Two of the Willis brothers (James, Charles) and Webb "Robber Baron" Cardwell, played together as teenagers from the early 1930s under the name Oklahoma Wranglers.
[2] In the late 1950s, the Willis Brothers hosted a live noonday TV show on WRPG-TV, the NBC affiliate in Chattanooga, TN.
In 1964, they released the single "Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)", which became a Top Ten country hit in the United States.
[1] They were the first country music ensemble to perform at the Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.[1] After the deaths of two of the brothers, Skeeter and Guy, the Vic Willis Trio was formed with C.W.
Vic Willis served an unusual role in the Grand Ole Opry cast during the period throughout the period from the early 1960s through the 1980s, producing and recording commercial jingles from his home recording studio, recording hundreds of commercials featuring country artists and others, for local Nashville and national sponsors, such as Big Star Stores, Kellogg's (for which they also performed live commercial jingles on the Grand Ole Opry when they were in town), Fender Musical Instruments, Acme Boots, Lava Soap, Luzianne Coffee, Levy's Men's Wear, and others.