Name Phil Balsley Spouse Wilma Balsley | Role Baritone | |
Music group The Statler Brothers (1955 – 2002) Albums 10th Anniversary, The Complete Lester 'R, Sing the Big Hits, The Best of the Statler Brothers, Atlanta Blue Similar People Harold Reid, Don Reid, Lew DeWitt, Jimmy Fortune, Hal Needham | ||
Philip Elwood "Phil" Balsley (born August 8, 1939) is the former baritone singer for the retired country vocal group The Statler Brothers. Due to his quiet presence on stage and humble appearance, he is known as "The Quiet One" of the group. He is one of the four founders of The Statler Brothers.
Due to his past experience as a bookkeeper at his father's sheet metal business (before the Statler Brothers were professional entertainers), Phil has been given credit for overseeing a large part of the Statler Brothers' business organization.
Although he seldom participated in any of the songwriting activities of the Statler Brothers, Phil's versatile baritone vocals played a major role in the quality of the Statler Brothers' harmony; in fact, Harold Reid once said of him that he "sang as Balsley as he was named". Balsley is retired and lives in his native Staunton, Virginia.
Songs
Flowers On The Wall
Hello Mary Lou
My Only Love
This Ole House
You'll Be Back
Do You Remember These
The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith - Too
I'll Go to My Grave Loving You
Don't Wait on Me
Bed of Rose's
New York City
Over the Sunset Mountain
There's a Man in Here
The Brave Apostles Twelve
We Got Paid by Cash
The Junkie's Prayer
Life's Railway to Heaven
The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell
Elizabeth
Silver Medals and Sweet Memories
The Fourth Man
Too Much on My Heart
I Believe I'll Live for Him
How Are Things in Clay - Kentucky?
The Carols Those Kids Used to Sing
Thank God I've Got You
Atlanta Blue
Too Many Rivers
When I Take My Vacation in Heaven
The Statler Brothers Quiz