Slim Whitman Till We Meet Again

American vocalist-songwriter and instrumentalist

Slim Whitman

Whitman in 1968

Whitman in 1968

Background information
Birth name Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr.
Also known as O. D. Whitman
Slim Whitman
The Smilin' Starduster
Born (1923-01-20)January 20, 1923
Oak Park, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Died June 19, 2013(2013-06-19) (aged 90)
Orange Park, Florida, U.South.
Genres Country and Western music, folk music, easy listening Contemporary Christian music
Occupation(due south)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments Guitar, vocals
Years active Touring 1945–2003; recording 1948-1983, 2002
Labels
  • RCA Victor
  • Regal
  • London
  • United Artists
  • Epic
  • Suffolk
  • Rangehood
Associated acts
  • Byron Whitman
  • Virginia Lee
  • Harold Bradley
  • Elvis Presley (toured with)
  • Chet Atkins
Website http://www.slimenet.com

Musical artist

Ottis Dewey Whitman [1] (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013) known by stage name Slim Whitman, was an American country music vocaliser-songwriter and guitarist known for his yodeling abilities and his employ of falsetto. He personally stated that he had sold in backlog of 120 million records, although the recorded sales figures give seventy meg, during a career that spanned over seven decades, and consisted of a prolific output of over 100 albums and around 500 recorded songs, that non only consisted of state music, but also of gimmicky gospel, Broadway prove tunes, love songs and standards.[ii] In the 1950s, Whitman toured with Elvis Presley equally the opening deed.[three] In the 1990s and 2000s a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the motion picture Mars Attacks!; his famed "Indian Honey Call" would kill the invading Martians every fourth dimension the tape was played and his rendition of "I Remember Yous"[4] was heard in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.

Biography [edit]

Whitman was born in Oak Park, Tampa, Florida, on Jan 20, 1923,[five] [six] [7] one of six siblings[ citation needed ], to Ottis Dewey Whitman Sr. (1896-1961) and Lucy Whitman (née Mahon) (1903–1987). Growing upwardly, he liked the country music of Jimmie Rodgers and the songs of Cistron Autry, but he did non commence on a musical career of his own until the end of Earth War II, afterward he had served in the South Pacific with the United States Navy. While aboard transport he would sing and entertain members aboard. This resulted in the captain blocking his transfer to some other ship—hence saving his life, as the other ship later sank with all hands lost. Whitman's early ambitions were to become either a boxer or a professional baseball player.

Career [edit]

Early career [edit]

Whitman was a self-taught left-handed guitarist, though he was right-handed. He had lost nearly all of the second finger on his left paw in an accident while working at a meat packing plant.[8] He worked odd jobs at a Tampa shipyard while developing a musical career, somewhen performing with bands such as the Variety Rhythm Boys and the Light Crust Doughboys. He was briefly nicknamed The Smiling Starduster after a stint with a group called The Stardusters. Whitman's showtime big break came when talent managing director "Colonel" Tom Parker heard him singing on the radio and offered to represent him.[8] Afterward signing with RCA Records,[8] he was billed as "the cowboy singer Slim Whitman", afterward Canadian singer Wilf Carter, who was known in the United States as Montana Slim. Whitman released his beginning unmarried in 1948, "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards The Sky", consummate with yodel. He toured and sang in a variety of venues, including the radio evidence Louisiana Hayride.

At kickoff he was unable to make a living from music, and kept a function-time job at a post office. That changed in the early 1950s afterward he recorded a version of the Bob Nolan hitting "Love Song of the Waterfall", which fabricated it into the country music top ten.[5] His next unmarried, "Indian Love Telephone call", taken from the light operetta Rose-Marie, was even more successful, reaching number two in the country music charts and appearing in the Us pop music chart's top 10.[v]

Hit Recordings [edit]

A yodeller, Whitman avoided country music's "downward on yer luck, buried in booze" songs, preferring instead to sing laid-back romantic melodies about simple life and love. Critics dubbed his style "countrypolitan," owing to its fusion of country music and a more sophisticated crooning vocal way.[9] Although he recorded many country and western tunes, including hits "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Singing Hills", and "The Cattle Call", dear and romance songs like "Serenade", "Something Cute (to remember)", and "Proceed It a Hugger-mugger" figured prominently in his repertoire.

