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Thread #117137   Message #2553080
Posted By: Seamus Kennedy
30-Jan-09 - 01:48 PM
Thread Name: Slim Whitman (memories)
Subject: RE: Slim Whitman (memories)
Wilbyhillbilly - any idea where I could track down a version of Slim doing it?

I have a lot of his material, but I can't find I remember You in any of them.

The story from Frank Ifield's bio tells it thus: he'd been brought over from Australia where he was a major country yodeling performer in the late '50's by BMI records, who wanted to change him into a teenybopper idol like Marty Wilde, Adam Faith, etc. He had a few minor hits, but wasn't turning out to to be another Cliff Richard, and he was down to his last recording on his contract when he insisted on returning to his roots and doing a song with a yodel. So IRY became a huge hit. And he went on from there.

I'd love to hear Slim's version too.

Seamus