Slim Whitman
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Biography
[Edit]Though he was once known as "America's Favorite Folksinger," Slim Whitman was, for the majority of his career, more famous in Europe than in the United States. Best remembered for his early-'50s hit singles like "Love Song of the Waterfall," "Indian Love Call," and "Singing Hills," Whitman was an excellent yodeler known for singing mellow, romantic, and clean-cut songs.
As a child, Slim Whitman (born Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr.) became infatuated with music and learned to yodel listening to Montana Slim and Jimmie Rodgers records. At age 17, he married 15-year-old Geraldine Crist, a preacher's daughter. The newlyweds moved to a 40-acre farm south of Jacksonville, Florida, where Whitman worked as a meat packer. While working in the plant, he suffered an accident and lost two fingers on his left hand. After the accident, he began working in a Tampa shipyard. During World War II, Whitman served in the U.S. Navy, where he learned to play guitar. Following the war, he returned to the shipyard and also joined a local minor-league baseball team, the Plant City Berries. Whitman remained with the team through 1948, but then began building a singing career at several Tampa radio stations, eventually creating a backup band, the Variety Rhythm Boys.
Slim Whitman got his first big break after Colonel Tom Parker — who was managing Eddy Arnold at the time — heard him singing on radio station WFLA. Parker landed a contract with RCA for Whitman by the end of 1948. After reluctantly complying with the label's request to change his first name to "Slim," he released his first single, "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky" — eventually to become his theme song. He made his national debut on the Mutual Network's Smokey Mountain Hayride in the summer of 1949, and the following year joined The Louisiana Hayride. Despite his national exposure, Whitman's career wasn't making much of an impact, and he was forced to take a job as a part-time mailman.
In the early '50s, he released a cover of Bob Nolan's "Love Song of the Waterfall," which became his breakthrough hit, peaking at number ten on the country charts; the follow-up single, "Indian Love Call," made him a star, peaking at number two on the country charts and crossing over into the pop Top Ten. Both sides of his next single — "Keep It a Secret"/"My Heart Is Broken in Three" — were also major hits and he continued to have a string of Top Ten hits into the mid-'50s. In 1955, his title song for the film Rose-Marie became a smash on both sides of the Atlantic; following its success, Whitman joined the Grand Ole Opry, and then went to Britain in 1956 as the first country singer to play the London Palladium. Throughout the late '50s and early '60s, he had a string of British hits, including "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," "Unchain My Heart," and "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen."
Although he was experiencing great success in the U.K., Whitman's career was in neutral in the U.S. After 1954's "Singing Hills," he had only two Top 40 hits in the course of a decade. In 1965, he bounced back into the country Top Ten with "More Than Yesterday." For the next few years, he had a series of minor country hits, including "Rainbows Are Back in Style" (1968), "Happy Street" (1968), and "Tomorrow Never Comes" (1970). Throughout the early '70s, he continued to have minor hits, but in 1974, he retired from active recording.
In 1979, Whitman filmed a television commercial to support Suffolk Marketing's release of a collection of his greatest hits. On the strength of the commercials, All My Best sold four million records and became the best-selling television-marketed album in history. After its success, the label released Just for You in 1980, and The Best in 1982. Between 1980 and 1984, Whitman had a small run of minor hits, highlighted by 1980's number 15 hit "When." In the late '80s, he returned to television-marketed albums, releasing Slim Whitman: Best Loved Favorites in 1989 and 20 Precious Memories in 1991. During the '90s, Whitman recorded infrequently but continued to tour successfully, particularly in Europe and Australia. His final release, Twilight on the Trail, appeared in 2010, and he died three years later of heart failure.
Title: Vintage Collections - Slim Whitman
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Timeless Country: Slim Whitman Vol.2
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Complete 1950's Masters - Slim Whitman
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Timeless Country: Slim Whitman
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Happy Anniversary / 25th Anniversary Concert
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Very Best of Slim Whitman
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Whispering Hope - Precious Memories
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Very Best of Slim Whitman: 30 Songs from the Yodeling Master
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Country
Title: I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen: Greatest Hits Of Slim Whitman
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: World Music, Country
Title: The Slim Whitman Christmas Album
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Traditional Pop Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Essential Slim Whitman
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Indian Love Call (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Song Of The Old Waterwheel
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: America's Favourite Folks Artist
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Indian Love Call - Single
Artist: Slim Whitman
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Collections
Title: Golden Decade - Music Of My Life 1952 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Decade - Music Of My Life 1952 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Decade - Music Of My Life 1952 (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Country Hits & Greatest Country Classics (CD2)
Genre: Country
Title: Sounds Like Nashville
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Hot Hundred Country (CD1)
Genre: Gospel, World Music
Title: Hot Hundred: Country (CD2)
Genre: Gospel, World Music
Title: Hot Hundred: Country (CD3)
Genre: Gospel, World Music
Title: Hot Hundred: Country (CD4)
Genre: Gospel, World Music
Title: 100 Greatest Hits Of The 50s & 60s (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Hits: 50s
Title: Massive Hits! (Contry) (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: Massive Hits! (Contry) (CD2)
Genre: Country
Title: Massive Hits! (Country) (CD3)
Genre: Country
Title: Top 100 Guitar Icons Through The Decades (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Kings & Queens Of Country (CD2)
Genre: Gospel, Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: 50's No. 1's (CD2)
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: 101 Number Ones Of The 50s & 60s Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: All-Time Great Country Songs (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: The Ultimate Country Love Songs Anthology
Genre: Country
Title: Funky Friday (Limited Edition) (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Glam Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Disco, Classical, Folk
Title: At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly
Title: At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly
Title: At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight (CD5)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly
Title: At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight (CD8)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly
Title: Old But Gold 50's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, World Music, Latin, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: '50s Country Essentials
Genre: Country
Title: Garden Of Eden (Forgotten Fifties)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Say It (Top 1950s Hits)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: U. K. Number 1 Hits - The First Ten Years 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Golden Years 1948-1957 · The Hits From A To Z (Vol. 46)
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Years 1948-1957 · The Hits From A To Z (Vol. 48)
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Years 1948-1957 · The Hits From A To Z (Vol. 59)
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Years 1948-1957 · The Hits From A To Z (Vol. 41)
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Tunes and Themes from Tim Burton Films
Artist: The London Festival Orchestra
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: House Of 1000 Corpses (Explicit Version)
Artist: Original Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack