlers' career, much of their appeal was related to their incorporation of comedy and parody into their musical act, due in large part to the humorous and comedic talent of group member Harold Reid; they were frequently nominated for awards for their comedy as well as their singing. They recorded two comedy albums under the pseudonym Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys, and one-half of one side of the album Country Music Then and Now was devoted to satirizing small-town radio stations' Saturday-morning shows.
The Statlers earned the number-one spot on the Billboard chart four times, for “Do You Know You Are My Sunshine? in 1978, “Elizabeth” in 1984, and in 1985, “My Only Love” and “Too Much on my Heart". Since forming, the Statlers have released over 40 albums.
DeWitt retired from the Statler Brothers in 1982 due to ill health. After a 3-year hiatus, he returned to the music industry as a solo artist until shortly before his death on August 15, 1990, from complications of Crohn’s disease, at age 52.
Harold Reid (born on August 21, 1939) died on April 24, 2020, after a long battle with kidney failure, at age 80.
1 The Grand Ole Opry “Flowers on the Wall”
Song Flowers on the Wall
Artists The Statler Brothers
2 With Merle Haggard “The Fugitive”
Song The Fugitive
Artists Merle Haggard, The Statler Brothers
3 With Marty Robbins “Did you know you are my Sunshine”
Song Did you know you are my Sunshine
Artist The Statler Brothers
4 With Marty Robbins “Whatever happened to Randolph Scott”
Song Whatever happened to Randolph Scott
Artist The Statler Brothers
5 “Don’t wait on me”
Song Don’t wait on me
Artist The Statler Brothers
6 “The Great Pretender”
Song The Great Pretender
Artist The Statler Brothers
7 The Statler Brothers Farewell Concert “Thank you world”
Song Thank you world
Artist The Statler Brothers
So Thankful to still have these video clips to help remind everyone WHAT REAL Country Music is to enjoy! What Harmony!❤
Yes, Joe McDorman left in 1960 when he decided he wanted to go to college and get married. I always wonder if he was sorry he made that decision, seeing the success The Statler Brothers had in their career. One of the best blend of voices ever and some of the most wonderfully clever song lyrics, which were mostly written by Don. Sometimes Don and Harold as a team and when Jimmy came along, he wrote several.
❤❤❤❤😊😊🎉🎉❤❤❤❤ 1:51 God bless you always love Linda Brown
It’s hard to tell. If he stayed they may not have been nearly as successful without Don’s songs.
@@Commentleaver-c6x That's true. You never know. They might have had Don's songs anyway. And his voice and became a quintet. But then the quintet might not have sounded as good as the quartet. It's strange to think how different anything could have been in anyone's life but for one move by one person.
@@cmurdock5256 yeah, I don’t recall too many outstanding quintets.
Lew was key in writing in the early years as well. I believe he wrote "Flowers on the Wall". I wish I could hear the original 1955 Kingsmen as they were called then.
Still enjoy all the CDs …totally awesome …have over 25…love the harmony …. This is the generation I lived in YEARS 👏👍🫶
What a GREAT HAPPY SONG WELL DONE Bobby Bolling
Thank you for playing this may you have a lot of joy thankyou for playing togeather back to back it is wonderful
❤❤❤❤😊😊🎉🎉❤❤❤❤ 6:16 God bless you always love Linda Brown
First time I ever saw the Statler Brothers was on TV ,they were singing and stripping in the rain. I was wondering if I happened onto someone’s else cable. The sound was great and they had my attention for sure !
Love their singing!
They were the best!
Outstanding group!
Love the Statler brothers!
They are amazing, my childhood members of them, I got to meet harold and Phil and Jimmy but I haven't don but it's cool.
Thank you for playing this may you have a lot ofjoy
Got to meet them with Jimmy. will always love them!
So sad that Lew had health issues that forced him to leave the Statlers, and led to a premature death. But still, he was the one who handpicked Jimmy Fortune to be his successor. My number one favorite country music group. RIP Harold and Lew.
In a parallel universe they wouldn't be the Statler brothers. They'd be the Waldorf brothers.
A great compilation. Thanks for your hard work and posting this.
Maybe we are all pretenders in our backgrounds thankyou for bringing this forward for me at this time
I sure miss them😢❤
I love the line “watching Captain Kangaroo” makes me believe that this is a true story.
thanks for the post i never knew about joe
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How is it that you have 65K+ views and only 13 comments?
That is peculiar for sure.
What ever happened too Lester the road hog ?
😆 Promo>SM
A great compilation. Thanks for your hard work and posting this.