Rose Marie, Red River Valley, and Domicile on the Range [edit]

In 1955 he would have a No.ane hitting on the pop music charts in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland with the theme song to the operetta "Rose Marie." With 19 weeks in the charts and eleven weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart,[10] the song set a record that lasted for 36 years. In 1956 he became the showtime-e'er country music singer to perform at the London Palladium.[4] Presently after, Whitman was invited to bring together the Grand Ole Opry, and in 1957, forth with other musical stars, he appeared in the picture show musical Jamboree. Despite this exposure, he never achieved the level of stardom in the Usa that he did in Britain, where he had a number of other hits during the 1950s.[ten] Throughout the early 1970s, he continued to record and was a guest on Wolfman Jack's television bear witness The Midnight Special.[iv] At the time, Whitman'south recording efforts were yielding only pocket-size hits in the The states. The mid-1970s were a successful time for Whitman in the Great britain Albums Chart. In 1976 a compilation anthology, The Very All-time of Slim Whitman, was number one for six weeks, staying seventeen weeks on the chart. Another number one album followed in 1977 with Ruddy River Valley: 4 weeks at number one and 14 weeks on the nautical chart. Subsequently the same year his album Home on the Range made number 2 on the chart and accumulated a chart stay of thirteen weeks.[ten] [11]

In 1979, Whitman produced a TV commercial to support Suffolk Marketing's release of a greatest hits compilation titled All My Best, which went on to be the second all-time-selling TV-marketed tape in music history (behind Peter Lemongello's "Beloved '76" album 3 years earlier), with almost 1.v meg units sold. Just For You, likewise nether the Suffolk umbrella, followed in 1980, with a commercial that said Whitman, "was number one in England longer than Elvis and The Beatles." The Best followed in 1982, with Whitman final his Goggle box marketing with Best Loved Favorites in 1989 and twenty Precious Memories in 1991.

Slim was voted Best International Male person Vocalist at The International Land Music Awards in 1976, 1977, 1978 & 1979.

Television receiver marketing [edit]

The Television receiver albums briefly made Whitman a household proper noun in America for the offset time in his career, resulting in everything from a first-fourth dimension appearance on The This evening Show starring Johnny Carson to Whitman being parodied in a comic skit on SCTV with him (played by Joe Flaherty) starring in the Che-like male pb in an Evita-like Broadway musical on the life of Indira Gandhi. More than importantly, the TV albums gave him a brief resurgence in mainstream state music with new album releases on major labels and a few new singles on the state charts. During this time he toured Europe and Australia with moderate success.

Popularity in Europe [edit]

Although once known every bit "America's Favorite Folk Singer", he was consistently more popular throughout Europe, and in particular the United Kingdom, than in his native America, especially with his covers of pop standards, film songs, love songs, folk tunes, and melodic gospel hymns. His 1955 hit single "Rose Marie" spent 11 weeks at #1 on the Uk Singles Nautical chart and held the Guinness Earth Record for the longest consecutive number of weeks at number one on the Britain Singles Chart for 36 years until Bryan Adams bankrupt the record in 1991 and was listed in British Hit Singles & Albums. In the US, his "Indian Love Call" (1952) and a reworking of the Doris Day hit "Secret Beloved" (1953) both reached No. 2 on the Billboard country chart. Whitman had a string of superlative ten hits from the mid-1960s and into the 1970s and became known to a new generation of fans through boob tube directly marketing in the 1980s. Throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century, he connected to tour extensively around the earth and later on several years of non-studio recording, produced a new anthology (his final recording) Twilight on the Trail released in 2010.

Twilight on the Trail [edit]

Whitman released his last album under contract Angeline in 1984, later on which he continued to tour & with his terminal U.K. performance being at Norwich in October 2002 & in the U.S. in Sept or October 2003. He released additional albums in 1988 'Magic Moments', 1989 ' Best Loved Favourites' which at the fourth dimension was the highest selling t.five. advertised album, ever, 1993 '20 Precious Memories', 1998, 'The Legendary Slim Whitman Traditional Country'. In 2010, afterwards 8 years in product, Whitman released the album Twilight on the Trail; he was 87 years old at the time of its release. The album featured western standards such equally Gene Autry'southward striking "Back in the Saddle Once again", and the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans idiot box theme vocal. Information technology was produced by his son Byron Whitman and featured many well-known session musicians, including long-time ring member Harold Bradley.[four]

Personal life [edit]

Whitman was married to Alma Geraldine "Jerry" Crist Whitman for 67 years. Jerry was born in Kansas, the daughter of church government minister, A.D. Crist. She was a songwriter and embroiderer. Together Whitman and his married woman had a girl, Sharron Beagle (b. 1942), and a son, Byron Keith Whitman (b. 1957). They also had two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.[12] Byron is a performer and music producer, has released a number of recordings, and toured and recorded with his father on numerous occasions.

