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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = The Louvin Brothers| image = Louvin Brothers.jpg| caption = Charlie (left) and Ira Louvin| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Alabama , United States|U.S. | genre = Country music|Country , Gospel music|gospel | years_active = July 4, 1940 – August 18, 1963| label = Capitol Records|Capitol | associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Ira Louvin Charlie Louvin The Louvin Brothers were an American country music duo composed of brothers Ira Lonnie Loudermilk (1924–1965) and Charlie Louvin|Charlie Elzer Loudermilk (1927–2011), better known as Ira and Charlie Louvin . They helped popularize close harmony , a genre of country music. The brothers are cousins to John D. Loudermilk , a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member.
History
The brothers adopted the name Louvin Brothers in the 1940s as they began their career in gospel music . Their first foray into secular music was the minor hit "The Get Acquainted Waltz", recorded with Chet Atkins . Other hits included "Cash on the Barrelhead" and "When I Stop Dreaming". They joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1955 and stayed there until breaking up in 1963.cite book| last = Wolfe| first = Charles K.| authorlink = | coauthors = | title = In Close Harmony: The Story of the Louvin Brothers| publisher = Univ. Press of Mississippi| 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.
Their songs were heavily influenced by their Baptist faith and warned against sin.citation needed|date=January 2012 Ira Louvin was notorious for his drinking, womanizing, and short temper. He was married four times; his third wife Faye shot him four times in the chest and twice in the hand after he allegedly beat her.cite news|title='Opry' Singer Star Shot; Wife Jailed|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=|pages=|language=|publisher=|date=February 21, 1963|url= http://news.google.com/newspapers? id=WqAyAAAAIBAJ& sjid=PuoFAAAAIBAJ& dq=ira-louvin%20wife& pg=962%2C1956387|accessdate=March 27, 2011 Although seriously injured, he survived. When performing and drinking, Ira would sometimes become angry enough on stage to smash his mandolin ; otherwise his style was heavily influenced by Bill Monroe .
As of 1963, Charlie was making enough money that he was able to start a solo career, and Ira also went on his own.
Ira died on June 20, 1965 at the age of 41. He and his fourth wife, Anne Young, were on the way home from a performance in Kansas City when they came to a section of construction on Highway 70 outside of Williamsburg, Missouri where traffic had been reduced down to one lane. A drunken driver struck their car head-on, and both Ira and Anne were killed instantly.cite news | last = Strauss| first = Neil | title = The Pop Life| newspaper = New York Times| location =| pages = | language = | publisher = | date = November 28, 1996| url = http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/28/arts/the-pop-life-500887.html? pagewanted=1| accessdate = January 22, 2010 At the time, a warrant for Ira's arrest had been issued on a DUI charge.
Country-rock pioneers The Byrds recorded the Louvin-penned "The Christian Life" for their seminal 1968 release Sweetheart of the Rodeo .
In 2001, the Louvin brothers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame . http://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/the-louvin-brothers- Country Music Hall of Fame entry for The Louvin Brothers. Retrieved January 21, 2010. The tribute CD '' Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers , produced by Carl Jackson and Kathy Louvin released in 2003, won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Country Album.
Satan is Real album
Main|Satan Is Real The opening bars of the album's title track "Satan is Real" can be heard at the beginning of Hank Williams III 's "Medley: Straight to Hell / Satan is Real", on his Straight to Hell (album)|Straight to Hell album of 2006. It is also excerpted in Will Ferrell 's 2009 one-man Broadway theatre|Broadway show, '' You're Welcome America|You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W Bush . clear
1956: Tragic Songs of Life (The Louvin Brothers album)|Tragic Songs of Life ( Capitol Records|Capitol )cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|accessdate=9 January 2012|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2|page=26
1957: Nearer My God to Thee (Louvin Brothers album)|Nearer My God to Thee (Capitol)
1958: Ira and Charlie (Capitol)
1958: The Family Who Prays (Capitol)
1958: Country Love Ballads (Capitol)
1959: Satan Is Real (Capitol)
1960: '' My Baby's Gone (Capitol)
1960: A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers (Capitol)
1961: Encore (Louvin Brothers album)|Encore (Capitol)
1964: The Louvin Brothers Sing and Play Their Current Hits (Capitol)
1965: Thank God for My Christian Home (Capitol)
1966: Ira and Charles (Hilltop)
1967: Two Different Worlds (Capitol)
1967: The Great Roy Acuff Songs (Capitol)
1968: Country Heart and Soul (Capitol)
1973: The Great Gospel Singing of The Louvin Brothers (Capitol)
1975: Live at New River Ranch (Collectors Classic)
1976: ''I Don't Believe You Met My Baby (Hilltop)
1978: Songs That Tell a Story ( Rounder Records|Rounder )
1990: Early MGM Recordings (Rounder)
1992: Close Harmony (Louvin Brothers album)|Close Harmony ( Bear Family|Bear Family Records )
1995: Greatest Hits (Capitol)
1995: When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers ( Razor & Tie )
2006: ''The Essential Louvin Brothers 1955-1964: My Baby's Gone (Raven)
Charted singles
Year
Single
Chart Positions
US Country cite book
1955
"When I Stop Dreaming"
8
1956
"I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby"
1
"Hoping That You're Hoping"
7
"You're Running Wild"
7
" Cash on the Barrelhead "A
7
1957
"Don't Laugh"
11
"Plenty of Everything but You"
14
1958
"My Baby's Gone"
9
1959
" The Knoxville Girl "
19
1961
"I Love You Best of All"
12
"How's the World Treating You"
26
1962
"Must You Throw Dirt in My Face"
21
AB-side to "You're Running Wild."
References
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External links
http://charlielouvin.net Official Charlie Louvin and the Louvin Brother's Web Site
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.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/news_detail.aspx? cid=2104 Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville - report on Charlie Louvin's 80th birthday, 2007
http://www.stateofmindmusic.com/entry/564/A-Word-with-Charlie-Louvin-/ State of Mind - A Word with Charlie Louvin - January 2009
http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp? xid=943 Livin' Lovin' Losin' the Louvin Way. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
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
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