Monday 30 November 2015

Teddy Wilburn born 30 November 1931


The Wilburn Brothers were a popular American country music duo
from the 1950s to the 1970s consisting of brothers Virgil Doyle Wilburn (July 7, 1930 – October 16, 1982) and Thurman Theodore "Teddy" Wilburn (November 30, 1931 – November 24, 2003).
The brothers were born in Hardy, Arkansas. They first attracted attention as child performers, beginning in 1937, in an act called The Wilburn Children; Roy Acuff discovered them and brought them to the Grand Ole Opry in 1940. Due to federal child labour 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 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. They signed with Decca Records in May 1954 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. After hearing the song they decided against recording it, describing it as "strange and almost morbid".
In addition to being successful artists, the Wilburns formed the Wil-helm Talent Agency (with Don Helms) in the early 1960s as well as the Surefire Music Publishing Company in 1963. They were instrumental in launching the careers of many country music legends, most notably Loretta Lynn, whom they signed to their music publishing company. Lynn was the "girl singer" of the Wilburns' touring show between 1960 and 1968 and she made weekly appearances on their syndicated television show from 1963 to 1971 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, which 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 health began to decline in the 1990s. He suffered from PSP and died in 2003, six days before his 72nd birthday.  They are both buried in the Nashville National Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.
(Info Wikipedia)

1 comment:

boppinbob said...


For The Wilburn Brothers – Sparkling Brown Eyes – the Best Of….go here:

http://www75.zippyshare.com/v/KegpH37X/file.html

1 Sparkling Brown Eyes
2 Go Away With Me
3 I Wanna, Wanna, Wanna
4 You're Not Play Love
5 Let Me Be the First To Know
6 I'm So In Love With You
7 Cry Cry Darling
8 In the Jailhouse Now
9 Much Too Often
10 Carefree Moments
11 The Waltz You Saved For Me
12 One Day Later
13 Great Big Love
14 My Heart or My Mind
15 A Little Time Out For Love
16 Mixed Up Medley
17 Temptation, Go Away
18 Look Around (Take a Look At Me)
19 If You Love Me, Really Love Me
20 That's When I Miss You
21 Deep Elem Blues
22 Kneel At the Cross
23 Leaning On the Everlasting Arms
24 I'm Settin' You Free
25 Nothing At All
26 I Know You Don't Love Me Anymore