From 1957 until his death, Whitman lived at his estate, Woodpecker Paradise, in Middleburg, a city located south of Orange Park, Florida, in Dirt County.[thirteen] [14] The biography Mr. Songman: The Slim Whitman Story by Kenneth L. Gibble was published in 1982.[xv]

False obituary and death [edit]

On Jan 20, 2008, on what was, coincidentally, Whitman'southward 85th altogether, a premature obituary believed to have been started past an erroneous report was published by the Nashville Tennessean newspaper and later picked upwardly virally on the newspaper's website.[16]

Slim Whitman died of centre failure[17] on June 19, 2013, at historic period 90, surrounded by family at Orange Park Medical Center in Orange Park, Florida.[18] [19] He is buried in the Middleburg Methodist Church building Cemetery, Middleburg, Florida, next to his wife, Jerry, who died in 2009.

Legacy [edit]

For his contribution to the recording industry, Slim Whitman was given the honor of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street.[20]

Beatle George Harrison cited Whitman every bit an early influence: "The get-go person I e'er saw playing a guitar was Slim Whitman, either a photo of him in a magazine or live on television receiver. Guitars were definitely coming in."[21] When a young Paul McCartney purchased his offset guitar, the left-handed musician was unsure how to play an instrument that was manufactured and strung for a right-handed histrion. It was not until McCartney saw a pic of Whitman playing left-handed that he re-strung his guitar and so that he too could play left-handed.[22] [23] American pop vocalizer Michael Jackson cited Whitman as ane of his ten favorite vocalists.[24]

The 1996 picture Mars Attacks! features Whitman's rendition of "Indian Love Call" as a weapon against alien invaders.[4] [25] In 2003, Rob Zombie used Whitman's version of "I Remember You" in his pic directorial debut in House of 1000 Corpses.[four]

Discography [edit]

Albums [edit]

Year Album Chart Positions Label
US Land US U.k.[26]
1954 America'southward Favorite Folk Artist Imperial
Favorites
Slim Whitman and His Singing Guitar London
1956 Slim Whitman and His Singing Guitar - Vol. two
Slim Whitman Sings Imperial
1959 My Best to You
Country Favorites
1960 I'll Walk with God
Songs of the Old Waterwheel
1961 I'll Never Stop Loving You
Simply Phone call Me Lonesome
Cool Water
Annie Laurie
Once in a Lifetime
1962 Forever
Sings
Heart Songs & Dearest Songs
I'm a Lonely Wanderer
1963 Yodeling
Country Songs / City Hits
Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way
1964 All-time Favorites
1965 Honey Song of the Waterfall 20
Reminiscing
More Than Yesterday (More than Country Songs & Metropolis Hits) 28
1966 God's Manus in Mine
A Travelin' Man
I'll Walk with God
A Time for Love
1967 15th Ceremony Album 25
State Memories 42
1968 In Honey the Whitman Way 16
Happy Street 34
1969 Slim!
Christmas Album
Twelvemonth Album Chart Positions Characterization
U.s. State U.s. AUS [27] UK[26]
1970 Tomorrow Never Comes - United Artists
1971 Estimate Who 31 -
It'due south a Sin to Tell a Lie 23 -
1972 The Best of Slim Whitman -
1973 I'll See You When -
25th Ceremony Concert -
1974 Happy Ceremony - 44
1975 Everything Leads Back to You 42 -
The Very Best of Slim Whitman (this title has never had an official CD release in the Britain. - ane
1976 Cerise River Valley 81 ane
1977 Dwelling house on the Range - two
1978 Ghost Riders in the Sky - 27
1979 Slim Whitman's 20 Greatest Love Songs - 18
1980 Till We Run across Once more -
Songs I Love to Sing A 25 175 - Cleveland Int'l
Christmas with Slim Whitman 47 184 -
1981 Mr. Songman -
I'll Exist Dwelling house for Christmas -
1982 20 Aureate Greats ii Liberty Play
1984 Angeline -
1988 Magic Moments (compilation) -
1989 Best Loved Favorites (compilation) -
1991 twenty Precious Memories (compilation) -
Cowpoke (compilation) - EMI
1997 The Very Best of Slim Whitman – 50th Ceremony Collection (compilation) - 54
1998 The Legendary Slim Whitman – Traditional Country (compilation) -
2010 Twilight on the Trail (compilation) -
  • A Songs I Love to Sing too peaked at No. 24 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.

