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class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Orange_Park,_Florida" title="Orange Park, Florida">Orange Park, Florida</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">O. D. Whitman <br />The Smilin' Starduster</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Country_and_western_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Country and western music">Country and western music</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Country_pop" title="Country pop">country pop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Christian_music" title="Contemporary Christian music">Contemporary Christian music</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Guitar, vocals</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/RCA_Victor" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor">RCA Victor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Records" title="Imperial Records">Imperial</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/London_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="London Records">London</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_Artists_Records" title="United Artists Records">United Artists</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a></li><li>Suffolk</li><li>Rangehood</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr.</b> (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013) was an American <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> singer and guitarist known for his <a href="/wiki/Yodeling" title="Yodeling">yodeling</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after being signed, in the 1950s Whitman toured with <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Slim_Whitman" title="Special:EditPage/Slim Whitman">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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(February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> born to Ottis Dewey Whitman (1896–1961) and Lucy Whitman (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> Mahon; 1903–1987). </p><p>Growing up, he liked the country music of <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)">Jimmie Rodgers</a> and the songs of <a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a>. He often sang along with records, but Whitman's early ambitions were to become either a boxer or a professional baseball player. </p><p>He served during World War II in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_Areas_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Ocean Areas (command)">South Pacific</a> with the United States Navy. While aboard ship, he sang and entertained members on board. Liking his contributions, the captain blocked his transfer to another ship. Whitman's life was saved, as the other ship later sank with all hands lost. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Slim_Whitman" title="Special:EditPage/Slim Whitman">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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He had lost almost all of the second finger on his left hand in an accident while working at a meat packing plant.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He had returned to Tampa after the war, where he worked odd jobs at a shipyard while developing a musical career. Eventually he performed with bands such as the Variety Rhythm Boys and the <a href="/wiki/Light_Crust_Doughboys" title="Light Crust Doughboys">Light Crust Doughboys</a>. He was briefly nicknamed The Smiling Starduster after a stint with a group called The Stardusters. </p><p>Whitman's first big break came when talent manager <a href="/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker" title="Colonel Tom Parker">"Colonel" Tom Parker</a> heard him singing on the radio and offered to represent him.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After signing with <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Records</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was billed as "the cowboy singer Slim Whitman", after Canadian singer <a href="/wiki/Wilf_Carter_(musician)" title="Wilf Carter (musician)">Wilf Carter</a>, who was known in the United States as Montana Slim. Whitman released his first single in 1948, "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Casting_My_Lasso_Towards_the_Sky" title="I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky">I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky</a>", complete with yodel. He toured and sang in a variety of venues, including the radio show <i><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Hayride" title="Louisiana Hayride">Louisiana Hayride</a></i>. </p><p>Initially unable to make a living from music, he kept a part-time job at a post office. That changed in the early 1950s after he recorded a version of the <a href="/wiki/Bob_Nolan" title="Bob Nolan">Bob Nolan</a> hit "<a href="/wiki/Love_Song_of_the_Waterfall" title="Love Song of the Waterfall">Love Song of the Waterfall</a>", which made it into the country music top 10.<sup id="cite_ref-guardianobit_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianobit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His next single, "<a href="/wiki/Indian_Love_Call" title="Indian Love Call">Indian Love Call</a>", taken from the light operetta <i><a href="/wiki/Rose-Marie" title="Rose-Marie">Rose-Marie</a></i>, was even more successful, reaching number two in the country music charts and appearing in the US pop music chart's top ten.<sup id="cite_ref-guardianobit_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianobit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It sold over one million copies.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hit_recordings">Hit recordings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hit recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Yodelling" class="mw-redirect" title="Yodelling">yodeller</a>, Whitman avoided country music's "down on yer luck, buried in booze" songs, preferring instead to sing laid-back romantic melodies about simple life and love. Critics dubbed his style "countrypolitan", owing to its fusion of country music and a more sophisticated crooning vocal style.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he recorded many country and western tunes, including hits "<a href="/wiki/Tumbling_Tumbleweeds" title="Tumbling Tumbleweeds">Tumbling Tumbleweeds</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Singing_Hills" title="Singing Hills">Singing Hills</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/The_Cattle_Call" title="The Cattle Call">The Cattle Call</a>", love and romance songs like "<a href="/wiki/Serenade_(song_from_Serenade)" title="Serenade (song from Serenade)">Serenade</a>", "Something Beautiful (to Remember)", and "<a href="/wiki/Keep_It_a_Secret" title="Keep It a Secret">Keep It a Secret</a>" figured prominently in his repertoire. </p><p>In 1955, he had a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Number_1_singles_from_the_1950s_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Number 1 singles from the 1950s (UK)">No. 1</a> hit on the pop music charts in the United Kingdom with the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Marie_(song)" title="Rose Marie (song)">theme song to the operetta <i>Rose-Marie</i></a>. With nineteen weeks in the charts and eleven weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart,<sup id="cite_ref-ukcharts_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukcharts-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the song set a record that lasted for 36 years. </p><p>In 1956 he became the first-ever country music singer to perform at the <a href="/wiki/London_Palladium" title="London Palladium">London Palladium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after, Whitman was invited to join the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>, and in 1957, along with other musical stars, he appeared in the film musical <i><a href="/wiki/Jamboree_(1957_film)" title="Jamboree (1957 film)">Jamboree</a></i>. Despite this exposure, he never achieved the level of stardom in the United States that he did in Britain, where he had a number of other hits during the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-ukcharts_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukcharts-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the early 1970s, he continued to record and was a guest on <a href="/wiki/Wolfman_Jack" title="Wolfman Jack">Wolfman Jack</a>'s television show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Midnight Special (television)">The Midnight Special</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, Whitman's recording efforts were yielding only minor hits in the US. </p><p>But the mid-1970s