Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    Nostalgia Central
    • Home
    • Blog
      • Lists
    • Television
      • TV by Decade
        • TV – 1950s
        • TV – 1960s
        • TV – 1970s
        • TV – 1980s
        • TV – 1990s
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Kids TV
      • Variety
      • News & Sport
      • Advertisements
    • Music
      • Music by Decade
        • Music – 1950s
        • Music – 1960s
        • Music – 1970s
        • Music – 1980s
        • Music – 1990s
      • Artists – A to K
        • Artists – A
        • Artists – B
        • Artists – C
        • Artists – D
        • Artists – E
        • Artists – F
        • Artists – G
        • Artists – H
        • Artists – I
        • Artists – J
        • Artists – K
      • Artists – L to Z
        • Artists – L
        • Artists – M
        • Artists – N
        • Artists – O
        • Artists – P
        • Artists – Q
        • Artists – R
        • Artists – S
        • Artists – T
        • Artists – U
        • Artists – V
        • Artists – W
        • Artists – X
        • Artists – Y
        • Artists – Z
      • Artists – 0 to 9
      • Genres
      • Music on Film & TV
      • One-Hit Wonders
      • Playlists
      • Online Radio
    • Movies
      • Movies by Decade
        • Movies – 1950s
        • Movies – 1960s
        • Movies – 1970s
        • Movies – 1980s
        • Movies – 1990s
      • Movies – 0 to 9
      • Movies – A to K
        • Movies – A
        • Movies – B
        • Movies – C
        • Movies – D
        • Movies – E
        • Movies – F
        • Movies – G
        • Movies – H
        • Movies – I
        • Movies – J
        • Movies – K
      • Movies – L to Z
        • Movies – L
        • Movies – M
        • Movies – N
        • Movies – O
        • Movies – P
        • Movies – Q
        • Movies – R
        • Movies – S
        • Movies – T
        • Movies – U
        • Movies – V
        • Movies – W
        • Movies – X
        • Movies – Y
        • Movies – Z
    • Pop Culture
      • Fads
      • Toys & Games
      • Fashion
      • Decor
      • Food & Drink
      • People
      • Technology
      • Transport
    • Social History
      • 1950s Year by Year
      • 1960s Year by Year
      • 1970s Year by Year
      • 1980s Year by Year
      • 1990s Year by Year
      • Events
    Nostalgia Central
    Home»Music»Artists - L to Z»Artists - S
    Artists - S Music - 1950s 1 Min Read

    Slim Whitman

    Share
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email

    Discovered by Elvis Presley‘s manager ‘Colonel’ Tom Parker in the late 40s, Slim Whitman became known for an easy demeanour, his romantic ballads offset by a reputation as everyone’s favourite ‘yodelling cowboy’.

    slimwhitman_676

    1952’s Indian Love Call was his first major international hit, the song later appropriated by Tim Burton for 1996 sci-fi flick Mars Attacks!

    During a career that spanned six decades, Whitman cut over 65 albums – the last being 2010’s Twilight On The Trail – and shifted some 120 million records.

    Until Bryan Adams trumped him in 1991, Slim Whitman held the record for the longest stay at #1 in the UK charts.

    Rose Marie held the top spot for eleven weeks in 1955 and was finally knocked off the top by Britain’s own Jimmy Young and his recording of The Man From Laramie.

    Slim Whitman passed away in 2013.

    Related Posts

    • Johnnie Ray
      Johnnie Ray
      Despite being skinny, pigeon-toed, half-deaf (he partially lost his hearing as a child and had to use a hearing aid)…
    • Dale Hawkins
      Dale Hawkins
      As the most prolific white rocker on Checker Records, Dale Hawkins (born Delmar A Hawkins Jr on 22 August 1936)…
    • Jerry Lee Lewis
      Jerry Lee Lewis
      Born on 29 September 1935, Jerry Lee Lewis was raised in the same Pentecostal religious tradition and cultural setting as…
    • Guitar Slim
      Guitar Slim
      One of the great lost blues figures, New Orleans' Guitar Slim (real name Eddie Jones) was an electric guitar pioneer.…
    • Leiber and Stoller
      Leiber and Stoller
      Jerry (born Jerome) Leiber and Mike Stoller have written some of the most spirited and enduring rock and roll songs: Hound…
    • Sheena Easton
      Sheena Easton
      Sheena Shirley Orr was born in 1959 in Bellshill, Scotland, and began performing while studying speech and drama at the…
    • Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
      Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
      Arthur Crudup was born in 1905 in Jackson, Mississippi, and grew up in Forest, a town 40 miles west. He…
    • Charlie Feathers
      Charlie Feathers
      Rockabilly pioneer Charlie Feathers was born Charles Arthur Feathers in June 1932 in the hill country near Holly Springs, around 50…

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email
    Previous ArticleSlik
    Next Article Slits, The

    Comments are closed.

    Follow us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    You May Also Like
    • Rat Patrol, The
      1 9 6 6 – 1 9 6 8 (USA) 58 x 30 minute episodes The Rat […]
    • Beatniks, The (1960)
      Four guys and a girl named Iris (Karen Kadler) stage a robbery […]
    • Ice Cream/Iced Lollies
      Ice lollies and choc ices on sticks became a major market during […]
    • Don’t Call Me Charlie
      1 9 6 2 – 1 9 6 3 (USA) 18 (26) x 30 minute episodes This […]
    • Scorch
      1 9 9 2 (USA) 6 (3) x 30 minute episodes One night while flying […]
    • Night Court
      1 9 8 4 – 1 9 9 2 (USA) 193 x 25 minute episodes This […]
    Twitter Feed
    Please note


    Nostalgia Central covers the period 1950 to 1999 and contains some words and references which reflect the attitudes of those times and which may be considered culturally sensitive, offensive or inappropriate today.
    Popular Tags
    1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 Action Figures Amicus Arcade games Australia Beach movies Beatles Blaxploitation Board games Britpop Canada Crime Disco Disney Doo-Wop Elvis Presley Girl groups Glam Goth Hammer Heavy Metal Irwin Allen Labels Merseybeat Mod revival Motown New Romantic New Wave NWOBHM Oi! One-hit wonders Power Pop Pub rock Punk Radio Scotland Ska Soul music Surf music
    Search Nostalgia Central
    Copyright © 1998, 2022 Nostalgia Central
    • About
    • Contact
    • FAQ

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.