I confess to surviving a few lonesome holiday seasons listening to the Slim Whitman 'I'll Be Home for Christman' LP. Now we play it every year along with 'Sing Along With Mitch - Christmas Carols' and the John Fahey Xmas recordings.

I also liked this anecdote from the biographies being posted -

Elvis Presley, in his first professional appearance in Memphis in 1954, opened for Mr. Whitman. Mistakenly billed as Ellis, he was paid $50; Mr. Whitman got $500. Mr. Whitman later let Presley borrow his trademark white rhinestone jacket.

Must have been a great jacket!

Thanks Slim
voyager