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Following the Passing of Harold Reid, A Look at the Statler Brothers’ Biggest Billboard Hits
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billboard.comThe baritone served as the group’s foundation for more than four decades. Following a long battle with kidney failure, Harold Reid, a founding member of The Statler Brothers, died on Friday (April 24) in his hometown Staunton, Va.
He was 80. Staunton was the home base for the group, which initially worked as a gospel group, since its inception. The foursome changed its name from The Kingsmen to The Statler Brothers around 1963 to avoid confusion with multiple acts using the same moniker, including the garage rock band that scored a No.
2 Hot 100 hit with “Louie Louie” in 1963. Folklore has it that the act took its name from a box of Statler tissue that they spotted in a hotel room.
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