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Unreferenced|date=December 2010Infobox musical artist|name = The Whites|image = TheWhites.jpg|caption = The Whites performing on August 8, 2008.|image_size =|background = group_or_band|alias =|origin = Texas , USA , and Nashville, Tennessee |genre = Bluegrass music|Bluegrass , Traditional music|Traditional , Gospel music|Gospel , Country music|Country |years_active = 1981 in music|1981 & ndash;Present|label = Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. , MCA Records|MCA , Word Records|Word , Koch Records|Koch , Skaggs Family Records|associated_acts = Ricky Skaggs |website =|current_members = Buck White Sharon White Cheryl White The Whites is an United States|American country music vocal group consisting of lead singer Sharon White, her sister Cheryl (born 1955), and their father Buck (born 1930). In the 1980s they scored hits with songs including "You Put The Blue In Me," "Hangin' Around," "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling," "Pins and Needles," "If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone,)" "Hometown Gossip" and "When the New Wears Off of Our Love." Sharon White has been married to Ricky Skaggs since 1982; the couple had their own hit song, "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (1987).
The Whites joined producers Randall Franks and Alan Autry for the In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) cast CD “Christmas Time’s A Comin’” performing on Franks's feature song "Let's Live Everyday Like it was Christmas" on the CD released on Sonlite and MGM/UA for one of the most popular Christmas releases of 1991 and 1992 with Southern retailers.
As of 2007, the Whites are regular performers on the Grand Ole Opry program in Nashville, Tennessee . Their collaborative album with Ricky Skaggs, "Salt of the Earth" won the 2008 Grammy for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album.
The Whites can be heard on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)| O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack with the song " Keep on the Sunny Side ". They also appear in Down from the Mountain , the documentary of a concert given by the soundtrack artists.
The Whites were inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 16, 2008, in Carthage, Texas . They were inducted along with Buck Owens and Mickey Newbury . Also performing on the Grand Ole Opry with Buck, Sharon and Cheryl is Rosanna, better known as Rosie, the third of the four White sisters. She performs high harmony and occasionally does solo performance of the Mel Tillis classic "The Violet and the Rose".
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Top Country Albums>US Country
Label
1972
The Down Home Folks
County
1977
In Person
That Down Home Feeling
Ridge Runner
1978
Poor Folks Pleasure
Sugar Hill
1979
More Pretty Girls Than One
1983
Old Familiar Feeling
22
Warner Bros.
1984
Forever You
37
MCA
1985
Whole New World
42
1986
Greatest Hits
''Ain't No Binds
37
1988
''Doin' It By the Book
Canaan
1996
Give a Little Back
Step One
2000
A Lifetime in the Making
Ceili
2007
Salt of the Earth (w/ Ricky Skaggs )A
45
Skaggs Family
A Salt of the Earth also peaked at #1 on Top Bluegrass Albums .
Singles
Year
Single
Chart Positions
Album
US Country
CAN Country
1981
" Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On "
66
—
Single only
1982
"You Put the Blue in Me"
10
—
Old Familiar Feeling
1983
"Hangin' Around"
9
5
"I Wonder Who's Holding My Baby Tonight"
9
14
"When the New Wears Off of Our Love"
25
34
1984
"Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling"
10
16
"Forever You"
14
30
Forever You
"Pins and Needles"
10
12
1985
" If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) "
12
22
Whole New World
"Hometown Gossip"
27
36
"I Don't Want to Get Over You"
33
—
1986
"Love Won't Wait"
36
46
Greatest Hits
1987
"It Should Have Been Easy"
30
44
''Ain't No Binds
"There Ain't No Binds"
58
—
1989
"Doin' It By the Book"
82
—
''Doin' It By the Book
External links
http://skaggs.musiccitynetworks.com/index.htm? id=12256 The Whites - Skaggs Family Records
Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2000s DEFAULTSORT:Whites, The Category:American country music groups Category:Grand Ole Opry members Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Vocal trios
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