were a successful time for Whitman in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>. In 1976, the compilation album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Slim_Whitman" title="The Very Best of Slim Whitman">The Very Best of Slim Whitman</a></i> was number one for six weeks, staying 17 weeks on the chart. Another number one album followed in 1977 with <i><a href="/wiki/Red_River_Valley_(album)" title="Red River Valley (album)">Red River Valley</a></i>: four weeks at number one and 14 weeks on the chart. Later the same year, his album <i><a href="/wiki/Home_on_the_Range_(album)" title="Home on the Range (album)">Home on the Range</a></i> made number 2 on the chart and accumulated a chart stay of 13 weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-ukcharts_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukcharts-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He released "Ghost Riders in the Sky" album in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1979, Whitman produced a TV commercial to support Suffolk Marketing's release of a greatest hits compilation titled <i>All My Best</i>. <i>Just for You</i>, also under the Suffolk umbrella, followed in 1980, with a commercial that said Whitman "was number one in England longer than <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beatles" class="mw-redirect" title="Beatles">The Beatles</a>." <i>The Best</i> followed in 1982, with Whitman concluding his TV marketing with <i>Best Loved Favorites</i> in 1989 and <i>20 Precious Memories</i> in 1991. <i>Twilight on the Trail</i>, his final release, appeared in 2010, 55 years after his first.<sup id="cite_ref-AM-Brenn-bio_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-Brenn-bio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1982, Whitman's <i>20 Golden Greats</i> was certified platinum in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TV_marketing">TV marketing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: TV marketing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The TV albums briefly made Whitman a household name in the United States for the first time in his career, resulting in everything from a first-time appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_starring_Johnny_Carson" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson">The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson</a></i> to Whitman being parodied in a comic skit on <a href="/wiki/Second_City_Television" title="Second City Television">Second City Television</a> (SCTV); he was played by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Flaherty" title="Joe Flaherty">Joe Flaherty</a>, as supposedly starring in the <a href="/wiki/Che_Guevara" title="Che Guevara">Che Guevara</a>-like male lead in a Broadway musical on the life of <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>. More importantly, the TV albums gave Whitman a brief resurgence in mainstream country music; he gained new album releases on major labels and a few new singles on the country charts. During this time, he toured Europe and Australia with moderate success. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popularity_in_Europe">Popularity in Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Popularity in Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although once known as "America's Favorite Folk Singer", Whitman was consistently more popular throughout Europe, and in particular the United Kingdom, especially with his covers of pop standards, film songs, love songs, folk tunes, and gospel hymns. </p><p>His 1955 hit single "<a href="/wiki/Rose_Marie_(song)" title="Rose Marie (song)">Rose Marie</a>" spent 11 weeks at number 1 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> and held the record for the longest consecutive number of weeks at number one on the chart for 36 years. (<a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a> broke the record in 1991 with "<a href="/wiki/(Everything_I_Do)_I_Do_It_for_You" title="(Everything I Do) I Do It for You">(Everything I Do) I Do It for You</a>".)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the U.S., his "<a href="/wiki/Indian_Love_Call" title="Indian Love Call">Indian Love Call</a>" (1952) and a reworking of the <a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a> hit, "<a href="/wiki/Secret_Love_(Doris_Day_song)" title="Secret Love (Doris Day song)">Secret Love</a>" (1953), both reached No. 2 on the <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> country chart. </p><p>From the mid-1960s and into the 1970s, Whitman had a string of top 10 hits. Together television marketing in the 1980s, he became known to new generations of fans. Throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century, he continued to tour extensively around the world. After several years without recording in a studio, he produced the album <i>Twilight on the Trail</i> (2010), which was his final one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_recordings">Later recordings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Angeline</i>, Whitman's last album under contract, was released in 1984, after which he continued to tour. </p><p>In 1988<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin1998_(A_Dream_Comes_True,_Magic_Moments_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin1998_(A_Dream_Comes_True,_Magic_Moments-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 1990, EMI Australia released his joint album with his son Byron Whitman, titled <i>Magic Moments</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Slim_&_Byron_Whitman_-_Magic_Moments_-_Discogs_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slim_&_Byron_Whitman_-_Magic_Moments_-_Discogs-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, he released another album with Byron, <i>Traditional Country: The Legendary Slim Whitman with Son Byron Whitman</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1991, after <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a>' single "<a href="/wiki/(Everything_I_Do)_I_Do_It_for_You" title="(Everything I Do) I Do It for You">(Everything I Do) I Do It for You</a>" broke the 36-year UK sales record held by Whitman's version of "Rose Marie", Whitman joined Adams on stage at Wembley Arena and sang "Rose Marie" before presenting Adams with a plaque commemorating the achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitman's last performance in the UK was at Norwich in October 2002, and in the U.S. in September or October 2003, as he effectively retired from the music business to care for his ailing wife Jerry, returning to the stage only occasionally with one-week series of concerts in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independent.co.uk_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent.co.uk-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitman's beloved wife Jerry died in 2009. </p><p>In 2010, after eight years in production, Whitman released the album <i>Twilight on the Trail</i>. He was 87 years old. The album featured western standards such as <a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a>'s hit "<a href="/wiki/Back_in_the_Saddle_Again" title="Back in the Saddle Again">Back in the Saddle Again</a>" and the television theme song for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Roy_Rogers_and_Dale_Evans_Show" title="The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show">The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show</a></i>. <i>Twilight on the Trail</i> was produced by his son Byron Whitman and featured many well-known session musicians, including long-time band member <a href="/wiki/Harold_Bradley_(guitarist)" title="Harold Bradley (guitarist)">Harold Bradley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitman was married to Alma Geraldine "Jerry" Crist from 1941, until her death in 2009. Jerry was born in Kansas, the daughter of church minister, A.D. Crist, and his wife. The couple had two children, a daughter (Sharron, born 1942, who later married Roy Beagle), and a son (Byron Keith Whitman, born 1957).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Byron followed his father into music as a performer and producer. He released a number of recordings with his father, and also toured with him on numerous occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independent.co.uk_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent.co.uk-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (March 2023)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>From 1957 until his death, Whitman lived with his family at his estate, Woodpecker Paradise, in <a href="/wiki/Middleburg,_Florida" title="Middleburg, Florida">Middleburg, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a longtime active member and deacon at Jacksonville Church of the Brethren. A biography, “Mr. Songman: The Slim Whitman Story”, was written by Kenneth L. Gibble and published in 1982 by Brethren Press.