Whitey and Hogan (Roy "Whitey" Grant, April 7, 1916, in Shelby, North Carolina – September 17, 2010, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Arval Hogan born July 24, 1911, in Robbinsville, North Carolina - died September 12, 2003, in Charlotte) were an American country music duo active for sixty-six years.
[1] Whitey and Hogan grew up in Rutherfordton and in Andrews, North Carolina, respectively.
[2] They met for the first time in 1935 when they were both employed at the Firestone Cotton Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Their debut on the radio took place at WSPA in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
[11] In 2003, Whitey and Hogan, along with Don White, as the only surviving former members of the Briarhoppers received the North Carolina Arts Council Folk Heritage Award.