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|name = The Whites |
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|caption = The Whites performing on August 8, 2008. |
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|origin = [[Fort Worth, Texas]], |
| origin = [[Fort Worth, Texas]], United States<br/>[[Nashville, Tennessee]], United States |
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|genre = [[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]] |
| genre = {{Hlist|[[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]]|[[Gospel music|Gospel]]|[[Country music|Country]]}} |
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| years_active = 1972–present |
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| label = [[Curb Records|Curb]], [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]], [[MCA Records|MCA]], Ridge Runner, [[Word Records|Word]], [[EOne Music|Koch]], Skaggs Family |
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| current_members = Buck White<br>Sharon White<br>Cheryl White |
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|associated_acts = [[Ricky Skaggs]] |
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|current_members = Buck White<br>Sharon White<br>Cheryl White |
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'''The Whites''' are an |
'''The Whites''' are an American [[country music]] vocal group from [[Fort Worth, Texas]], United States. They consist of sisters Sharon White and Cheryl White, and their father, Buck White. Sharon plays guitar, Cheryl is the bassist and Buck plays the mandolin. Formed in 1972, the trio has recorded multiple albums and charted multiple songs on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart. They are also known as frequent collaborators of country and bluegrass musician [[Ricky Skaggs]], who is Sharon's husband. |
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==Overview== |
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In August 1981,<ref>[http://www.wrightforyou.com/offstage2.html Offstage with Ricky and Sharon Skaggs] March 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2013.</ref> Sharon White married [[Ricky Skaggs]], who performed on several of the Whites' early releases. In 1987, the couple released the hit song, "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This". |
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The Whites consist of Sharon White (born December 17, 1953), her sister Cheryl (born January 27, 1955), and their father Buck (born December 13, 1930).<ref name="LarkinCountry">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1993|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-726-6|page=442/3}}</ref> Buck grew up playing music and started playing in dances wrestling arenas, auditoriums but he didn't really like that atmosphere a lot.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Weintraub |first=Boris |date=November 1981 |title=Buck White and the Down Home Folks |pages=9-13 |work=Bluegrass Unlimited}}</ref> Buck had two jobs when the sisters were growing up; a plumber by day, piano and mandolin player by night.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Henry |first=Murphy Hicks |title=Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass |publisher=University of Illinois |year=2013 |isbn=9780252095887 |pages=157-159}}</ref> He started really enjoying music when his family started playing together all around the world. In the beginning, Sharon took up bass when she was twelve, moving to guitar when Cheryl took over on bass.<ref name=":0" /> |
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In the 1980s, they scored such hits as "You Put The Blue In Me", "Hangin' Around", "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling", "Pins And Needles", "If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)", "Hometown Gossip", and "When The New Wears Off of Our Love".<ref name="LarkinCountry"/> |
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In August 1981,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrightforyou.com/offstage2.html|title=Offstage|date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306020610/http://www.wrightforyou.com/offstage2.html|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=2016-03-06}}</ref> Sharon White married [[Ricky Skaggs]], who performed on several of the Whites' early releases.<ref name="LarkinCountry"/> In 1987, the couple released the hit song, "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This". |
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In 1991, the Whites joined producers [[Randall Franks]] and [[Alan Autry]] on the ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)|In The Heat Of The Night]]'' TV series album entitled ''Christmas Time's A Comin''', performing on the track, "Let's Live Everyday Like It Was Christmas" (Sonlite/MGM/UA). |
In 1991, the Whites joined producers [[Randall Franks]] and [[Alan Autry]] on the ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)|In The Heat Of The Night]]'' TV series album entitled ''Christmas Time's A Comin''', performing on the track, "Let's Live Everyday Like It Was Christmas" (Sonlite/MGM/UA). |
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The Whites became members of the [[Grand Ole Opry]] in 1984 and were current regulars on the program in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. Their collaborative album with Ricky Skaggs, "Salt of the Earth" won the 2008 [[Grammy]] for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album. |
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The Whites can be heard on the [[O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)|''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' soundtrack]] with the song "[[Keep on the Sunny Side]]". They also appear in ''[[Down from the Mountain]]'', the documentary of a concert given by the soundtrack artists. |
The Whites can be heard on the [[O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)|''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' soundtrack]] with the song "[[Keep on the Sunny Side]]". They also appear in ''[[Down from the Mountain]]'', the documentary of a concert given by the soundtrack artists.<ref name=":0" /> |
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The Whites were inducted into the [[Texas Country Music Hall of Fame]] on Saturday, August 16, 2008, in [[Carthage, Texas]]. They were inducted along with [[Buck Owens]] and [[Mickey Newbury]]. |
The Whites were inducted into the [[Texas Country Music Hall of Fame]] on Saturday, August 16, 2008, in [[Carthage, Texas]]. They were inducted along with [[Buck Owens]] and [[Mickey Newbury]]. |
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Also performing on the Grand Ole Opry with Buck, Sharon and Cheryl is Rosanna, better known as Rosie, the third of the four White sisters. She performs high harmony and occasionally does solo performance of the Mel Tillis classic "The Violet and the Rose". |
Also performing on the Grand Ole Opry with Buck, Sharon and Cheryl is Rosanna, better known as Rosie, the third of the four White sisters. She performs high harmony and occasionally does solo performance of the Mel Tillis classic "The Violet and the Rose". |
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==Awards and nominations== |
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==Discography== |
