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The brothers were born on August 30, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois,{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} and adopted by Jack and Frances Hager, a Methodist minister and a schoolteacher.They first sang in the church choir. As teenagers they sang on a Saturday morning WGN-TV series targeting others in their age group. Both brothers served in the United States Army and performed at officers' and non-commissioned officers' clubs in the United States and Europe.They attended Maine Township High School in Park Ridge (Class of 1959), one year ahead of Harrison Ford and a few years ahead of Hillary Clinton.After leaving the military, the Hager brothers moved to California and performed at the Ledbetter's Night Club in Los Angeles with The Carpenters, The New Christy Minstrels, John Denver, Steve Martin, and Kenny Rogers. They also worked at Disneyland, where Buck Owens saw them perform and signed them to contracts. The brothers served as opening acts for Owens, Tex Ritter, Wynn Stewart, Billie Jo Spears, and Lefty Frizzell.They first came to national prominence on the CBS television series Hee Haw, on which both were cast members from 1969 to 1986.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} In 1979 they appeared on the nationally-syndicated New Soupy Sales Show, singing "Pizza Man."Archived at Ghostarchive{{cbignore}} and the weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180214163139weblink">Wayback Machine{{cbignore}}: AV MEDIA,weblink Worst Song Ever!, YouTube, {{cbignore}}The Hager brothers signed with Capitol Records in 1969 and hit the country charts with "Gotta Get To Oklahoma ('Cause California's Gettin' To Me)".WEB,weblink H, 2008-01-18, 2007-10-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071015215631weblink">weblink dead, They also charted Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings", which was the B-Side of Haggard's "Working Man Blues."WEB,weblink www.the9513.com, 2009-02-14, {{title missing|date=May 2022}} In all, they recorded seven albumsâthree for Capitol, two for Elektra-Asylum, one for Barnaby Records, and one for Book Shop Records.WEB,weblink The Hager Twins and Other Country Music Stars Are Available Thru Barber & Associates, Entertainment Broker & Corporate Producer, 2008-01-18, 2006-05-10,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060510160509weblink">weblink dead, The brothers were featured in the second preview issue of Playgirl, February 1973.Their TV appearances also include the original The Bionic Woman, in which Jim and Jon played cloned detectives Verm and Dier in the February 11, 1978, episode "Sanctuary Earth."{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}In 1976, the brothers starred as private detectives opposite Lillian Gish in the TV-movie Twin Detectives.Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's TV movies and Video Guide 1991 Edition, page 1224, Plume, 1990 They also appeared in TV commercials and with Florence Henderson in Country Kitchen on TNN.The Hager Brothers also contributed to numerous charities.Jim Hager died of an apparent heart attack on May 1, 2008, in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 66.NEWS,weblink Jim Hager, 66, is Dead; Performed with Twin on 'Hee Haw', The New York Times, 3 May 2008, Jon Hager died in his sleep on January 9, 2009, also in Nashville, at age 67.NEWS,weblink Jon Hager, 'Hee Haw' Regular, Dies at 67, The New York Times, 11 January 2009,Discography
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