Jahfin Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Slim Whitman, the falsetto singer and yodeler best known for his 1952 smash, "Indian Love Call," has died. He turned 84 yesterday. A native of Tampa, Fla., Whitman played a key early role in popularizing country music overseas. He specialized in sentimental or "heart" songs like "Secret Love" and "Love Call," the latter previously recorded by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in 1936. A perennial on the charts during his 20-year association with Imperial Records, which later became a part of United Artists, Whitman was a regular on the Louisiana Hayride during the early 1950s and, later, on the Grand Ole Opry Quote
ally Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Thing I remember most about Slim was the back to back 70s TV commercials about him and Zamfir being two of the most popular worldwide musician entertainers...and I'd never heard of either..... Thanks for the skinny on Slim Jahfin....may his yodeling resonate throughout all those Indian Reservations in the sky .... Yeah, I remember that. I didn't know a thing about him untill then ...and my folks were big country music fans. Sorry to hear this Quote
ally Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Them and Richard Clayderman. Who ? Slim had that pencil thin moustache..remember that ? I think I remember even back then....he was rockin' in a rocking chair and looking down at the camera....hmmmm...or are my memories fuzzy ? Honestly can't remember the rockin' chair , but your probably right. I remember the stache though. It was a funny commercial at the time. Who the hell is R. Clayderman ? Quote
Jahfin Posted January 21, 2008 Author Posted January 21, 2008 The main thing I remember (aside from the yodeling) is that he "sold more records than the Beatles and Elvis in England". Quote
ally Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 The main thing I remember (aside from the yodeling) is that he "sold more records than the Beatles and Elvis in England". Well that's what blew us away, cause of course when your young ...you know everything Quote
Jahfin Posted January 23, 2008 Author Posted January 23, 2008 It appears Slim is still alive: http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/wn...nf/Whitman+Slim Quote
ally Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 It appears Slim is still alive: http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/wn...nf/Whitman+Slim Now that would make a great info -mercial !! That's funny Quote
ally Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Now that would make a great info -mercial !! That's funny Really Jahfin... You've got one wickrd sence of humour..... Quote
Jahfin Posted January 23, 2008 Author Posted January 23, 2008 Really Jahfin... You've got one wickrd sence of humour..... Uh, I'm not sure what you mean. If you read the article at the link I posted above you'll see that the Nashville newspaper that originally reported Slim's death actually jumped the gun and ran a canned obituary for him without first confirming that he had actually died. It's not something I made up. Quote
Jahfin Posted January 23, 2008 Author Posted January 23, 2008 RIP Slim :( Not to be rude but I know some folks don't actually take the time to read a thread before posting which is the case here. If you take the time to read back through the thread you'll see that Slim Whitman isn't actually dead. Original reports of his death was the mistake of a Nashville, TN newspaper. Quote
ally Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Not to be rude but I know some folks don't actually take the time to read a thread before posting which is the case here. If you take the time to read back through the thread you'll see that Slim Whitman isn't actually dead. Original reports of his death was the mistake of a Nashville, TN newspaper. Not accusing you of anything. I just saw humour in it I read the artical Quote
Jahfin Posted January 23, 2008 Author Posted January 23, 2008 Not accusing you of anything. I just saw humour in it I read the artical What you quoted was my reply to dragster who said, "RIP, Slim". I got the impression that maybe you misunderstood since you said I had a "wicked sense of humor" when I hadn't attempted to be humorous at all, I was only reporting the mistake. Quote
ally Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 What you quoted was my reply to dragster who said, "RIP, Slim". I got the impression that maybe you misunderstood since you said I had a "wicked sense of humor" when I hadn't attempted to be humorous at all, I was only reporting the mistake. No problem Quote
Jahfin Posted January 24, 2008 Author Posted January 24, 2008 http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...MENT06/80123065 Slim Whitman talks about reports of his death By LINDA ZETTLER • Entertainment Editor • January 23, 2008 Slim Whitman would like to clear something up: He’s alive and doing pretty well despite reports of his death on Monday. The country singer, who experienced his first surge in popularity in the ’50s, has no idea how it got started. But e-mails began circulating and next thing you know, a disc jockey was announcing it on the air, a tearful friend performing on stage was announcing it to his audience and online sources reported it in news updates, including Tennessean.com on Monday. “All of a sudden on Sunday, Jan. 20, I died,” said Whitman, who turned 84 on Sunday. “I knew it was a lie. I kept looking at it. I thought, this could sort of get out of hand here. I thought, oh well, if it gets out of hand, I’ll go on a TV show and show them that I’m not dead.” Whitman, a Grand Ole Opry guest in the mid-1950s, has traveled the world spreading his brand of country music, enjoying chart success in England in particular. Known for his high falsetto on songs such as “Indian Love Call” and “Secret Love,” Whitman toured last in 2002. But that’s not because of his physical condition. “The wife is on dialysis, so she can’t go. I would not go back to England and leave her, so I just tell them I can’t go. I take care of her,” he said. Whitman met his wife Jerry when she was 13, and they’ve been married 66 years. She bought him his first guitar and was his announcer as he started in radio. “I would probably not have gone on radio if it hadn’t been for the wife…. She is probably the reason I was in show business.” Whitman lives on his Woodpecker Paradise estate outside Jacksonville, Fla. He says he’s in great shape. The only medication he takes is an aspirin every other day because his doctor told him to. He doesn’t even wear glasses. “As a matter of fact I don’t feel anything like 84 years old. …I don’t know why I don’t, but I don’t feel like an old man,” he said. The fact that people recognize him in the grocery store still leads him to believe he doesn’t look like an old man either. This morning, Whitman spent time on the air for a Jacksonville radio station and he has gotten many inquiries since the news of his death circulated. “It seems like every 10 years something weird happens like that,” said Whitman. Last decade, it was that the 1996 Tim Burton film Mars Attacks! used his voice as a martian-killing weapon, saving the world from invaders. It keeps things interesting. “I’m here," he said. "I’m happy to be alive.” Quote
Idunn Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 (((Slim Whitman))) bless his heart. My mother tortured me with his yodeling all through my youth. She'll be saddened by his passing. Quote
Idunn Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 It appears Slim is still alive: http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/wn...nf/Whitman+Slim Oh....LMAO! Glad I didn't call my mother to tell her the news! Quote
Pagesbow Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 The OP jumped the gun by five years. Slim Passed away Wednesday aged 90. So he certainly had a good innings. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-slim-whitman-dies-20130619,0,1573998.story Quote
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