Saturday, April 26, 2008

Trivia

Did you know that the Statler Brothers, who started out singing Gospel music, were originally known as the Kingsmen? Interesting trivia tidbit I picked up today.
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, I did know that. :)

3:25 PM
Shanna Locker said...

More trivia for you Keith. How did The Statler Bros. get their name? You may surprise me and know but it came as news to me a couple of years ago.
I'll be waiting for your answer.

6:50 PM
Barb (Glick) Kamph said...

but i went and seen the kingsmen many times so were they kingsmen first? did you know their were the kingsboys??? i loved them all was going to marry them all. LOL Man the good ole days.

9:39 AM
Anonymous said...

Shanna, I'm wating too to see if Keith knows the answer to your question. It was a pretty unusual way to obtain a name to be used for all these years. Shelby

5:10 AM
Shanna Locker said...

So Shelby, do you know the answer? I am waiting for KEith's reply.
~Shanna~

11:13 AM
Anonymous said...

Keith is not saying if he knows, but yes, Shanna, I do know the answer. I will e-mail your home site to verify that I do know. (No connection to them at all.)

10:19 AM
Anonymous said...

I heard the story beind the Statler name a while back, but have since forgotten. Didn't it have something to do with a conveience store?

2:01 PM
Shanna Locker said...

Well, since Keith didn't respond I'll give the answer for all you curious folks out there. The groups' name came from a box of Statler Tissues in 1964. They also traveled with Johnny Cash for almost 9 years. Also, nearly every hit song they had was written by either Don Reid, Harold Reid, Lew Dewitt or Jimmy Fortune. They are/were a great group.

4:50 PM

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