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Slim Whitman was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He signed a recording contract with RCA Victor in 1948 and is first commercial single, complete with trademark yodel "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky", appeared the following year in 1949, and his first album, Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels, in 1954.
He recorded his first major hit Indian Love Call in 1952 from the musical Rose Marie, later in 1955 he recorded the musical's theme song of the same name, that this would break the record in the United Kingdom for the longest time spent at number 1 on the charts, a record that stood until 1992 when Bryan Adams released (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
In the 1970s, when albums where the main medium, he had a Number 1 with ;Red River Valley (1976) and a number 2 with Home on the Range (1977)
Whitman's last charting album was an album of holiday classics titled Christmas with Slim Whitman (1980). After Angeline (1984) that was his last solo album under contract with the major label Epic Records,
Whitman however recorded two albums with his son Byron Whitman, with Magic Moments in 1988 and Traditional Country in 1998.
Later, after a lengthy hiatus, he recorded his last album Twilight on the Trail that was released by independent label Rangeland Records in 2010.
Studio albums Year Album Chart positions Cert. Label USCtry. US UK 1954 Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels[A] — — — 10", RCA Victor LPM 3217 America's Favorite Folk Artist — — — 10", Imperial IM-3004 Slim Whitman and His Singing Guitar — — — Non-US, 10", London H-APB 1015 1956 Slim Whitman Favorites ( Country Hits, Volume 2) — — — Imperial LP 9003LP-9003, LP-12100 (Country Hits, Volume 2) Slim Whitman and His Singing Guitar – Vol. 2 — — — Non-US, London HA-U2015 1957 Slim Whitman Sings ( Country Hits, Volume 1) — — — Imperial LP 9026 1958 Slim Whitman Sings ( My Best to You) — — — Imperial LP 9056 1959 Slim Whitman Sings ( Country Favorites)< — — — Imperial LP 9064 I'll Walk with God — — — Imperial LP 9088 1960 Slim Whitman Sings Million Record Hits ( The Song of the Old Waterwheel) — — — Imperial LP 9102, LP 12102 Slim Whitman Slim Whitman's First Visit to Britain ( I'll Never Stop Loving You) — — — Imperial LP 9135, LP 12135Sunset SUS-5267 (1969, budget reissue) 1961 Just Call Me Lonesome ( Portrait) — — — Imperial LP 9137, LP 12137 Once in a Lifetime ( Cool Water) — — — Imperial LP 9156 Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie ( Sweeter than the Flowers) — — — Imperial LP 9163, LP 12077 1962 Forever — — — Imperial LP 9171, LP 12171 Slim Whitman Sings ( Anytime) — — — Imperial LP 9194, LP 12194 Heart Songs & Love Songs — — — Imperial LP 9209 1963 I'm a Lonely Wanderer — — — Imperial LP 9226 Yodeling — — — Imperial LP-9235, LP-12235 Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way — — — Imperial LP 9245, LP 12245 1964 All-Time Favorites — — — Imperial LP-9252, LP-12252 Country Songs / City Hits — — — Imperial LP-9268, LP-12268 1965 Love Song of the Waterfall 20 — — Imperial LP-9277, LP-12277 Reminiscing — — — Imperial LP-9288, LP-12288 More than Yesterday (More Country Songs & City Hits) 28 — — Imperial LP-9303, LP-12303 1966 God's Hand in Mine — — — Imperial LP 9308, LP 12308 A Travelin' Man — — — Imperial LP 9313, LP 12313 A Time for Love — — — Imperial LP-9333, LP-12333 1967 15th Anniversary Album 25 — — Imperial LP-9342, LP-12342 Country Memories 42 — — Imperial LP-9356, LP-12356 1968 In Love the Whitman Way 16 — — Imperial LP-9375, LP-12375 Happy Street 34 — — Imperial LP-12411 1969 Slim! ( Straight from the Heart) — — — Imperial LP-12436 The Slim Whitman Christmas Album — — —Imperial LP-12448 1970 Tomorrow Never Comes — — — United Artists UAS 6763 1971 Guess Who ( Snowbird) 31 — — United Artists UAS 6783 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie 23 — — United Artists UAS 6819 1972 The Best of Slim Whitman — — — United Artists UAS-6832 1973 I'll See You When — — — United Artists 1974 Happy Anniversary — — 44 BPI: Silver United Artists 1975 Everything Leads Back to You 42 — — United Artists 1976 Red River Valley[B] — — 1 BPI: Gold United Artists 1977 Home on the Range — — 2 BPI: Gold United Artists 1978 Ghost Riders in the Sky — — 27 BPI: Gold United Artists 1980 Till We Meet Again — — — United Artists Songs I Love to Sing[C] 25 175 — Cleveland Int'l / Epic Christmas with Slim Whitman 47 184 — Cleveland Int'l / Epic 1981 Mr. Songman — — — Cleveland Int'l / Epic I'll Be Home for Christmas — — — Cleveland Int'l / Epic 1984 Angeline — — — Epic FE 39227 1988 Magic Moments {with Byron Whitman) — — — Australia, EMI EMC 790875 1998 Traditional Country:The Legendary Slim Whitman with Son Byron Whitman {with Byron Whitman) — — — Cabin Creek / Mac-T RecordsCCMAC-T762https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/slim-whitman-one-of-the-biggestselling-musicians-in-the-history-of-country-and-western-8665780.htmlwaltnnashville.blogspot.com/2013/06/walts-music-city-beat-slim-whitmans.html 2010 Twilight on the Trail — — — Rangeland Records [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.Colin Larkin's Encyclopedia of Popular Music, too, lists it as a regular album, along with America's Favorite Folk Singer that was released in the same year by Imperial and compiled songs recorded for the Imperial label. [B] Red River Valley also peaked at no. 18 in New Zealand and at no. 81 on the retrospective Kent Music Report chart in Australia. [C] Songs I Love to Sing also peaked at no. 24 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.
