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Jimmy Fortune
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Jimmy Fortune is a Virginia singer who sang with The Statler Brothers for 21 years, coming on as a permanent member in 1982. He wrote three of the group's No. 1 hits, "Elizabeth," "My Only Love" and "Too Much on My Heart." He went into the Country Music Hall of Fame with The Statler Brothers in 2008.

Born
March 11, 1955
Country Music Hall of Fame
Inducted 2008 (Statler Brothers)

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