The Statler Brothers were an American country music vocal group founded in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia.
Originally performing gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as The Four Star Quartet, and later The Kingsmen. In 1963, when the song "Louie, Louie" by the garage rock band also called The Kingsmen became famous, the group elected to bill themselves as The Statler Brothers. Despite the name, only two members of the group (Don and Harold Reid) are actual brothers and none have the surname of "Statler".
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Class of 57 - The Statler Brothers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Artist: Statler Brothers Album: The Best of the Statler Bros. Year: 1975
Intro: EG#mF#mB7
EG#mF#mB7 Tommy's selling used cars, Nancy's fixing hair, AF#m Harvey runs a grocery store and Margaret doesn't care. EG#mF#mB7 Jerry drives a truck for Sears and Charlotte's on the make, AB7E And Paul sells life insurance and part time real estate.
EG#mF#mB7 Helen is a hostess, Frank works at the mill, AF#m Janet teaches grade school and probably always will. EG#mF#mB7 Bob works for the city and Jack's in lab research, AB7E And Peggy plays organ at the Presbyterian Church.
Chorus: AE And the class of '57 had its dreams, G#mF#mB7 Oh, we all thought we'd change the world with our great works and deeds. AEG#m Or maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs, AEF The class of '57 had its dreams.
FAmGmC7 Betty runs a trailer park, Jan sells Tupperware, A#Gm Randy's on an insane ward, Mary's on welfare. FAmGmC7 Charlie took a job with Ford, Joe took Freddie's wife, A#C7F Charlotte took a millionaire, and Freddie took his life.
FAmGmC7 John is big in cattle, Ray is deep in debt, A#Gm Where Mavis finally wound up is anybody's bet. FAmGmC7 Linda married Sonny, Brenda married me, A#C7F And the class of all of us is just a part of history.