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- Birth nameCharlie Elzer Loudermilk
- Charlie Louvin was born on July 7, 1927 in Section, Alabama, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Jesus' Son (1999), Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001) and The Slaughter Rule (2002). He was married to Betty Harrison. He died on January 26, 2011 in Wartrace, Tennessee, USA.
- SpouseBetty Harrison(September 18, 1949 - January 26, 2011) (his death, 3 children)
- With his older brother, Ira Louvin, elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
- He and his older brother, Ira Louvin, parted ways on 18 Aug 1963.
- First cousin of John D. Loudermilk.
- He runs The Louvin Brothers Museum in Bell Buckle, Tennessee
- Along with his older brother, Ira Louvin, during their days as The Louvin Brothers, they recorded with legendary Nashville guitar player Hank Garland.
- I've already outlived all those doctors that told me to stop smoking.
- My brother [Ira] said [Elvis] is the only man he'd ever seen that could wear out his clothes from the inside with all his shaking. (from a 2007 AP interview)
- My job was to listen to people...and if they said something that caught your ear, that would make a good title...I would write it down and I'd give it to Ira [his brother]...[A complete song would] come to [Ira] like, God, like he was reading it off of another piece of paper...He was nice enough to put my name on the songs also. (from a 2007 AP interview)
- It didn't take a month until they dropped the name "Presley" and nearly the entire backdrop of the stage was "ELVIS". He got big quick, very quick, but he was a good kid. (from a 2007 AP interview, about Elvis Presley being the Louvin Brothers opening act in 1955)
- I'm the biggest harmony lover in the world. If a song's worth singing, you ought to put harmony on it.
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