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The Wilburn Brothers

 

   

 

The Wilburn Brothers were a popular country music duet from the 1950's to the 1970's.

The duo consisted of brothers Doyle Wilburn (July 7, 1930 - October 16 1982) and Teddy Wilburn (November 30, 1931 - 2003). They were born in Hardy, Arkansas. They were child performers in an act called The Wilburn Family that were brought to the Grand Ole Opry by Roy Acuff in the 1940's. Due to the child labor laws the Wilburns were forced to leave the Grand Ole Opry after only 6 months.

They continued to travel and were regulars on the similar Louisiana Hayride program from 1948-51. After the family act disbanded, and the brothers served stints in the US Army during the Korean War, they continued on in country music as The Wilburn Brothers and had their first hit record in 1954 titled "Sparkling Brown Eyes".

Their other hits include "Go Away With Me" (1956), "Which One is to Blame" (1959), "Trouble's Back in Town" (1962), "It's Another World" (1965), and "Hurt Her Once for Me" (1967). They were Opry members from 1953 until the time of Doyle's death in 1982 and Teddy continued on at the Opry as a solo artist until his own death in 2003.

The Wilburn Brothers had a long running syndicated television show that ran from 1964-1974 and produced 354 half hour episodes. Reruns of their show can still be seen on RFD-TV In addition to being successful artists, the Wilburns formed the Wil-helm Talent Agency (with Don Helms) and the Surefire Music Publishing Company. They were instrumental in launching the careers of many country music legends, most notably Loretta Lynn whom they signed to their music publishing company at the beginning of her career. Lynn was the "girl singer" of the Wilburns touring radio show in the 1960's and she made weekly appearances on their television show until 1971.

 

   
   
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