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mistaken_obituary_and_later_death">Mistaken obituary and later death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Mistaken obituary and later death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 20, 2008, on what was, coincidentally, Whitman's 85th birthday, a <a href="/wiki/Premature_obituary" class="mw-redirect" title="Premature obituary">premature obituary</a> was published by the <i>Nashville Tennessean</i> newspaper. It was later picked up virally on the newspaper's website. It was believed to have been based on an erroneous report.<sup id="cite_ref-FTU_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FTU-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Slim Whitman died of heart failure<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on June 19, 2013, at age 90, at Orange Park Medical Center in <a href="/wiki/Orange_Park,_Florida" title="Orange Park, Florida">Orange Park, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fcnda_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fcnda-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is buried in the Middleburg Methodist Church Cemetery in Middleburg, Florida, next to his wife Jerry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For his contribution to the recording industry, Slim Whitman was celebrated by a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> at 1709 Vine Street.<sup id="cite_ref-star_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-star-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Beatles" class="mw-redirect" title="Beatles">Beatles</a> cited Whitman as an early influence: "The first person I ever saw playing a guitar was Slim Whitman, either a photo of him in a magazine or live on television. Guitars were definitely coming in."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When a young <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> purchased his first guitar, the left-handed musician was unsure how to play an instrument that was manufactured and strung for a right-handed player. It was not until McCartney saw a picture of Whitman playing left-handed that he re-strung his guitar so that he too could play left-handed.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American pop singer <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> cited Whitman as one of his ten favorite vocalists.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1996 film <i><a href="/wiki/Mars_Attacks!" title="Mars Attacks!">Mars Attacks!</a></i> features Whitman's rendition of "<a href="/wiki/Indian_Love_Call" title="Indian Love Call">Indian Love Call</a>" as a weapon against Martian invaders (the song causes the Martians' heads to explode).<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, <a href="/wiki/Rob_Zombie" title="Rob Zombie">Rob Zombie</a> used Whitman's version of <a href="/wiki/I_Remember_You_(1941_song)" title="I Remember You (1941 song)">"I Remember You"</a> in his directorial debut in the film <i><a href="/wiki/House_of_1000_Corpses" title="House of 1000 Corpses">House of 1000 Corpses</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Johnston" title="Daniel Johnston">Daniel Johnston</a> mentioned Whitman in his song "Wild West Virginia" on his 1981 album <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_of_Pain" title="Songs of Pain">Songs of Pain</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman_discography" title="Slim Whitman discography">Slim Whitman discography</a></div> <p><b>Studio albums</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i>Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels</i> (1954)</li> <li><i>America's Favorite Folk Artist</i> (1954)</li> <li><i>Slim Whitman Favorites</i> (1956)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>Country Hits, Volume 2</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman_Sings_(1957_album)" title="Slim Whitman Sings (1957 album)"><i>Slim Whitman Sings</i></a> (1957)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>Country Hits, Volume 1</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman_Sings_(1958_album)" title="Slim Whitman Sings (1958 album)"><i>Slim Whitman Sings</i></a> (1958)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>My Best to You</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman_Sings_(1959_album)" title="Slim Whitman Sings (1959 album)"><i>Slim Whitman Sings</i></a> (1959)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>Country Favorites</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Walk_with_God_(album)" title="I'll Walk with God (album)">I'll Walk with God</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman_Sings_Million_Record_Hits" title="Slim Whitman Sings Million Record Hits">Slim Whitman Sings Million Record Hits</a></i> (1960)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>The Song of the Old Waterwheel</i></li> <li><i>Slim Whitman</i> (1960)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>Slim Whitman's First Visit to Britain</i><br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">and</span> <i>I'll Never Stop Loving You</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_Call_Me_Lonesome_(Slim_Whitman_album)" title="Just Call Me Lonesome (Slim Whitman album)"><i>Just Call Me Lonesome</i></a> (1961)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>Portrait</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Once_in_a_Lifetime_(Slim_Whitman_album)" title="Once in a Lifetime (Slim Whitman album)"><i>Once in a Lifetime</i></a> (1961)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>Cool Water</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman_Sings_Annie_Laurie" title="Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie">Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie</a></i> (1961)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>Sweeter than the Flowers</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forever_(Slim_Whitman_album)" title="Forever (Slim Whitman album)">Forever</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman_Sings_(1962_album)" title="Slim Whitman Sings (1962 album)"><i>Slim Whitman Sings</i></a> (1962)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>Anytime</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heart_Songs_%26_Love_Songs" title="Heart Songs & Love Songs">Heart Songs & Love Songs</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Lonely_Wanderer" title="I'm a Lonely Wanderer">I'm a Lonely Wanderer</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i>Yodeling</i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Songs_the_Slim_Whitman_Way" title="Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way">Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i>All-Time Favorites</i> (1964)</li> <li><i>Country Songs / City Hits</i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Song_of_the_Waterfall_(album)" title="Love Song of the Waterfall (album)">Love Song of the Waterfall</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reminiscing_(Slim_Whitman_album)" title="Reminiscing (Slim Whitman album)">Reminiscing</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/More_than_Yesterday_(More_Country_Songs_%26_City_Hits)" title="More than Yesterday (More Country Songs & City Hits)"><i>More than Yesterday<br />(More Country Songs & City Hits)</i></a> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God%27s_Hand_in_Mine" title="God's Hand in Mine">God's Hand in Mine</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Travelin%27_Man" title="A Travelin' Man">A Travelin' Man</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i>A Time for Love</i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/15th_Anniversary_Album" title="15th Anniversary Album">15th Anniversary Album</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Country_Memories_(Slim_Whitman_album)" title="Country Memories (Slim Whitman album)">Country Memories</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Love_the_Whitman_Way" title="In Love the Whitman Way">In Love the Whitman Way</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Street" title="Happy Street">Happy Street</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i>Slim!</i> (1969)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span><i>Straight from the Heart</i></li> <li><i>The Slim Whitman Christmas Album</i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Comes_(Slim_Whitman_album)" title="Tomorrow Never Comes (Slim Whitman album)">Tomorrow Never Comes</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guess_Who_(Slim_Whitman_album)" title="Guess Who (Slim Whitman album)"><i>Guess Who</i></a> (1971)<br />   <span style="font-size:85%;">a.k.a.