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Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr. (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013) was an American country music singer and guitarist known for his yodeling abilities and his use of falsetto. Recorded figures show 70 million sales, during a career that spanned more than seven decades.
The first big hit ["Love Song of the Waterfall"] to be recorded at KWKH was by a yodeling tenor balladeer, Slim Whitman, who joined the Hayride in May 1950. Recently signed to Imperial Records, his day job as a postman prevented him from traveling to California for a recording session. Slim turned to Bob Sullivan in seeking a solution to his ...
Slim had recorded before (1950) at RCA without success. But from this session the opening song, a Bob Nolan composition, gave him his first Top Ten record in the Billboard country chart (May 1952). Two months later another KWKH recording, " Indian Love Call ," went to number two and became a million-seller, heralding Whitman’s arrival as a ...
"Kentucky" – Blue Sky Boys "New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blonde)" – Moon Mullican and His Showboys "Bandera Waltz" – Slim Whitman "I'm Moving On" – Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys "I Love You Because" – Leon Payne "Tennessee Waltz" – Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys (featuring Redd Stewart)
[A] Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels compiles recordings made by Whitman for RCA Victor in the late 1940s – 1950 and was released after the singer made it big on Imperial.But since it was common practice at the time to compile albums from recordings already available as 78-r.p.m. and 45-r.p.m. sides, the album is listed here as a regular one and not as a compilation.
The song was recorded by Tex Ritter (1947), Carolina Cotton (1951) and Slim Whitman (1954). Whitman's version peaked at number 11 on the C&W Best Seller chart. Whitman's version peaked at number 11 on the C&W Best Seller chart.
The Very Best of Slim Whitman is a compilation album by Slim Whitman, released in 1976 on United Artists Records. [ 1 ] It spent six weeks at number one on the UK singles chart.
It was later a Top 40 country hit for Slim Whitman, reaching #21 on the 'Top Country Singles' chart in 1971, from the album of the same name. [6] John Denver tells a story about the song and does a cover in his 1978 album, Live at the Sydney Opera House (RCA Victor VPL1-7167). [7] Gerry Monroe (a number 13 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1971) [8]