SLIM WHITMAN
Florida's singer, guitarist and bounce-off-the-sky yodeler Slim Whitman enjoyed an unusually long career. A few well-timed turns kept his profile high and talents sharply-honed from the late 1940s throughout more than a half-century. Many today remember him for a long-running series of television commercials, usually shown late at night, that featured clips of his performances and resulted in millions in sales...likely ten million or more...of "greatest hits"-type compilations. Older folks will be able to recall his first round in the 1950s as a popular country artist, or his 1960s resurgence. One little detail is sometimes overlooked: he was much more than just a "country" artist. Folk tunes, odes to nature, tales of the wild west and above all romantic love songs fueled his ... MORE ››
