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The Louvin Brothers fu un duo musicale statunitense di genere country, composto da Ira Lonnie Loudermilk (1924–1965) e Charlie Elzer Loudermilk (1927–2011). Formazione importante e influente per la storia della musica country, contribuì a popolarizzare il genere close harmony[1]. Il loro album più celebre è Satan Is Real, considerato un importante capolavoro della storia della musica country[2][3]. Nel 2001 sono stati introdotti nella Country Music Hall of Fame[4]
- 1956: The Louvin Brothers (MGM)
- 1956: Tragic Songs of Life (Capitol)[5]
- 1957: 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 (Capitol)
- 1961: Christmas with the Louvin Brothers (Capitol)
- 1962: The Weapon of Prayer (Capitol)
- 1963: Keep Your Eyes on Jesus (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)
- 1990: Early MGM Recordings (Rounder)
- 1992: Close Harmony (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)
| Year
|
Single
|
Chart Positions
|
| US Country[6]
|
| 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
|
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-louvin-brothers-mn0000045057/biography
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Satan is Real > Review". Allmusic. consultato il 18 febbraio 2010.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Satan is Real > Review". PopMatters. consultato il 18 febbraio 2010.
- ^ Country Music Hall of Fame entry for The Louvin Brothers. consultato il 21 gennaio 2010.
- ^ Robert Dimery e Michael Lydon, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition, Universe, 23 marzo 2010, p. 26, ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
- ^ Joel Whitburn, Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008, Record Research, Inc, 2008, p. 246, ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- (EN) the Louvin Brothers, su Enciclopedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
- (EN) The Louvin Brothers, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
- (EN) The Louvin Brothers, su Discogs, Zink Media.
- (EN) The Louvin Brothers, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
- (EN) The Louvin Brothers, su Billboard.
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