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Infobox musical artist | name = Charlie Louvin| image = Charlie_Louvin_-_NYC_10-24-08_-_Photo_by_Anthony_Pepitone.jpg| caption = Charlie Louvin at Banjo Jim's NYC 2008| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Charles Elzer Loudermilk| alias =| Born = birthdate|1927|7|7, Henagar, Alabama , U.S.| Died = Death date and age|2011|1|26|1927|7|7|mf=y, Wartrace, Tennessee , U.S.| instrument = Guitar , Singing|vocals | genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singing|Singer , songwriter | years_active = 1940s& ndash;2000s| label = MGM , Capitol Records|Capitol , United Artists , First Generation Records|First Generation , Playback, Watermelon Records|Watermelon | associated_acts = The Louvin Brothers , Melba Montgomery | website = url| http://charlielouvin.net/ Charles Elzer Loudermilk (July 7, 1927 & ndash; January 26, 2011), known professionally as Charlie Louvin , was an United States|American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers , and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.cite web|url= http://www.opry.com/artists/l/Louvin_Charlie.html|title=Charlie Louvin|publisher= Gaylord Entertainment |accessdate=2011-01-26
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Born in Henagar, Alabama , Louvin was one of 7 children. He started singing when he was 8 years old.cite interview|last=Louvin|first=Charlie|subjectlink=Charlie Louvin|title=Country Music Hall of Famer, Charlie Louvin, Takes Us from 1927 to 2010|url= http://raisedcountry.com/charlie_louvin|year=2010
Louvin began singing professionally with his brother Ira Louvin|Ira as a teenager on local radio programs in Chattanooga, Tennessee . The boys sang traditional and gospel music in the harmony style they had learned while performing in their church's choir.cite book|last=Wolfe|first=Charles K.|authorlink=|coauthors=|title=In Close Harmony: The Story of the Louvin Brothers|publisher=University of Mississippi Press|year=1996|location=|pages=|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=5jtIc-4A6nYC& pg=PA91& dq=satan+is+real+louvin+brothers& cd=1#v=onepage& q=satan%20is%20real%20louvin%20brothers& f=false|doi=|id =|isbn=978-0-87895-892-1 Please check ISBN|reason=Check digit (1) does not correspond to calculated figure.
After Charlie left the act briefly in 1945 to serve in World War II , the brothers moved first to Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville and later to Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis , working as postal clerks by day while making appearances in the evening. Another brief disbandment due to Charlie's service in the Korean War led to the brothers' relocation to Birmingham, Alabama .
Primarily known as gospel artists, the Louvin Brothers|Louvins were convinced by a sponsor that "you can't sell tobacco with gospel music," and began adding secular music to their repertoire. They began making appearances on the famed Grand Ole Opry during the 1950s, becoming official members in 1955. The Louvin Brothers released numerous singles, such as "When I Stop Dreaming", with over 20 recordings reaching the country music charts. Their rich harmonies served as an influence to later artists such as Emmylou Harris , Gram Parsons and The Byrds .cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jon|authorlink=|coauthors=|title=Livin' Lovin' Losin' the Louvin's Way|publisher=Country Standard Time|date=October 2003|url= http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp? xid=943|format=|doi=|accessdate=January 22, 2010
By the 1960s Charlie and Ira's popularity had waned and the brothers split up in 1963. In 1965, Ira was killed in a car accident. Charlie continued to perform solo, making numerous appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and in later years acting as an elder statesman for country music.
In 2001, the Louvin Brothers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame .cite web|last=|first=|authorlink=|oauthors=|title=Louvin Brothers Induction to Country Music Hall of Fame|publisher=Country Music Hall of Fame|date=|url= http://countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/the-louvin-brothers- |format=|doi=|accessdate=January 22, 2011
In the 2000s, he had begun rebuildingwhom? |date=January 2011 his career. Although he readily admitted he was never much of a writer, Louvin released a disc of classics containing one new song, a tribute to Ira, and a gospel album on Tompkins Square Records .cite news|last=Gerome|first=John|title=An 81-year-old's country music career resurgence|work= Bangkok Post |page=39|date=2009-02-25 The songs mainly pair Louvin with other singers, such as George Jones , Jeff Tweedy of Wilco , Alex McManus of Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes , Elvis Costello , and Derwin Hinson . He also wrote two songs with Rockabilly Hall of Famer, Colonel Robert Morris one of which is on Morris' trucking CD, "Highway Hero".
