The Wilburn Brothers

The Wilburn Brothers were a popular American country music duo from the 1950s to the 1970s consisting of brothers Doyle Wilburn (July 7, 1930 – October 16, 1982) and Teddy Wilburn(November 30, 1931 – November 24, 2003).
== Contents ==
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* 1 Biography
* 2 Discography
** 2.1 Albums
** 2.2 Singles
* 3 Footnotes
* 4 References
* 5 External links
== Biography[edit] ==
The brothers were born in Hardy, Arkansas. Their actual birth names were Virgil Doyle and Thurman Theodore. They first attracted attention as child performers, beginning in 1937, in an act called The Wilburn Children;[1] Roy Acuff discovered them and brought them to the Grand Ole Opry in 1940.[2] Due to federal child labor laws, the Wilburns were forced to leave the Opry after six months.
After growing up, they continued to travel and were regulars on the similar Louisiana Hayride program in Shreveport from 1948[3] until 1951. After the family act disbanded, and the brothers served stints in the US Army during the Korean War, they continued in 1953 as The Wilburn Brothers touring with Faron Young and Webb Pierce.[4] They signed with Decca Records in May 1954[5] and had their first hit record the same year titled "Sparkling Brown Eyes." Other notable 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).
In 1956, the Wilburns were offered the chance to record "Heartbreak Hotel" before Elvis Presley.[6] After hearing the song they decided against recording it, describing it as "strange and almost morbid".[6]
In addition to being successful artists, the Wilburns formed the Wil-helm Talent Agency (with Don Helms) in the early 1960s[4] as well as the Surefire Music Publishing Company in 1963.[7] They were instrumental in launching the careers of many country music legends, most notably Loretta Lynn,[8] whom they signed to their music publishing company. Lynn was the "girl singer" of the Wilburns' touring show between 1960 and 1968[9] and she made weekly appearances on their syndicated television show from 1963 to 1971.[8] They also helped develop the career of Patty Loveless between 1973 and 1975 by having her tour with them on weekends and during school breaks.
The Wilburn Brothers had a syndicated television program, The Wilburn Brothers Show, that ran from 1963 to 1974, with 354 half-hour episodes produced. Reruns can still be seen on the cable network RFD-TV and in the UK on Rural TV. They were Opry members from 1953 until the time of Doyle's death from cancer in 1982 (at age 52). Teddy continued with the Opry as a solo artist until his death in 2003, six days before his 72nd birthday.
They are both buried in the Nashville National Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.
A biography on the duo, written with the cooperation of the Wilburn family, is in the works.
== Discography[edit] ==
=== Albums[edit] ===
Year 	Album 	Chart Positions	Label	
US Country 	US 	 	 	
1957 	Wilburn Brothers 	 	 	Decca
1958 	Side by Side 	 	 	
1959 	Livin' in God's Country 	 	 	
1960 	The Big Heartbreak 	 	 	
1961 	The Wilburn Brothers Sing 	 	 	
City Limits 	 	 	 	
1962 	Folk Songs 	 	 	
1963 	Trouble's Back in Town 	 	 	
1964 	Take Up Thy Cross 	 	 	
Never Alone 	 	 	 	
1965 	Country Gold 	 	 	