Live albums Year Album Chart positions Cert. Label USCtry. US UK 1973 25th Anniversary Concert — — — BPI: Silver Non-US, United Artists UAG 29488 (Europe)
Compilation albums Year Album Chart positions Cert. Label USCtry. US AUS NZ UK 1966 Birmingham Jail and Other Country Favourites — — — — — RCA Camden CAL 954, CAS 954 Unchain Your Heart — — — — — Sunset SUM-1112 1967 The Best of Slim Whitman – Volume 3 — — — — — UK, Liberty LBY 3092 A Lonesome Heart ( Lonesome Cowboy) — — — — — Sunset SUM-1167, SUS-5167 1968 Cool Water Country Style The Best of Slim Whitman — — — — — Non-US, Liberty 1970 Ramblin' Rose — — — — — Sunset SUS-5320 1972 The Slim Whitman Collection — — — — — 2×LP, non-US, United Artists UAD 60021/2 1973 The Slim Whitman Story — — — — — BPI: Gold 6×LP boxed set, World Records 1974 The Very Best of Slim Whitman — — — — — United Artists UA-LA245-G 1976 The Very Best of Slim Whitman — — — — 1 BPI: Gold Non-US, United Artists UAS 29898 1979 All My Best — — — — — Special Projects SL-8128(distr. by Suffolk Marketing) Slim Whitman's 20 Greatest Love Songs — — — — 18 BPI: Gold Non-US, United Artists 1980 Just for You — — — — — Special Projects SL-8140(distr. by Suffolk Marketing) 1982 The Best — — — — — Special Projects SLL-8300(distr. by Suffolk Marketing) 20 Golden Greats — — 2 — — Liberty Play 1987 A Dream Comes True – The Rarities Album — — — — — 2×LP, Australia, Liberty UAC 261368 1989 Best Loved Favorites — — — 2 — Heartland Music, 1990 The Best of Slim Whitman: 1951–1971 (or 1952–1972) — — — — — Rhino R2 70976 1991 20 Precious Memories — — — 42 — Quality Special Products, Cowpoke — — — — — EMI 1993 EMI Country Masters: Slim Whitman – 50 Original Tracks — — — — — 2×CD, EMI CDEM 1482 1994 Love Songs — — — — — UK, Music for Pleasure CDP828951 1997 Rose Marie – His Recordings 1949–1959 — — — — — 6×CD boxed set, Bear Family 1997 The Very Best of Slim Whitman – 50th Anniv. Collection — — — — 54 EMI 100 7243 8 59653 2 6 1998 The Very Best Of Slim Whitman — — — — — Non-US, Pegasus PEG CD 154
same as? The Legendary Slim Whitman 2009 The Essential Slim Whitman — — — — — 3×CD, EMI 2010 The Very Best of Slim Whitman — — — — — Non-US, EMI Gold 50999 6 94442 2 7
Singles (U.S.)
This is a list of U.S. singles. In the UK, Whitman's recordings were released on London Records, and the songs were often coupled differently.
For songs released before 1958, the "album" column simply indicates the first album appearance. It doesn't have to be (and often isn't) the same version. There is also a 1962 album titled Forever, for which Whitman recorded new versions of some more of his early hits ("Danny Boy", "North Wind", "I'm a Fool", and "Smoke Signals").
After Whitman hit it big on Imperial, RCA Victor hastily issued several singles with his old recordings for the label to cash off of his popularity. The 1953 RCA Victor single "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky" was even coupled with the same song as the then-latest Whitman's single for Imperial.