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The Whites have been nominated for five [[CMA Awards]] (The Horizon/New Artist award 1983, Vocal Group of the Year 1983/1985 and Instrumental Group of the Year 1983/1985) and won the Album of the Year honour in 2001 for their contribution to "[[O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)|O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]". In 1987, Sharon White and her husband Ricky Skaggs won the Vocal Duo of the Year award. |
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They also received Top Vocal Group nominations in 1982 and 1983 from the [[ACM Awards]] and an album of the year nomination for "O Brother, Where Art Thou?".<ref name=":1" /> |
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In 1984, they were inducted into the [[Grand Ole Opry]]. |
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In 1987, Sharon White and her husband [[Ricky Skaggs]] won the [[Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year]]. |
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Also for their contribution to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", The Whites won Album of the Year at the 2001 [[International Bluegrass Music Awards]]. That same year, Sharon and Cheryl also received the Recorded Event of the Year award for their contribution to "Follow Me Back to the Fold: A Tribute to Women in Bluegrass". In 2006, they were awarded the IBMA's Distinguished Achievement Award for their contributions to the genre. |
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The Whites were among the artists honoured with the prestigious [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]] for "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". [[Salt of the Earth (Ricky Skaggs & The Whites album)|Salt of the Earth]], their 2007 collaboration with Ricky Skaggs won them a [[Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album]]. |
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In 2007, The Whites and Ricky Skaggs received a [[GMA Dove Awards of 2007|GMA Dove Award]] for Bluegrass Recorded Album of the Year. |
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In 2008, they were inducted into the [[Texas Country Music Hall of Fame]]. |
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==Discography== |
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===Albums=== |
===Albums=== |
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! Album |
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! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details |
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! <small>[[Top Country Albums|US Country]]</small> |
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! width="45"| [[Top Country Albums|US Country]] |
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! width="45"| [[Top Bluegrass Albums|US Grass]] |
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! scope="row"| ''Buck White & the Down Home Folks''<br>{{small|(as Buck White & the Down Home Folks)}} |
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| 1972 |
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| ''The Down Home Folks'' |
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* Release date: 1972 |
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| rowspan="2"|County |
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* Label: County Records |
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! scope="row"| ''In Person''<br>{{small|(as Buck White & the Down Home Folks)}} |
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| rowspan="2"|1977 |
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| ''In Person'' |
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* Release date: 1977 |
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* Label: County Records |
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| ''That Down Home Feeling'' |
! scope="row"| ''That Down Home Feeling''<br>{{small|(as Buck White & the Down Home Folks)}} |
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* Release date: 1977 |
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| Ridge Runner |
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* Label: [[Ridge Runner Records]] |
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! scope="row"| ''Poor Folks' Pleasure''<br>{{small|(as Buck White & the Down Home Folks)}} |
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| 1978 |
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| ''Poor Folks Pleasure'' |
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* Release date: 1978 |
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| rowspan="2"|Sugar Hill |
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* Label: [[Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass label)|Sugar Hill Records]] |
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! scope="row"| ''More Pretty Girls Than One''<br>{{small|(Buck White solo)}} |
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| 1979 |
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| ''More Pretty Girls Than One'' |
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* Release date: 1979 |
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* Label: Sugar Hill Records |
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! scope="row"| ''Old Familiar Feeling'' |
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| 1983 |
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| ''Old Familiar Feeling'' |
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* Release date: June 1983 |
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| align="center"|22 |
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| Warner Bros. |
* Label: [[Curb Records|Curb]] / [[Warner Bros. Records]] |
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| 22 |
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! scope="row"| ''Forever You'' |
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| 1984 |
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| ''Forever You'' |
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* Release date: June 1984 |
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| align="center"|37 |
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* Label: Curb / [[MCA Records]] |
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| rowspan="4"|MCA |
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| 37 |
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! scope="row"| ''Whole New World'' |
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| 1985 |
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| ''Whole New World'' |
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* Release date: March 1985 |
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| align="center"|42 |
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* Label: Curb / MCA Records |
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| 42 |
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! scope="row"| ''Greatest Hits'' |
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| rowspan="2"|1986 |
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| ''Greatest Hits'' |
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* Release date: 1986 |
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* Label: Curb / MCA Records |
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| ''Ain't No Binds'' |
! scope="row"| ''Ain't No Binds'' |
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| align="center"|37 |
