The Wilburn Brothers were a popular American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 duo from the 1950s to the 1970s consisting of brothers Doyle Wilburn (July 7, 1930–October 16, 1982) and Teddy Wilburn (November 30, 1931–November 24, 2003).
The brothers were born in Hardy, Arkansas

Hardy, Arkansas

Hardy is a city in Sharp and Fulton counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The population was 578 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hardy is located at .The Spring River, which begins in Mammoth Spring, flows through Hardy...

. They first attracted attention as child performers, beginning in 1937, in an act called The Wilburn Children; Roy Acuff

Roy Acuff

Roy Claxton Acuff was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the King of Country Music, Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.Acuff...

 discovered them and brought them to the Grand Ole Opry

Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...

 in 1940.