I WAS IN OUR LOCAL LARGE BOOK STORE THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 11TH 2013.
THERE ON A RACK WAS A BOOK "THOSE WE LOST IN 2013."
I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT, NEVER REALLY EXPECTING TO SEE, THAT YES INDEED WE LOST THE GREAT YODELING AND LOVE SONG SINGING OF THE INCREDIBLE VOICE OF SLIM WHITMAN.
I WAS PLEASED THEY GAVE A PHOTO AND A SHORT STORY ABOUT THE ONE OF A KIND SINGER -- SLIM WHITMAN. HE DIED IN 2013 AT AGE 90.
WHAT A SHAME THEY DID NOT HAVE SOMEONE WRITE THE WHOL;E TRUE STORY ABOUT THE POPULARITY OF SLIM WHITMAN.
OH YES THE DID MENTION HE HAD THE NUMBER ONE SONG ON THE BRITISH HIT PARADE FOR 11 STRAIGHT WEEKS - A FEAT EVEN ELVIS AND THE BEATLES COULD NEVER DO!!
THEY MENTIONED IT WAS THE HIGH YODELING SINGING THAT SAVED THE WORLD IN THE POPULAR MOVIE - MARS ATTACKS!! SO HIGH IT BURST THE HEADS OF THE INVADING MARTIANS.
BUT THEY GOT IT ALL WRONG ABOUT HIS POPULARITY BEING "SO MUCH GREATER OUTSIDE OF THE USA."
THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT LIVE IN THE 1950s and 1960s, EVEN UNTIL 1972.
SLIM WAS PLAYED ON THE COUNTRY RADIO STATIONS ALL THE TIME. THNE IN 1980 TO 1983, A MARKETING COMPANY BROUGHT HIS SINGING BACK, WITH TV ADDS ACROSS THE USA AND CANADA. HE WAS AN IMMEDIATE HUGE HIT...... SELLING MORE LPs "BUYING ONLY ON TV" THAN ANYONE ELSE IN MUSIC HISTORY, WHO EVER YOU WANT TO NAME.
WHAT IT PROVED WAS THAT IF SLIM WAS GIVEN THE EXPOSURE NATION WIDE, THE PEOPLE WERE NO DIFFERENT THAN IN BRITAIN AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.....MILLIONS IN NORTH LOVED THE INCREDIBLE SINGING OF SLIM WHITEM - REAL NAME OTIS DEWY WHITMAN.
YES IN 2013 WE LOST A ONE IN A LIFE TIME, A UNIQUE SINGING VOICE OF SLIM WHITMAN.
DOOZER HAS HIM ..... SINGING DOZENS OF HIS SONGS. GOOD FOR DOOZER!
SLIM WAS NOT ONLY A FANTASTIC YODELER, BUT A LOVE SONG SINGER SECOND TO NONE; HE RECORDED HUNDREDS OF LOVE SONGS AND DOZENS OF STRAIGHT UP COWBOY YODELING SONGS. SOLD OVER 120 MILLION LPs AND CDs.
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER SLIM WHITMAN.
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