I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight 	 	 	 	
1966 	The Wilburn Brothers Show 	25 	 	
Let's Go Country 	10 	 	 	
1967 	Two for the Show 	7 	 	
Cool Country 	11 	 	 	
1968 	It's Another World 	23 	 	
Greatest Hits 	 	 	 	
1969 	We Need a Lot More Happiness 	 	 	
It Looks Like the Sun's Gonna Shine	 	 	 	
1970 	Little Johnny from Down the Street 	31 	143 	
Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy 	 	 	 	
1971 	That She's Leaving Feeling 	 	 	
1973 	Portrait 	 	 	MCA
1977 	The Wilburn Brothers Sing Hinson and Gaither	 	 	Calvary
1981 	Stars of the Grand Ole Opry 	 	 	1st Gen
=== Singles[edit] ===
Year 	Single 	Chart Positions	Album 	
US Country 	US 	 	 	
1954 	"Sparkling Brown Eyes" (w/ Webb Pierce)	4 	 	singles only
"Really Love Me" 	 	 	 	
"Let Me Be the First to Know" 	 	 	 	
1955 	"I Wanna Wanna Wanna" 	13 	 	
"Mixed Up Medley" 	 	 	 	
1956 	"You're Not Play Love" 	13 	 	
"I'm So in Love with You" 	10 	 	 	
"Go Away with Me" 	6 	 	 	
1957 	"Nothing at All" 	 	 	
"Mister Love" (w/ Ernest Tubb) 	8 	 	 	
"I Got Over the Blues" 	 	 	 	
1958 	"My Baby Ain't My Baby No More" 	 	 	
"Hey, Mr. Bluebird" (w/ Ernest Tubb) 	9 	 	 	
"Till I'm the Only One" 	 	 	 	
1959 	"Which One Is to Blame" 	4 	 	
"The Knoxville Girl" 	18 	 	 	
"Somebody's Back in Town" 	6 	 	 	
"A Woman's Intuition" 	9 	 	 	
1960 	"Sentenced to Die" 	 	 	
"Big Heartbreak" 	 	 	The Big Heartbreak 	
"The Best of All My Heartaches" 	27 	 	singles only 	
1961 	"Legend of the Big River Train" 	 	 	
"Blue Blue Day" 	14 	 	The Wilburn Brothers Sing 	
"Tagging Along" 	 	 	single only 	
1962 	"Trouble's Back in Town" 	4 	101 	Trouble's Back in Town
"The Sound of Your Footsteps" 	21 	 	 	
1963 	"Roll Muddy River" 	4 	 	Never Alone
"Tell Her So" 	10 	 	single only 	
1964 	"Hangin' Around" 	34 	 	Never Alone
"Impossible" 	 	 	single only 	
"I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight" 	19 	 	I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight	
1965 	"I Had One Too Many" 	30 	 	
"It's Another World" 	5 	 	The Wilburn Brothers Show 	
1966 	"Someone Before Me" 	8 	 	Let's Go Country
"I Can't Keep Away from You" 	13 	 	Two for the Show 	
"Hurt Her Once for Me" 	3 	 	 	
1967 	"Just to Be Where You Are" 	70 	 	
"Roarin' Again" 	13 	 	It's Another World 	
"Goody, Goody Gumdrop" 	24 	 	Cool Country 	
1968 	"I'm Leavin'" 	 	 	Two for the Show
"She'll Walk All Over You" 	 	 	It's Another World 	
"We Need a Lot More Happiness" 	43 	 	We Need a Lot More Happiness	
1969 	"It Looks Like the Sun's Gonna Shine" 	38 	 	
"Who Could Ask for More" 	 	 	 	
"Tag Along" 	 	 	single only 	
1970 	"Little Johnny from Down the Street" 	37 	 	Little Johnny from Down the Street
"Lilacs in Winter" 	 	 	 	
"I've Gotta Hang My Hat Upon the Wind"	 	 	That She's Leaving Feeling 	
1971 	"That She's Leaving Feeling" 	 	 	
"Bloomin' Fools" 	 	 	 	
1972 	"Arkansas" 	47 	 	Portrait
"Opryland" 	 	 	single only 	
"City's Goin' Country" 	 	 	Portrait 	
1973 	"Simon Crutchfield's Grave" 	 	 	
1974 	"You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" 	 	 	singles only
1975 	"Milwaukee You're in Trouble" 	 	 	
1976 	"Country Kind of Feeling" 	 	 	
1978 	"Mama's Shoe Box" 	 	 	
1981 	"I Know a Goodbye When I See One" 	 	 	Stars of the Grand Ole Opry
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