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* Release date: February 1987 |
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* Label: Curb / MCA Records |
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| 37 |
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! scope="row"| ''Doing It By the Book'' |
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| 1988 |
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| ''Doin' It By the Book'' |
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* Release date: 1988 |
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| Canaan |
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* Label: The New Canaan Records |
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! scope="row"| ''Give a Little Back'' |
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| 1996 |
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| ''Give a Little Back'' |
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* Release date: April 3, 1996 |
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| Step One |
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* Label: Step One Records |
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! scope="row"| ''A Lifetime in the Making Music'' |
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| 2000 |
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| ''A Lifetime in the Making'' |
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* Release date: August 15, 2000 |
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| Ceili |
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* Label: Ceili Music |
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! scope="row"| ''[[Love Never Fails (Barbara Fairchild, Connie Smith and Sharon White album)|Love Never Fails]]'' <br>{{small|(Sharon White with [[Barbara Fairchild]] and [[Connie Smith]])}} |
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* Release date: August 12, 2003 |
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* Label: Daywind Records |
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! scope="row"| ''[[Salt of the Earth (Ricky Skaggs & The Whites album)|Salt of the Earth]]''<br>{{small|(with [[Ricky Skaggs]])}} |
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* Release date: September 25, 2007 |
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* Label: Skaggs Family Music |
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| 45 |
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! scope="row"| ''Hearts Like Ours'' <br>{{small|(Sharon White with Ricky Skaggs)}} |
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* Release date: September 30, 2014 |
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* Label: Skaggs Family Music |
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| 2007 |
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| ''[[Salt of the Earth (Ricky Skaggs & The Whites album)|Salt of the Earth]]'' <small>(w/ [[Ricky Skaggs]])</small><sup>A</sup> |
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| align="center"|45 |
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| Skaggs Family |
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*<sup>A</sup>''Salt of the Earth'' also peaked at No. 1 on [[Top Bluegrass Albums]]. |
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===Singles=== |
===Singles=== |
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! rowspan="2"| Album |
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! width="45"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]] |
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| 1981 |
| 1981 |
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| "[[Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On]]" |
! scope="row"| "[[Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On]]" |
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| 1982 |
| rowspan="2"| 1982 |
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| "You Put the Blue in Me" |
! scope="row"| "You Put the Blue in Me" |
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| 10 |
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| rowspan="5"|''Old Familiar Feeling'' |
| rowspan="5" align="left"| ''Old Familiar Feeling'' |
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! scope="row"| "Hangin' Around" |
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| rowspan="3"|1983 |
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| 9 |
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| "Hangin' Around" |
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| 5 |
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| align="center"|9 |
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| align="center"|5 |
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| rowspan="3"| 1983 |
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| "I Wonder Who's Holding My Baby Tonight" |
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! scope="row"| "I Wonder Who's Holding My Baby Tonight" |
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| align="Center"|9 |
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| 9 |
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| align="center"|14 |
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| 14 |
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| "When the New Wears Off of Our Love" |
! scope="row"| "When the New Wears Off of Our Love" |
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| 25 |
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| 34 |
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! scope="row"| "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling" |
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| rowspan="3"|1984 |
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| 10 |
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| "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling" |
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| 16 |
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| align="center"|10 |
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| align="center"|16 |
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| rowspan="2"| 1984 |
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| "Forever You" |
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! scope="row"| "Forever You" |
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| align="center"|14 |
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| 14 |
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| align="center"|30 |
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| 30 |
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| rowspan="2"|''Forever You'' |
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| rowspan="2" align="left"| ''Forever You'' |
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| "Pins and Needles" |
! scope="row"| "Pins and Needles" |
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| 10 |
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| 12 |
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| rowspan="3"|1985 |
| rowspan="3"| 1985 |
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| "[[If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)]]" |
! scope="row"| "[[If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)]]" |
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| 12 |
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| 22 |
