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Classic Rewind: Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper – ‘Big Midnight Special’

1 Comment Posted by on September 17, 2011

Former Opry member Wilma Lee Cooper died on 13 September. Here is a 1963 performance of one of the hits she had in the 1950s with her husband Stoney:

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One response to “Classic Rewind: Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper – ‘Big Midnight Special’”

  1. Ken Johnson September 17, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    One of country music’s all-time great duos. After Stoney passed away in 1977 Wilma Lee continued as a solo performer on the Grand ole Opry.

    The most complete CD compilation of their hits is the 2002 Varese Sarabande release “The Very Best Of Wilma Lee And Stoney Cooper And The Clinch Mountain Clan” (catalog # 302 066 323 2)
    Varese licensed the original Hickory Records masters and compiled all of the duo’s significant singles from 1956 – 1963 including this 1959 top ten hit.

    Other compilations by the duo released on the Gusto/Starday family of labels are later re-recordings.

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