</span> <i>Snowbird</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Sin_to_Tell_a_Lie_(album)" title="It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (album)">It's a Sin to Tell a Lie</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i>The Best of Slim Whitman</i> (1972)</li> <li><i>I'll See You When</i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Anniversary_(album)" title="Happy Anniversary (album)">Happy Anniversary</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everything_Leads_Back_to_You" title="Everything Leads Back to You">Everything Leads Back to You</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_River_Valley_(album)" title="Red River Valley (album)">Red River Valley</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Home_on_the_Range_(album)" title="Home on the Range (album)">Home on the Range</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Riders_in_the_Sky_(Slim_Whitman_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghost Riders in the Sky (Slim Whitman album)">Ghost Riders in the Sky</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i>Till We Meet Again</i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_I_Love_to_Sing_(Slim_Whitman_album)" title="Songs I Love to Sing (Slim Whitman album)">Songs I Love to Sing</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_with_Slim_Whitman" title="Christmas with Slim Whitman">Christmas with Slim Whitman</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i>Mr. Songman</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>I'll Be Home for Christmas</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>Angeline</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>Magic Moments</i> <small>(with Byron Whitman)</small> (1988)</li> <li><i>Traditional Country</i> <small>(with Byron Whitman)</small> (1998)</li> <li><i>Twilight on the Trail</i> (2010)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slim_Whitman&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/070598/dss_0705Plac.html">the original</a> on October 9, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 17,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Florida+Times&rft.atitle=Many+of+the+area%27s+music+landmarks+no+longer+exist&rft.date=1998-07-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fjacksonville.com%2Ftu-online%2Fstories%2F070598%2Fdss_0705Plac.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASlim+Whitman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hillbilly-music.com/library/books/index.php?id=1378">"Mr. Songman: The Slim Whitman Story"</a>. <i>hillbilly-music.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211021031432/https://hillbilly-music.com/library/books/index.php?id=1378">Archived</a> from the original on October 21, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Jacksonville. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171116024502/http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/012408/met_239455570.shtml">Archived</a> from the original on November 16, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 24,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Florida+Times-Union&rft.atitle=Singer+says+rumors+that+he+is+dead+aren%27t+true&rft.date=2008-01-24&rft.aulast=Treen&rft.aufirst=Dana&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jacksonville.com%2Ftu-online%2Fstories%2F012408%2Fmet_239455570.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASlim+Whitman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Spencer, Terry (June 19, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/slim-whitman-dead_n_3465762.html">Slim Whitman Dead: Country Singer Dies At Age 90</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105817/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/slim-whitman-dead_n_3465762.html">Archived</a> March 4, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 19, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fcnda-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fcnda_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130621060046/http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/breaking/article/317040/17/Country-singer-Slim-Whitman-90-dies-overnight">"Country singer Slim Whitman, 90, dies overnight"</a>. First Coast News. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/breaking/article/317040/17/Country-singer-Slim-Whitman-90-dies-overnight">the original</a> on June 21, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 19,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Country+singer+Slim+Whitman%2C+90%2C+dies+overnight&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstcoastnews.com%2Fnews%2Fbreaking%2Farticle%2F317040%2F17%2FCountry-singer-Slim-Whitman-90-dies-overnight&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASlim+Whitman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bortzfield, Bill (June 19, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-06-19/story/local-country-star-slim-whitman-has-died">Local country star Slim Whitman has died</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171116035704/http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-06-19/story/local-country-star-slim-whitman-has-died">Archived</a> November 16, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>The Florida Times Union</i>. Retrieved June 19, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-star-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-star_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartin2013" class="citation news cs1">Martin, Douglas (June 19, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/arts/music/slim-whitman-yodeling-country-singer-with-a-regular-guy-image-dies-at-90.html?_r=0">"Slim Whitman, Yodeling Country Singer With a Regular-Guy Image, Dies at 90"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171116134438/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/arts/music/slim-whitman-yodeling-country-singer-with-a-regular-guy-image-dies-at-90.html?_r=0">Archived</a> from the original on November 16, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Henry Holt & Company. p. 21. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8050-5248-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8050-5248-0"><bdi>978-0-8050-5248-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Paul+McCartney%3A+Many+Years+From+Now&rft.pages=21&rft.edition=1st+Hardcover&rft.pub=Henry+Holt+%26+Company&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-0-8050-5248-0&rft.aulast=Miles&rft.aufirst=Barry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpaulmccartneyman00mile_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASlim+Whitman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Larkin-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Larkin_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Larkin, Colin (1993). <i>The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music</i>: Slim Whitman entry. Guinness Publishing. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85112-726-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-85112-726-6">0-85112-726-6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarshBernard1994" class="citation book cs1">Marsh, Dave; Bernard, James (1994). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/newbookofrocklis00mars"><i>The New Book of Rock Lists</i></a></span>. 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title="Bandera Waltz">Bandera Waltz</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Indian_Love_Call" title="Indian Love Call">Indian Love Call</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/China_Doll_(Slim_Whitman_song)" title="China Doll (Slim Whitman song)">China Doll</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/An_Amateur_in_Love" title="An Amateur in Love">An Amateur in Love</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/By_the_Waters_of_the_Minnetonka" title="By the Waters of the Minnetonka">By the Waters of the Minnetonka</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Keep_It_a_Secret" title="Keep It a Secret">Keep It a Secret</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/My_Heart_Is_Broken_in_Three" title="My Heart Is Broken in Three">My Heart Is Broken in Three</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Danny_Boy" title="Danny Boy">Danny Boy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/North_Wind_(song)" title="North Wind (song)">North Wind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Secret_Love_(Doris_Day_song)" title="Secret Love (Doris Day song)">Secret Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rose_Marie_(song)" title="Rose Marie 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Lie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_Anniversary_(Slim_Whitman_song)" title="Happy Anniversary (Slim Whitman song)">Happy Anniversary</a>" (UK)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Red_River_Valley_(song)" title="Red River Valley (song)">Red River Valley</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Help_Falling_in_Love" title="Can't Help Falling in Love">Can't Help Falling in Love with You</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman_discography" title="Slim Whitman discography">Discography</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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Graham Brown">T. Graham Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cho" title="Henry Cho">Henry Cho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Clark" title="Terri Clark">Terri Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Conlee" title="John Conlee">John Conlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dailey_%26_Vincent" title="Dailey & Vincent">Dailey & Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Rio" title="Diamond Rio">Diamond Rio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Evans" title="Sara Evans">Sara Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gatlin" title="Larry Gatlin">Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" title="Crystal Gayle">Crystal Gayle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Isaacs" title="The Isaacs">The Isaacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Janson" title="Chris Janson">Chris Janson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamey_Johnson" title="Jamey Johnson">Jamey Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Krauss" title="Alison Krauss">Alison Krauss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_A" title="Lady A">Lady A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Big_Town" title="Little Big Town">Little Big Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Lynch" title="Dustin Lynch">Dustin Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martina_McBride" title="Martina McBride">Martina McBride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_McBryde" title="Ashley McBryde">Ashley McBryde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_McCoury" title="Del McCoury">Del McCoury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_McCoy" title="Charlie McCoy">Charlie McCoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotty_McCreery" title="Scotty McCreery">Scotty McCreery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Montgomery" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Montgomery">Eddie Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Morgan" title="Craig Morgan">Craig Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorrie_Morgan" title="Lorrie Morgan">Lorrie Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Mule_Deer" title="Gary Mule Deer">Gary Mule Deer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Oak_Ridge_Boys" title="The Oak Ridge Boys">The Oak Ridge Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Crow_Medicine_Show" title="Old Crow Medicine Show">Old Crow Medicine Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Pardi" title="Jon Pardi">Jon Pardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carly_Pearce" title="Carly Pearce">Carly Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Phillips_(country_singer)" title="Stu Phillips (country singer)">Stu Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Pruett" title="Jeanne Pruett">Jeanne Pruett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rascal_Flatts" title="Rascal Flatts">Rascal Flatts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riders_in_the_Sky_(band)" title="Riders in the Sky (band)">Riders in the Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darius_Rucker" title="Darius Rucker">Darius Rucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Schlitz" title="Don Schlitz">Don Schlitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeannie_Seely" title="Jeannie Seely">Jeannie Seely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Van_Shelton" title="Ricky Van Shelton">Ricky Van Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Smith" title="Connie Smith">Connie Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Snider_(musician)" title="Mike Snider (musician)">Mike Snider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Stuart" title="Marty Stuart">Marty Stuart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Tillis" title="Pam Tillis">Pam Tillis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Tritt" title="Travis Tritt">Travis Tritt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Turner" title="Josh Turner">Josh Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Vincent" title="Rhonda Vincent">Rhonda Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Wariner" title="Steve Wariner">Steve Wariner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Watson" title="Gene Watson">Gene Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Whites" title="The Whites">The Whites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wills" title="Mark Wills">Mark Wills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lainey_Wilson" title="Lainey Wilson">Lainey Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisha_Yearwood" title="Trisha Yearwood">Trisha Yearwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(singer)" title="Chris Young (singer)">Chris Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #AF0700; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 black, inset -2px -2px 0 black;;width:1%">Former members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_%22Stringbean%22_Akeman" title="David "Stringbean" Akeman">David "Stringbean" Akeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Anglin" title="Jack Anglin">Jack Anglin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Ashworth" title="Ernest Ashworth">Ernest Ashworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeFord_Bailey" title="DeFord Bailey">DeFord Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashful_Brother_Oswald" title="Bashful Brother Oswald">Bashful Brother Oswald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Bate" title="Humphrey Bate">Humphrey Bate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binkley_Brothers%27_Dixie_Clodhoppers" title="Binkley Brothers' Dixie Clodhoppers">Binkley Brothers' Dixie Clodhoppers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margie_Bowes" title="Margie Bowes">Margie Bowes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Brasfield" title="Rod Brasfield">Rod Brasfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ed_Brown" title="Jim Ed Brown">Jim Ed Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Browns" title="The Browns">The Browns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Butler_and_Pearl" title="Carl Butler and Pearl">Carl Butler and Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Campbell_(comedian)" title="Archie Campbell (comedian)">Archie Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Carlisle" title="Bill Carlisle">Bill Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Carson" title="Martha Carson">Martha Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Carter_Sisters" title="The Carter Sisters">The Carter Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maybelle_Carter" title="Maybelle Carter">Maybelle Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Carter_Cash" title="June Carter Cash">June Carter Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Clark" title="Roy Clark">Roy Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeke_Clements" title="Zeke Clements">Zeke Clements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Cline" title="Patsy Cline">Patsy Cline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Clower" title="Jerry Clower">Jerry Clower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoney_Cooper" title="Stoney Cooper">Stoney Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Lee_Cooper" title="Wilma Lee Cooper">Wilma Lee Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_Copas" title="Cowboy Copas">Cowboy Copas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Daniels" title="Charlie Daniels">Charlie Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeeter_Davis" title="Skeeter Davis">Skeeter Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Delmore_Brothers" title="The Delmore Brothers">The Delmore Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_DeZurik_Sisters" title="The DeZurik Sisters">The DeZurik Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Jimmy_Dickens" title="Little Jimmy Dickens">Little Jimmy Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Diffie" title="Joe Diffie">Joe Diffie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Dill" title="Danny Dill">Danny Dill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood" title="Jimmy Driftwood">Jimmy Driftwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Drusky" title="Roy Drusky">Roy Drusky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_Paducah" title="The Duke of Paducah">The Duke of Paducah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Dunn" title="Holly Dunn">Holly Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers" title="The Everly Brothers">The Everly Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lester_Flatt" title="Lester Flatt">Lester Flatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Foley" title="Red Foley">Red Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Fox" title="Curly Fox">Curly Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Frizzell" title="Lefty Frizzell">Lefty Frizzell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Gentry" class="mw-redirect" title="Troy Gentry">Troy Gentry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Gibson" title="Don Gibson">Don Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Grammer" title="Billy Grammer">Billy Grammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Greene" title="Jack Greene">Jack Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gully_Jumpers" title="The Gully Jumpers">The Gully Jumpers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theron_Hale" title="Theron Hale">Theron Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_T._Hall" title="Tom T. Hall">Tom T. Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton_IV" title="George Hamilton IV">George Hamilton IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Harkreader" title="Sid Harkreader">Sid Harkreader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkshaw_Hawkins" title="Hawkshaw Hawkins">Hawkshaw Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_D._Hay" title="George D. Hay">George D. Hay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoot_Hester" title="Hoot Hester">Hoot Hester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hill" title="Goldie Hill">Goldie Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Houston_(singer)" title="David Houston (singer)">David Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Howard" title="Jan Howard">Jan Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferlin_Husky" title="Ferlin Husky">Ferlin Husky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stonewall Jackson (musician)">Stonewall Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_James" title="Sonny James">Sonny James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Jean_(singer)" title="Norma Jean (singer)">Norma Jean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_%26_Jesse" title="Jim & Jesse">Jim & Jesse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnnie_%26_Jack" title="Johnnie & Jack">Johnnie & Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandpa_Jones" title="Grandpa Jones">Grandpa Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Jordanaires" title="The Jordanaires">The Jordanaires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Kershaw" title="Doug Kershaw">Doug Kershaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Ketchum" title="Hal Ketchum">Hal Ketchum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Kincaid" title="Bradley Kincaid">Bradley Kincaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_King" title="Pee Wee King">Pee Wee King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Locklin" title="Hank Locklin">Hank Locklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonzo_and_Oscar" title="Lonzo and Oscar">Lonzo and Oscar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Lord" title="Bobby Lord">Bobby Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Louvin_Brothers" title="The Louvin Brothers">The Louvin Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Louvin" title="Charlie Louvin">Charlie Louvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Louvin" title="Ira Louvin">Ira Louvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Luman" title="Bob Luman">Bob Luman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Dave_Macon" title="Uncle Dave Macon">Uncle Dave Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Maddox" title="Rose Maddox">Rose Maddox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_McDaniel" title="Mel McDaniel">Mel McDaniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_McReynolds" title="Jesse McReynolds">Jesse McReynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGee_Brothers" title="McGee Brothers">McGee Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Morgan_(singer)" title="George Morgan (singer)">George Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Mullican" title="Moon Mullican">Moon Mullican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_C._Newman" title="Jimmy C. Newman">Jimmy C. Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Osborne" title="Bobby Osborne">Bobby Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Osborne" title="Sonny Osborne">Sonny Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Paycheck" title="Johnny Paycheck">Johnny Paycheck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Pearl" title="Minnie Pearl">Minnie Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webb_Pierce" title="Webb Pierce">Webb Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Pillow" title="Ray Pillow">Ray Pillow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Price_(singer)" title="Ray Price (singer)">Ray Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Reeves" title="Del Reeves">Del Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Reeves" title="Jim Reeves">Jim Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Rhodes" title="Leon Rhodes">Leon Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Ritter" title="Tex Ritter">Tex Ritter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Russell_(singer)" title="Johnny Russell (singer)">Johnny Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusty_and_Doug" title="Rusty and Doug">Rusty and Doug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Shepard" title="Jean Shepard">Jean Shepard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Slim_(country_singer)" title="Mississippi Slim (country singer)">Mississippi Slim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Smith_(musician)" title="Carl Smith (musician)">Carl Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiddlin%27_Arthur_Smith" title="Fiddlin' Arthur Smith">Fiddlin' Arthur Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Snow" title="Hank Snow">Hank Snow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Sovine" title="Red Sovine">Red Sovine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Stanley" title="Ralph Stanley">Ralph Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Ruby" title="Texas Ruby">Texas Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._J._Thomas" title="B. J. Thomas">B. J. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Jimmy_Thompson" title="Uncle Jimmy Thompson">Uncle Jimmy Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Tillis" title="Mel Tillis">Mel Tillis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tompall_%26_the_Glaser_Brothers" title="Tompall & the Glaser Brothers">Tompall & the Glaser Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tubb" title="Ernest Tubb">Ernest Tubb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Tubb" title="Justin Tubb">Justin Tubb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Van_Dyke" title="Leroy Van Dyke">Leroy Van Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Wagoner" title="Porter Wagoner">Porter Wagoner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Walker_(musician)" title="Billy Walker (musician)">Billy Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Walker_(musician)" title="Charlie Walker (musician)">Charlie Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dottie_West" title="Dottie West">Dottie West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Whitley" title="Keith Whitley">Keith Whitley</a>†</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Slim Whitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wilburn_Brothers" title="The Wilburn Brothers">The Wilburn Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Williams" title="Don Williams">Don Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxcar_Willie" title="Boxcar Willie">Boxcar Willie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Willis_Brothers" title="The Willis Brothers">The Willis Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chubby_Wise" title="Chubby Wise">Chubby Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Wood" title="Del Wood">Del Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Worth" title="Marion Worth">Marion Worth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Wright" title="Johnnie Wright">Johnnie Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Wynette" title="Tammy Wynette">Tammy