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| rowspan="3"|''Whole New World'' |
| rowspan="3" align="left"| ''Whole New World'' |
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| "Hometown Gossip" |
! scope="row"| "Hometown Gossip" |
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| 27 |
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| 36 |
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| "I Don't Want to Get Over You" |
! scope="row"| "I Don't Want to Get Over You" |
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| 33 |
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| 1986 |
| rowspan="2"| 1986 |
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| "Love Won't Wait" |
! scope="row"| "Love Won't Wait" |
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| 36 |
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| 46 |
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| ''Greatest Hits'' |
| align="left"| ''Greatest Hits'' |
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! scope="row"| "It Should Have Been Easy" |
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| rowspan="2"|1987 |
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| 30 |
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| "It Should Have Been Easy" |
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| 44 |
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| align="center"|30 |
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| rowspan="2" align="left"| ''Ain't No Binds'' |
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| rowspan="2"|''Ain't No Binds'' |
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| 1987 |
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| "There Ain't No Binds" |
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! scope="row"| "There Ain't No Binds" |
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| align="center"|58 |
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| 58 |
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| align="center"|— |
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| — |
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| 1989 |
| 1989 |
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| " |
! scope="row"| "Doing It By the Book" |
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| 82 |
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| '' |
| align="left"| ''Doing It By the Book'' |
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| colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
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====Sharon White solo singles==== |
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! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Single |
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! colspan="2"| Peak positions |
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! rowspan="2"| Album |
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|- style="font-size:smaller;" |
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! width="45"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]] |
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! width="45"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN Country]] |
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| 1987 |
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! scope="row"| "[[Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This]]"<br>{{small|(with [[Ricky Skaggs]])}} |
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| 10 |
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| 7 |
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| align="left"| ''[[Love's Gonna Get Ya!]]'' / ''Ain't No Binds'' |
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| 2003 |
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! scope="row"| "Closer to Home" <br/>{{small|(with [[Barbara Fairchild]] and [[Connie Smith]])}} |
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| rowspan="2" align="left"| ''Love Never Fails'' |
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| 2004 |
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! scope="row"| "Love Never Fails" <br/>{{small|(with Barbara Fairchild and Connie Smith)}} |
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| 2014 |
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! scope="row"| "Forever's Not Long Enough"<br>{{small|(with Ricky Skaggs)}} |
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| align="left"| ''Hearts Like Ours'' |
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Latest revision as of 09:22, 9 December 2023
The Whites | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Fort Worth, Texas, United States Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
Genres | |
Years active | 1972–present |
Labels | Curb, Warner Bros., MCA, Ridge Runner, Word, Koch, Skaggs Family |
Members | Buck White Sharon White Cheryl White |
The Whites are an American country music vocal group from Fort Worth, Texas, United States. They consist of sisters Sharon White and Cheryl White, and their father, Buck White. Sharon plays guitar, Cheryl is the bassist and Buck plays the mandolin. Formed in 1972, the trio has recorded multiple albums and charted multiple songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. They are also known as frequent collaborators of country and bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs, who is Sharon's husband.
Overview
[edit]The Whites consist of Sharon White (born December 17, 1953), her sister Cheryl (born January 27, 1955), and their father Buck (born December 13, 1930).[1] Buck grew up playing music and started playing in dances wrestling arenas, auditoriums but he didn't really like that atmosphere a lot.[2] Buck had two jobs when the sisters were growing up; a plumber by day, piano and mandolin player by night.[3] He started really enjoying music when his family started playing together all around the world. In the beginning, Sharon took up bass when she was twelve, moving to guitar when Cheryl took over on bass.[3]
In the 1980s, they scored such hits as "You Put The Blue In Me", "Hangin' Around", "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling", "Pins And Needles", "If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)", "Hometown Gossip", and "When The New Wears Off of Our Love".[1]
In August 1981,[4] Sharon White married Ricky Skaggs, who performed on several of the Whites' early releases.[1] In 1987, the couple released the hit song, "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This".
In 1991, the Whites joined producers Randall Franks and Alan Autry on the In The Heat Of The Night TV series album entitled Christmas Time's A Comin', performing on the track, "Let's Live Everyday Like It Was Christmas" (Sonlite/MGM/UA).
The Whites became members of the Grand Ole Opry in 1984 and were current regulars on the program in Nashville, Tennessee. Their collaborative album with Ricky Skaggs, "Salt of the Earth" won the 2008 Grammy for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album.
The Whites can be heard on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack with the song "Keep on the Sunny Side". They also appear in Down from the Mountain, the documentary of a concert given by the soundtrack artists.[3]
The Whites were inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 16, 2008, in Carthage, Texas. They were inducted along with Buck Owens and Mickey Newbury.
