The Wallace Brothers
The Wallace Brothers
Top Songs
| 1 | Airborne Shuffle | ||
| 2 | Woman, Hang Your Head in Shame | ||
| 3 | My Mother-in-Law | ||
| 4 | I Stayed Away Too Long | ||
| 5 | My Baby's Gone |
Albums
Jan 1996 • 22 songs
Sep 1969 • 2 songs
Sep 1969 • 2 songs
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Biography
Promoted as a duet, the Wallace Brothers were actually a six-man band with cousins John Simon and Ervin Wallace on lead vocals. Another Wallace (no kin to the brothers) brought the six-piece band to Cleveland Warnock's attention in 1963. Other Wallaces, Cooky and Earnest, also joined; Ervin played the guitar and Earnest the organ.
Warnock wrote songs with Billy Bardon in the '40s and '50s for movie cowboy Jimmy Wakely, and never strayed far from the music business. He liked the Wallace Brothers and their potential. Their members ranged from 14 to 16 years of age and all atte...