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Country Music singers, they sang individually at rural venues until 1954 when Maxine Brown, and younger brother Jim Ed, signed a record contract as a singing duo. Eighteen-year-old Bonnie joined the group in 1955, and the following year they were signed by Chet Atkins at RCA Records in Nashville, Tennessee . The family trio recorded several songs that met with only modest success until 1959 , when their 45rpm '' Folk '' Single called "''The Three Bells''" was a No.1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Music and Country Music charts. Based on a song called "''While The Angelus Was Ringing''," the song was originally a hit in France for both the group ''Les compagnons de la chanson'' and Édith Piaf . The Browns followed up the success of "''The Three Bells''" with "''Scarlet Ribbons''" and "''The Old Lamplighter''," recordings that also did very well on both the pop and country music charts. With an international following, The Browns toured Europe extensively and recorded further moderate successes on the country music charts. In 1963, they became part of the Grand Ole Opry . In 1965 , Jim Ed Brown began working on a solo career, and in 1967 the trio formally disbanded. Jim Ed had a number of top-ten country hits in the late 1970s, and early 1980s, some of which were as part of a duo with Helen Cornelius . External links:
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