Also performing on the Grand Ole Opry with Buck, Sharon and Cheryl is Rosanna, better known as Rosie, the third of the four White sisters. She performs high harmony and occasionally does solo performance of the Mel Tillis classic "The Violet and the Rose".
Awards and nominations
[edit]The Whites have been nominated for five CMA Awards (The Horizon/New Artist award 1983, Vocal Group of the Year 1983/1985 and Instrumental Group of the Year 1983/1985) and won the Album of the Year honour in 2001 for their contribution to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". In 1987, Sharon White and her husband Ricky Skaggs won the Vocal Duo of the Year award.
They also received Top Vocal Group nominations in 1982 and 1983 from the ACM Awards and an album of the year nomination for "O Brother, Where Art Thou?".[2]
In 1984, they were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.
In 1987, Sharon White and her husband Ricky Skaggs won the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year.
Also for their contribution to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", The Whites won Album of the Year at the 2001 International Bluegrass Music Awards. That same year, Sharon and Cheryl also received the Recorded Event of the Year award for their contribution to "Follow Me Back to the Fold: A Tribute to Women in Bluegrass". In 2006, they were awarded the IBMA's Distinguished Achievement Award for their contributions to the genre.
The Whites were among the artists honoured with the prestigious Grammy Award for Album of the Year for "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". Salt of the Earth, their 2007 collaboration with Ricky Skaggs won them a Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album.
In 2007, The Whites and Ricky Skaggs received a GMA Dove Award for Bluegrass Recorded Album of the Year.
In 2008, they were inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame.
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Title | Album details | Peak positions | |
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US Country | US Grass | ||
Buck White & the Down Home Folks (as Buck White & the Down Home Folks) |
|
— | — |
In Person (as Buck White & the Down Home Folks) |
|
— | — |
That Down Home Feeling (as Buck White & the Down Home Folks) |
|
— | — |
Poor Folks' Pleasure (as Buck White & the Down Home Folks) |
|
— | — |
More Pretty Girls Than One (Buck White solo) |
|
— | — |
Old Familiar Feeling |
|
22 | — |
Forever You |
|
37 | — |
Whole New World |
|
42 | — |
Greatest Hits |
|
— | — |
Ain't No Binds |
|
37 | — |
Doing It By the Book |
|
— | — |
Give a Little Back |
|
— | — |
A Lifetime in the Making Music |
|
— | — |
Love Never Fails (Sharon White with Barbara Fairchild and Connie Smith) |
|
— | — |
Salt of the Earth (with Ricky Skaggs) |
|
45 | 1 |
Hearts Like Ours (Sharon White with Ricky Skaggs) |
|
— | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Singles
[edit]Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | CAN Country | |||
1981 | "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On" | 66 | — | — |
1982 | "You Put the Blue in Me" | 10 | — | Old Familiar Feeling |
"Hangin' Around" | 9 | 5 | ||
1983 | "I Wonder Who's Holding My Baby Tonight" | 9 | 14 | |
"When the New Wears Off of Our Love" | 25 | 34 | ||
"Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling" | 10 | 16 | ||
1984 | "Forever You" | 14 | 30 | Forever You |
"Pins and Needles" | 10 | 12 | ||
1985 | "If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)" | 12 | 22 | Whole New World |
"Hometown Gossip" | 27 | 36 | ||
"I Don't Want to Get Over You" | 33 | — | ||
1986 | "Love Won't Wait" | 36 | 46 | Greatest Hits |
"It Should Have Been Easy" | 30 | 44 | Ain't No Binds | |
1987 | "There Ain't No Binds" | 58 | — | |
1989 | "Doing It By the Book" | 82 | — | Doing It By the Book |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Sharon White solo singles
[edit]Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
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US Country | CAN Country | |||
1987 | "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (with Ricky Skaggs) |
10 | 7 | Love's Gonna Get Ya! / Ain't No Binds |
2003 | "Closer to Home" (with Barbara Fairchild and Connie Smith) |
— | — | Love Never Fails |
2004 | "Love Never Fails" (with Barbara Fairchild and Connie Smith) |
— | — | |
2014 | "Forever's Not Long Enough" (with Ricky Skaggs) |
— | — | Hearts Like Ours |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 442/3. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.
- ^ a b Weintraub, Boris (November 1981). "Buck White and the Down Home Folks". Bluegrass Unlimited. pp. 9–13.
- ^ a b c Henry, Murphy Hicks (2013). Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass. University of Illinois. pp. 157–159. ISBN 9780252095887.
- ^ "Offstage". March 6, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved August 11, 2021.