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Slim Whitman Sings Million Record Hits
''Slim Whitman Sings Million Record Hits'' is a studio album by Slim Whitman, released in 1960 on Imperial Records. On this album, Whitman sings some of his biggest hits, which include "Rose Marie," "Indian Love Call," and "China Doll". Release history The album was issued in the United States by Imperial Records as a 12-inch long-playing record The LP (from long playing or long play) is an analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specificatio ..., catalog numbers LP 9102 (mono) and LP 12102 (stereo). In 1966, it was reissued in the United States under the title ''The Song of the Old Waterwheel''. There are also a 4-track-cartridge version (cat. nr. Imperial LP 9102) and a 8-track-cartridge version (cat. nr. Liberty 750), both titled ''Million Sellers''. Track listing References 1960 albums Slim Whitman albums I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Whitman
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr. (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013) was an American country music singer and guitarist known for his yodeling abilities and his use of falsetto. Recorded figures show 70 million sales, during a career that spanned more than seven decades. His prolific output included more than 100 albums and around 500 recorded songs; these consisted of country music, contemporary gospel, Broadway show tunes, love songs, and standards. Soon after being signed, in the 1950s Whitman toured with Elvis Presley. Biography Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr. was born in the Oak Park neighborhood of Tampa, Florida on January 20, 1923. He was one of six children born to Ottis Dewey Whitman (1896–1961) and Lucy Whitman ( Mahon; 1903–1987). Growing up, he liked the country music of Jimmie Rodgers and the songs of Gene Autry. He often sang along with records, but Whitman's early ambitions were to become either a boxer or a professional baseball player. He served during World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Fain
Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he contributed numerous songs that form part of The Great American Songbook, and to Broadway theatre. Fain was also a popular musician and vocalist. Biography Sammy Fain was born in New York City, the son of a cantor. In 1923, Fain appeared in the short sound film, "Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn" directed by Lee De Forest filmed in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. In 1925, Fain left the Fain-Dunn act to devote himself to music. Fain was a self-taught pianist who played by ear. He began working as a staff pianist and composer for music publisher Jack Mills. In 1932, he appeared in the short film ''The Crooning Composer''. Later, Fain worked extensively in collaboration with Irving Kahal. Together they wrote classics such as " Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella" and " You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me," (co-written with Pierre No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Albums
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951) was a Hungarian-born American composer. He is best known for his Musical theatre, musicals and operettas, particularly ''The Student Prince'' (1924), ''The Desert Song'' (1926) and ''The New Moon'' (1928). Early in his career, Romberg was employed by the Shubert brothers to write music for their musicals and revues, including several vehicles for Al Jolson. For the Shuberts, he also adapted several European operettas for American audiences, including the successful ''Maytime (musical), Maytime'' (1917) and ''Das Dreimäderlhaus, Blossom Time'' (1921). His three hit operettas of the mid-1920s, named above, are in the style of Viennese operetta, but his other works from that time mostly employ the style of American musicals of their eras. He also composed film scores. Biography Early life Romberg was born in Hungary as Siegmund Rosenberg to a Jewish [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, whose musicals include '' Oklahoma!'', '' Carousel'', '' South Pacific'', '' The King and I'', '' Flower Drum Song'', and '' The Sound of Music''. Described by his protégé Stephen Sondheim as an "experimental playwright", Hammerstein helped bring the American musical to new maturity by popularizing musicals that focused on stories and character rather than the lighthearted entertainment that the musical had been known for beforehand. He also collaborated with Jerome Kern (with whom he wrote the 1927 music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
"When I Grow Too Old to Dream" is a popular song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1934. The song was introduced by Evelyn Laye and Ramon Novarro in the film '' The Night Is Young'' (1935). It has since become a pop standard, recorded by many artists, notably Nat King Cole, The Everly Brothers Gracie Fields, and John Pizzarelli Other versions *In 1949, Rose Murphy went to number 10 on the Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart with her version. *A 1951 recording by Gordon Jenkins was released as the flip side of his hit, " Charmaine" (Decca Records). * Ed Townsend released a version of the song as a single in 1958 that reached number 59 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart. *Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album ''Join Bing and Sing Along'' (1959) *Jazz organist Jimmy Smith released a version of the song on his 1963 album Back at the Chicken Shack *Julie London recorded the song on her album '' Nice Girls Don't Stay fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Waters Of The Minnetonka
