A classic country music resume doesn’t get much classier than Fortune’s. He was a 21-year member of Staunton’s The Statler Brothers, joining up after original tenor Lew DeWitt retired ...

Jimmy Fortune is in the Country and Gospel Music halls of fame as a member of the Statler Brothers. But before that, he walked the halls of Virginia's Nelson County High School alongside Plain ...

Fortune, a Virginia native, performed with the legendary Statler Brothers for 20 years, first as a temporary replacement for member Lew DeWitt.

When Staunton-based Country Music Hall of Fame band Statler Brothers needed to replace original member Lew DeWitt, the vocal quartet turned to a DeWitt discovery, Jimmy Fortune.

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Fortune was performing at a ski resort when he was discovered by original Statler Brothers tenor Lew DeWitt.

The Waynesboro Heritage Museum will honor the life and career of Lew DeWitt through an exhibit opening on Tuesday.

A new exhibit at the Waynesboro Heritage Museum examines the life and music of Lew DeWitt, one part of the original Statler Brothers country music group.

Not with his eyes, but with his voice. The date was 1981, and the place was a ski resort in Virginia when Fortune found good fortune while he sang Roy Orbison’s “Crying.” Lew DeWitt of the ...

Former Statler Brother’s tenor Lew DeWitt recruited Fortune as his replacement. He happened to hear Fortune singing during a gig at the Wintergreen Resort and was impressed.

Fortune performed with the legendary Statler Brothers for 20 years, first as a temporary replacement for member Lew DeWitt.