Singles [edit]

Year Single Chart Positions Album
US Country Usa UK[26] CAN Land
1949 "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky" singles only
"Please Pigment a Rose on the Garden Wall"
"I'll Never Pass This Manner Over again"
"Birmingham Jail" 15
1950 "Restless Heart"
"Wabash Waltz"
1952 "Love Vocal of the Waterfall" 10 America's Favorite Folk Artist
"Bandera Waltz"
"In a Hundred Years or More than" single only
"Indian Love Call" / 2 9 vii Favorites
/ "Communist china Doll" 15
"An Amateur in Love"
"Keep It a Secret" iii
"My Heart Is Broken in Three" 10 America's Favorite Folk Artist
1953 "All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy" Slim Whitman Sings
"Vocal of the Erstwhile Waterwheel" America's Favorite Folk Creative person
"There'due south a Rainbow in Every Teardrop" singles simply
"Danny Boy"
"North Air current" 8
"Lord, Assistance Me Be as G"
1954 "Secret Love" two Favorites
"Rose Marie" 4 i
"Cute Dreamer"
"The Singing Hills" 4 single only
1955 "The Cattle Phone call" 11 Favorites
"Roll on Silvery Moon" Slim Whitman Sings
"I'll Never Stop Loving You lot" singles just
"Vocal of the Wild"
1956 "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" 19 Slim Whitman Sings
"I'm a Fool" 14 xvi
"Serenade" viii
"The Whiffenpoof Song" singles merely
"Fume Signals"
1957 "Careless Love"
"I'll Take You Abode Again, Kathleen" 93 vii Slim Whitman Sings
"Unchain My Eye" Country Favorites
"Careless Hands" My Best to Y'all
1958 "Candy Kisses"
"Put Your Trust in Me"
"At the End of Nowhere"
1959 "I Never Meet Maggie Alone"
"A Tree in the Meadow"
"A Fool Such equally I"
"Gyre River Roll" Cool Water
1960 "I'll Walk with God" I'll Walk with God
"Current of air" Cool Water
"Ramona" Just Phone call Me Lonesome
1961 "Just Call Me Lonesome"
"The Bells That Broke My Centre" thirty
"Once in a Lifetime" Cool Water
"The Old Spinning Wheel" Annie Laurie
"It Sure Looks Lonesome Exterior"
1962 "Annie Laurie"
"Backward, Plough Backward" I'm a Lone Wanderer
"Dejection Stay Away from Me" Middle Songs & Dear Songs
"The Wayward Air current" Sings
1963 "Love Messages in the Sand"
"So Long Mary" All-Time Favorites
"Broken Downward Merry-Go-Round"
"My Wild Irish Rose" Irish gaelic Songs the Slim Whitman Fashion
"Maria Elena" single only
1964 "Tell Me Pretty Words" 48 All-Fourth dimension Favorites
"I'll Hold You lot in My Centre" Country Songs / City Hits
"Virginia" Dearest Song of the Waterfall
1965 "Reminiscing"A Reminiscing
"More than Than Yesterday" eight More than Yesterday
(More than Country Songs & Urban center Hits)
"The Twelfth of Never" 17
1966 "I Remember You" 49 134 A Travelin' Man
"One Dream" 54 A Time for Dearest
1967 "What'due south This World A-Comin' To" 56
"I'm a Fool" 61 15th Anniversary Album
"The Keeper of the Key" 65 Country Memories
1968 "Rainbows Are Dorsum in Style" 17 6 In Dear the Whitman Way
"Happy Street" 22 ten Happy Street
"Livin' On Lovin' (And Lovin' Livin' with Yous)" 43
1969 "My Happiness" 43
"Irresistible" 61 Slim
1970 "Tomorrow Never Comes" 27 Tomorrow Never Comes
"Shutters and Boards" 26
1971 "Guess Who" 7 121 v Estimate Who
"Something Cute (To Remember)" 6 23 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
"It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" 21
"The Loveliest Night of the Yr" 56
1972 "Petty Drops of Silver" single only
"(It'southward No) Sin" 51 The All-time of Slim Whitman
1973 "Hold Me" 73 I'll Run across You lot When
"Where the Lilacs Grow" 88
1974 "Information technology's All in the Game" 82 Happy Ceremony
"Happy Anniversary" 14
"Foolish Question" I'll See You When
1975 "Everything Leads Back to Yous" Everything Leads Back to Y'all
"Mexicali Rose"
1977 "Ruby River Valley" Blood-red River Valley
1980 "Where is the Christ in Christmas" Christmas with Slim Whitman
"When" xv 17 Songs I Love to Sing
"That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" 69
"I Remember You" (re-recording) 44
1981 "Tin't Assistance Falling in Love with You" 54 Mr. Songman
"If I Had My Life to Live Over"
"My Tune of Dearest"
1984 "Cry Baby Eye" Angeline
  • A "Reminiscing" peaked at No. 4 on the RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks nautical chart in Canad

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

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