"By the Waters of the Minnetonka" is an American song written in 1915 by James Mulloy Cavanass and Thurlow Lieurance. Many recordings have been made of it over the years and the most popular version was that by Alice Nielsen in 1915. Slim Whitman version Slim Whitman recorded this song for Imperial. It was released as a single Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ... (with "An Amateur in Love" on the flip side) in 1952. Track listing The Marty Gold Orchestra & Chorus version A version by The Marty Gold Orchestra & Chorus was included on their 1959 album ''By the Waters of the Minnetonka'' ( Kapp KL 1125). References {{Slim Whitman 1952 singles Imperial Records singles London Records singles Slim Whitman songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Owens
Tex Owens (June 15, 1892 – September 9, 1962) was an American country music singer and songwriter, best remembered today for writing the Eddy Arnold hit Cattle Call. The youngest of thirteen children, he was born Doie Hensley Owens in Killeen, Texas into a large and musically talented family. His brother was a singer and songwriter and his sister became a well-known Grand Ole Opry performer as Texas Ruby. Life and career In his early teens Owens spent a year with a traveling tent show as a blackface singer. By his late teens he left music and found work in the Texas oilfields, and in Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado as a farmhand and mechanic. For a time, he was a lawman in Bridgeport, Oklahoma. He was brought back to music in Lamar, Colorado, while he was hospitalized for an appendectomy. A group of children (five of whom had frozen to death before being rescued) who had been stranded in a blizzard were brought into the hospital, and he entertained them by singing songs. Their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cattle Call
"The Cattle Call" is a song written and recorded in 1934 by American songwriter and musician Tex Owens. The melody was adapted from Bruno Rudzinksi's 1928 recording "Pawel Walc". It later became a signature song for Eddy Arnold. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Owens wrote the song in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City while watching the snow fall. "Watching the snow, my sympathy went out to cattle everywhere, and I just wished I could call them all around me and break some corn over a wagon wheel and feed them. That's when the words 'cattle call' came to my mind. I picked up my guitar, and in thirty minutes I had wrote the music and four verses to the song," he said. His August 28, 1934 recording was among the first for the newly formed Decca Record Company. He recorded it again in 1936. Cover versions and later uses Eddy Arnold recorded "The Cattle Call" four times, at his first session in 1944, 1949, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Mae Robinson
Jessie Mae Robinson (née Booker, October 1, 1918 – October 26, 1966) was an American musician and songwriter, whose compositions included many R&B and pop hits of the 1940s and 1950s, including " Black Night", " I Went to Your Wedding", and "Let's Have a Party". Biography Jessie Mae Booker was born in Call, Texas, but was raised in Los Angeles where she started writing songs in her teens, and met and married Leonard Robinson. After a few years she began pitching her songs to performers and music publishers. Her first song to be recorded was "Mellow Man Blues" by Dinah Washington in 1945. She found commercial success with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson's "Cleanhead Blues" in 1946 and then "Old Maid Boogie", an R&B chart number one in 1947. Songs written by Jessie Mae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep It A Secret
"Keep It a Secret" is a popular song written by Jessie Mae Robinson and published in 1952. Jo Stafford version The best-selling recording of the song was made by Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra in 1952. It was released by Columbia Records. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on November 8, 1952, and spent 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at number six. It also reached number five on the Cash Box chart in early 1953. Other recordings *Dinah Shore with Frank De Vol and his orchestra recorded the song in Hollywood on August 18, 1952. It was released by RCA Victor Records and by EMI on their His Master's Voice label. *Bing Crosby recorded it on November 12, 1952, with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and this charted briefly with a peak position of No. 28. *June Hutton, with Axel Stordahl and his orchestra, recorded ''Keep It a Secret'' in 1952. It was backed by ''I Miss You So'' on Capitol 2268. *Slim Whitman - recorded the song for a single r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Amateur In Love
"An Amateur in Love" is a song co-written and originally recorded by Slim Whitman Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr. (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013) was an American country music singer and guitarist known for his yodeling abilities and his use of falsetto. Recorded figures show 70 million sales, during a career that spanne .... Track listing References {{DEFAULTSORT:Amateur in Love, An 1952 songs 1957 singles 1952 singles London Records singles Imperial Records singles Slim Whitman songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
