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    • Mar 8, 1939
    Lew DeWitt is born in Roanoke, Virginia. A founding member of The Statler Brothers, he writes "Flowers On The Wall" and sings tenor for the group until 1982, when illness forces retirement. The Statlers join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008
    Aug 8, 1939
    Phil Balsley is born in Staunton, Virginia. He becomes a founding member of The Statler Brothers, whose southern gospel harmonies lead the group to two decades of hits and membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Aug 21, 1939
    Harold Reid, of The Statler Brothers, is born in Augusta County, Virginia. His bass voice is easily distinguished in the group's award-winning gospel harmonies. They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008
    Jun 5, 1945
    Don Reid is born in Staunton, Virginia. In 1961, he joins a gospel harmony group that becomes The Statler Brothers, netting more than 30 hits from 1965-1989 on its way into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 11, 1955
    Jimmy Fortune is born in Nelson County, Virginia. He replaces Lew DeWitt in The Statler Brothers in 1982, writing their hits "Elizabeth" and "My Only Love." The Statlers enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008
    Apr 26, 1963
    The Statler Brothers' Phil Balsley and his wife, Wilma Balsley, have a son, Greg Balsley, in Staunton, Virginia
    Aug 18, 1963
    The Statler Brothers open for Johnny Cash for the first time in Berryville, Virginia. Based on that performance, Cash invites them the following spring to become a regular part of his road show
    Mar 9, 1964
    The Statler Brothers show up at a Johnny Cash show in Canton, Ohio, and open the concert when the Man in Black is late. Cash subsequently adds them to his touring cast for the next eight years
    Apr 3, 1964
    The Statler Brothers hold their first recording session, cutting "The Wreck Of The Old '97" in Nashville
    Jan 13, 1965
    Johnny Cash performs "Orange Blossom Special" on ABC's "Shindig!" Also in the lineup are The Righteous Brothers, Herman's Hermits and The Statler Brothers
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