As of|2003, Louvin lived in Wartrace, Tennessee . http://www.talentondisplay.com/TakeNote/059.html A Country Collection: We're Louvin It. Hoekstra, Dave. November 30, 2003. Retrieved January 22, 2010. He closed his Louvin Brothers museum in Nashville and was looking to open another one in Monteagle, Tennessee , near Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga . He was a cousin of songwriter John D. Loudermilk . Louvin underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer on July 22, 2010. Doctors expected a full recovery,cite web | last = Talbott | first = Chris | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie Louvin has pancreatic cancer, scheduled for surgery | publisher = Los Angeles Times | date = July 8, 2010 | url = http://www.latimes.com/sns-ap-us-music-charlie-louvin-cancer,0,5489292.story | format = | doi = | accessdate = July 13, 2010Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot but "the surgery did not go as planned," according to Louvin's son Sonny, and "he will begin using alternative methods of treatment, going forward". http://charlielouvin.net/2010/08/update-on-charlies-surgery/ Charlie Louvin's Cancer Inoperable. August 5, 2010 Retrieved August 8, 2010 Louvin died in the early morning on January 26, 2011, in Wartrace, Tennessee , aged 83.cite news|url= http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/01/rip-charlie-louvin-1927-2011.html|title=Charlie Louvin: 1927-2011|first=Max|last=Blau|date=2011-01-26|work=PasteMagazine.com|publisher=Paste Media Group|location= Decatur, Georgia |accessdate=2011-01-26cite news|url= http://opry.com/news/201101-26.html|title=Charlie Louvin: 1927-2011|work=Opry News|publisher= Gaylord Entertainment |accessdate=2011-01-26
After surgery, Louvin made his first public appearance, and second to last, at Nashville's Americana Music Conference, Sept. 10th. He performed with Emmylou Harris and longtime Harris and Gram Parsons accompanist Al Perkins on steel guitar . cite news|url= http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/seeing-charlie-louvin-for-the|title=Seeing Charlie Louvin for the last time|work=No Depression|publisher= No Depression |accessdate=2012-03-29
Before his death, Louvin made one final public appearance on RFD-TV 's The Marty Stuart Show , alongside his son, Sonny Louvin. He performed 'See The Big Man Cry', after which Country Music icon Connie Smith spoke of her admiration for Louvin, before performing ' I Don't Love You Anymore '. Leroy Troy , alongside Lester Armistead and Dan Kelly then performed 'Bald Knob, Arkansas', which was written by Charlie's brother, Ira Louvin . Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives then performed the Louvin Brothers gospel song 'The Family Who Prays'. The show then closed with Louvin singing the Tom T. Hall song 'Back When We Were Young', with Marty Stuart accompanying him on mandolin . The show aired on January 29, 2011, three days after Louvin's death. The show ended with a memorial message: "This episode was taped on December 2, 2010. It was to be Mr. Louvin's last televised performance.
Gutterman, Jimmy. (1998). "The Louvin Brothers". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music . Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp.& nbsp;305–6.
http://awaitingtheflood.com/charlie-louvin-hickory-wind-live-at-the-gram-parsons-guitar-pull-waycross-ga// Charlie Louvin interview - July 2010 www.AwaitngTheFlood.com
http://www.stateofmindmusic.com/entry/564/A-Word-with-Charlie-Louvin-/ State of Mind - A Word with Charlie Louvin - January 2009
http://raisedcountry.com/charlie_louvin/ Charlie's life from 1927 to the present on Raised Country!
http://www.amazon.com/Satan-Real-Ballad-Louvin-Brothers/dp/0062069039/ref=sr_1_1? s=books& ie=UTF8& qid=1325613229& sr=1-1 Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers
Persondata | NAME = Louvin, Charlie | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Loudermilk, Charlie Elzer | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American country music performer and composer | DATE OF BIRTH = July 7, 1927 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Henagar, Alabama, United States | DATE OF DEATH = January 26, 2011 | PLACE OF DEATH = Wartrace, Tennessee, United States DEFAULTSORT:Louvin, Charlie Category:1927 births Category:2011 deaths Category:American country singers Category:American male singers Category:Songwriters from Alabama Category:People from DeKalb County, Alabama Category:Grand Ole Opry members Category:American military personnel of World War II Category:American military personnel of the Korean War Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer Category:Cancer deaths in Tennessee