Wynette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faron_Young" title="Faron Young">Faron Young</a></li></ul> <p> †Honorary former member; was scheduled to be invited, but died before the invitation was extended</p> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #AF0700; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 black, inset -2px -2px 0 black;;width:1%">Pending members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Curtis_Chapman" title="Steven Curtis Chapman">Steven Curtis Chapman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Best-selling_singles_by_year_in_the_United_Kingdom" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_by_year_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom">Best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1952: "<a href="/wiki/Here_in_My_Heart" title="Here in My Heart">Here in My Heart</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Al_Martino" title="Al Martino">Al Martino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: "<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_(Frankie_Laine_song)" title="I Believe (Frankie Laine song)">I Believe</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Laine" title="Frankie Laine">Frankie Laine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: "<a href="/wiki/Secret_Love_(Doris_Day_song)" title="Secret Love (Doris Day song)">Secret Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: "<a href="/wiki/Rose_Marie_(song)" title="Rose Marie (song)">Rose Marie</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Slim Whitman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: "<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Home" title="I'll Be Home">I'll Be Home</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Boone" title="Pat Boone">Pat Boone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: "<a href="/wiki/Diana_(Paul_Anka_song)" title="Diana (Paul Anka song)">Diana</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Anka" title="Paul Anka">Paul Anka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: "<a href="/wiki/Jailhouse_Rock_(song)" title="Jailhouse Rock (song)">Jailhouse Rock</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: "<a href="/wiki/Living_Doll_(song)" title="Living Doll (song)">Living Doll</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a> (UK)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1960: "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Now_or_Never_(song)" title="It's Now or Never (song)">It's Now or Never</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: "<a href="/wiki/Wooden_Heart" title="Wooden Heart">Wooden Heart</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: "<a href="/wiki/I_Remember_You_(1941_song)" title="I Remember You (1941 song)">I Remember You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ifield" title="Frank Ifield">Frank Ifield</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: "<a href="/wiki/She_Loves_You" title="She Loves You">She Loves You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: "<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Buy_Me_Love" title="Can't Buy Me Love">Can't Buy Me Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: "<a href="/wiki/Tears_(Ken_Dodd_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tears (Ken Dodd song)">Tears</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Dodd" title="Ken Dodd">Ken Dodd</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: "<a href="/wiki/Green,_Green_Grass_of_Home" title="Green, Green Grass of Home">Green, Green Grass of Home</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: "<a href="/wiki/Release_Me_(Eddie_Miller_song)" title="Release Me (Eddie Miller song)">Release Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(singer)" title="Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)">Engelbert Humperdinck</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: "<a href="/wiki/Hey_Jude" title="Hey Jude">Hey Jude</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: "<a href="/wiki/Sugar,_Sugar" title="Sugar, Sugar">Sugar, Sugar</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Archies" title="The Archies">The Archies</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1970: "<a href="/wiki/The_Wonder_of_You" title="The Wonder of You">The Wonder of You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> / "<a href="/wiki/In_the_Summertime" title="In the Summertime">In the Summertime</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mungo_Jerry" title="Mungo Jerry">Mungo Jerry</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: "<a href="/wiki/My_Sweet_Lord" title="My Sweet Lord">My Sweet Lord</a>" – <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: "<a href="/wiki/Amazing_Grace" title="Amazing Grace">Amazing Grace</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Scots Dragoon Guards">Royal Scots Dragoon Guards</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: "<a href="/wiki/Tie_a_Yellow_Ribbon_Round_the_Ole_Oak_Tree" title="Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree">Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Orlando_and_Dawn" title="Tony Orlando and Dawn">Dawn</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Tony_Orlando" title="Tony Orlando">Tony Orlando</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: "<a href="/wiki/Tiger_Feet" title="Tiger Feet">Tiger Feet</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mud_(band)" title="Mud (band)">Mud</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: "<a href="/wiki/Bye,_Bye,_Baby_(Baby_Goodbye)" title="Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)">Bye Bye Baby</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bay_City_Rollers" title="Bay City Rollers">Bay City Rollers</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: "<a href="/wiki/Save_Your_Kisses_for_Me" title="Save Your Kisses for Me">Save Your Kisses for Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Man" title="Brotherhood of Man">Brotherhood of Man</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: "<a href="/wiki/Mull_of_Kintyre_(song)" title="Mull of Kintyre (song)">Mull of Kintyre</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Girls%27_School_(song)" title="Girls' School (song)">Girls' School</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney_and_Wings" title="Paul McCartney and Wings">Wings</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: "<a href="/wiki/Rivers_of_Babylon" title="Rivers of Babylon">Rivers of Babylon</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Brown_Girl_in_the_Ring_(song)" title="Brown Girl in the Ring (song)">Brown Girl in the Ring</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Boney_M." title="Boney M.">Boney M.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: "<a href="/wiki/Bright_Eyes_(Art_Garfunkel_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song)">Bright Eyes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Art_Garfunkel" title="Art Garfunkel">Art Garfunkel</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1980: "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stand_So_Close_to_Me" title="Don't Stand So Close to Me">Don't Stand So Close to Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Police" title="The Police">The Police</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: "<a href="/wiki/Tainted_Love" title="Tainted Love">Tainted Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Soft_Cell" title="Soft Cell">Soft Cell</a> (UK) / "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_You_Want_Me" title="Don't You Want Me">Don't You Want Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Human_League" title="The Human League">The Human League</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: "<a href="/wiki/Come_On_Eileen" title="Come On Eileen">Come On Eileen</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Dexys_Midnight_Runners" title="Dexys Midnight Runners">Dexys Midnight Runners</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: "<a href="/wiki/Karma_Chameleon" title="Karma Chameleon">Karma Chameleon</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Culture_Club" title="Culture Club">Culture Club</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: "<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Band_Aid_(band)" title="Band Aid (band)">Band Aid</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: "<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Love_(Jennifer_Rush_song)" title="The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song)">The Power of Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Rush" title="Jennifer Rush">Jennifer Rush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Leave_Me_This_Way" title="Don't Leave Me This Way">Don't Leave Me