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Charlie Louvin Celebrates 80 with New CD

NPR | By Meredith Ochs
Published March 6, 2007 at 4:00 PM EST

Country singer Charlie Louvin turns 80 this year. Along with his late brother Ira, the Alabama native formed The Louvin Brothers in the 1940s, wrote hundreds of songs and enjoyed commercial success. Louvin influenced generations of musicians, a few of whom are assembled on his new self-titled CD.

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