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Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly contained whistling by John O'Neill. [3] The main theme, also titled " The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ", was a hit in 1968 with the soundtrack album on the charts for more than a year, [ 4 ] reaching No. 4 on the Billboard pop album chart and No. 10 on the black album chart.
William Elmo Tanner, known as Elmo Tanner (August 8, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was an American whistler, singer, bandleader and disc jockey, best known for his whistling on the chart-topping song “Heartaches” with the Ted Weems Orchestra. Tanner and Weems recorded the song for two record companies within five years.
Roger Henry Brough Whittaker (22 March 1936 – 13 September 2023) was a Kenyan-born British singer-songwriter and musician. [3] His music is an eclectic mixture of folk music and popular songs, the latter variously in a crooning or in a schlager style.
Whistling can be used to control trained animals such as dogs. A shepherd's whistle is often used instead. Whistling has long been used as a specialized communication between laborers. For example, whistling in theatre, particularly on-stage, is used by flymen (members of a fly crew) to cue the lowering or raising of a batten pipe or flat. This ...
Ronald Charles Waldron (29 June 1923 – 13 January 2015), known professionally as Ronnie Ronalde, was a British music hall singer and siffleur.Ronalde was famous for his voice, whistling, yodelling, imitations of bird song and stage personality.
"The Whistler" is a song by English rock band Jethro Tull from their 1977 album Songs from the Wood. Written by frontman Ian Anderson, it features a folk-rock style that characterizes the Songs from the Wood album. Inspired by English folk tradition, the song was released as a single and reached number 59 in the US.
Fred Lowery (2 November 1909 – 11 December 1984) [1] was a blind professional whistler who recorded a No. 9 Billboard chart hit version of "The High and the Mighty" with conductor and arranger LeRoy Holmes.
The Echoes released a version of the song as a single in 1963, but it did not chart. [7] Jimmie Haskell and His Orchestra released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1965 single "Boom". [8] Glenn Yarbrough released a version of the song in 1965 featuring lyrics. [9] Sandy Nelson released a version of the song on his 1970 album Groovy ...