This Way</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Communards" title="The Communards">The Communards</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: "<a href="/wiki/Never_Gonna_Give_You_Up" title="Never Gonna Give You Up">Never Gonna Give You Up</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Astley" title="Rick Astley">Rick Astley</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: "<a href="/wiki/Mistletoe_and_Wine" title="Mistletoe and Wine">Mistletoe and Wine</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: "<a href="/wiki/Ride_on_Time" title="Ride on Time">Ride on Time</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Black_Box_(band)" title="Black Box (band)">Black Box</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1990: "<a href="/wiki/Unchained_Melody" title="Unchained Melody">Unchained Melody</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Righteous_Brothers" title="The Righteous Brothers">The Righteous Brothers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: "<a href="/wiki/(Everything_I_Do)_I_Do_It_for_You" title="(Everything I Do) I Do It for You">(Everything I Do) I Do It for You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: "<a href="/wiki/I_Will_Always_Love_You" title="I Will Always Love You">I Will Always Love You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: "<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Do_Anything_for_Love_(But_I_Won%27t_Do_That)" title="I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)">I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf">Meat Loaf</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: "<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_All_Around" title="Love Is All Around">Love Is All Around</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Wet_Wet_Wet" title="Wet Wet Wet">Wet Wet Wet</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: "<a href="/wiki/Unchained_Melody" title="Unchained Melody">Unchained Melody</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Robson_%26_Jerome" title="Robson & Jerome">Robson & Jerome</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: "<a href="/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song" title="Killing Me Softly with His Song">Killing Me Softly</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Fugees" title="Fugees">Fugees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: "<a href="/wiki/Something_About_the_Way_You_Look_Tonight" title="Something About the Way You Look Tonight">Something About the Way You Look Tonight</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Candle_in_the_Wind_1997" title="Candle in the Wind 1997">Candle in the Wind 1997</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: "<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Cher_song)" title="Believe (Cher song)">Believe</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: "<a href="/wiki/...Baby_One_More_Time" title="...Baby One More Time">...Baby One More Time</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2000: "<a href="/wiki/Can_We_Fix_It%3F" title="Can We Fix It?">Can We Fix It?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bob_the_Builder" title="Bob the Builder">Bob the Builder</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: "<a href="/wiki/It_Wasn%27t_Me" title="It Wasn't Me">It Wasn't Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Shaggy_(musician)" title="Shaggy (musician)">Shaggy</a> featuring Rikrok (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: "<a href="/wiki/Anything_Is_Possible_(Will_Young_song)" title="Anything Is Possible (Will Young song)">Anything Is Possible</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Evergreen_(Westlife_song)" title="Evergreen (Westlife song)">Evergreen</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Will_Young" title="Will Young">Will Young</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: "<a href="/wiki/Where_Is_the_Love%3F" title="Where Is the Love?">Where Is the Love?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Black_Eyed_Peas" title="Black Eyed Peas">Black Eyed Peas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: "<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Band_Aid_20" title="Band Aid 20">Band Aid 20</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: "<a href="/wiki/(Is_This_the_Way_to)_Amarillo" title="(Is This the Way to) Amarillo">(Is This the Way to) Amarillo</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Christie" title="Tony Christie">Tony Christie</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kay" title="Peter Kay">Peter Kay</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: "<a href="/wiki/Crazy_(Gnarls_Barkley_song)" title="Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)">Crazy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley" title="Gnarls Barkley">Gnarls Barkley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: "<a href="/wiki/Bleeding_Love" title="Bleeding Love">Bleeding Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Leona_Lewis" title="Leona Lewis">Leona Lewis</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: "<a href="/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)" title="Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)">Hallelujah</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Burke" title="Alexandra Burke">Alexandra Burke</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: "<a href="/wiki/Poker_Face_(song)" title="Poker Face (song)">Poker Face</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2010: "<a href="/wiki/Love_the_Way_You_Lie" title="Love the Way You Lie">Love the Way You Lie</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: "<a href="/wiki/Someone_like_You_(Adele_song)" title="Someone like You (Adele song)">Someone like You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: "<a href="/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know" title="Somebody That I Used to Know">Somebody That I Used to Know</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gotye" title="Gotye">Gotye</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kimbra" title="Kimbra">Kimbra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: "<a href="/wiki/Blurred_Lines" title="Blurred Lines">Blurred Lines</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Thicke" title="Robin Thicke">Robin Thicke</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/T.I." title="T.I.">T.I.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: "<a href="/wiki/Happy_(Pharrell_Williams_song)" title="Happy (Pharrell Williams song)">Happy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: "<a href="/wiki/Uptown_Funk" title="Uptown Funk">Uptown Funk</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ronson" title="Mark Ronson">Mark Ronson</a> (UK) featuring <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: "<a href="/wiki/One_Dance" title="One Dance">One Dance</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Wizkid_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizkid (musician)">Wizkid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyla_(British_singer)" title="Kyla (British singer)">Kyla</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: "<a href="/wiki/Shape_of_You" title="Shape of You">Shape of You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: "<a href="/wiki/One_Kiss_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="One Kiss (song)">One Kiss</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Harris" title="Calvin Harris">Calvin Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dua_Lipa" title="Dua Lipa">Dua Lipa</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: "<a href="/wiki/Someone_You_Loved" title="Someone You Loved">Someone You Loved</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Capaldi" title="Lewis Capaldi">Lewis Capaldi</a> (UK)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2020: "<a href="/wiki/Blinding_Lights" title="Blinding Lights">Blinding Lights</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Weeknd" title="The Weeknd">The Weeknd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: "<a href="/wiki/Bad_Habits_(Ed_Sheeran_song)" title="Bad Habits (Ed Sheeran song)">Bad Habits</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: "<a href="/wiki/As_It_Was" title="As It Was">As It Was</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Styles" title="Harry Styles">Harry Styles</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: "<a href="/wiki/Flowers_(Miley_Cyrus_song)" title="Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)">Flowers</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Miley_Cyrus" title="Miley Cyrus">Miley Cyrus</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output 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