Slim Whitman discography

Slim Whitman was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His first single, complete with trademark yodel "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky", appeared in 1949, and his first album, Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels, in 1954.

Whitman's last charting album was an album of holiday classics titled Christmas with Slim Whitman (1980). After Angeline (1984) that was his last solo album under contract with the major label Epic Records, Whitman however continued to tour until 2002 or 2003. Later, after a lengthy hiatus, he recorded the album Twilight on the Trail that was released by independent label Rangeland Records in 2010.

He also recorded with his son Byron Keith Whitman. In 1988, they released an album titled Magic Moments, and in 1998 an album titled Traditional Country.

Studio albums

Year	Album	Chart positions			Cert. [1]	Label
		US Ctry. [2]	US [2]	UK [3]
1954	Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels[A]	—	—	—		10", RCA Victor LPM 3217[4][5]
	America's Favorite Folk Artist	—	—	—		10", Imperial IM-3004[6]
	Slim Whitman and His Singing Guitar	—	—	—		Non-US, 10", London H-APB 1015[7]
1956	Slim Whitman Favorites  (later reissued as Country Hits, Volume 2)[8]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9003[9] LP-9003, LP-12100 (Country Hits, Volume 2)[8]
	Slim Whitman and His Singing Guitar – Vol. 2	—	—	—		Non-US, London HA-U2015[10]
1957	Slim Whitman Sings  (later reissued as Country Hits, Volume 1)[8]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9026[11] LP-9026, LP-12104 (Country Hits, Volume 1)[8]
1958	Slim Whitman Sings  (later reissued as My Best to You)[12]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9056[13] LP-9056, LP-12105 (My Best to You)[8]
1959	Slim Whitman Sings  (later reissued as Country Favorites)[14]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9064[15] LP-9064, LP-12106 (Country Favorites)[8]
	I'll Walk with God	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9088[16] LP-9088, LP-12032 (reissue)[8]
1960	Slim Whitman Sings Million Record Hits  (later reissued as The Song of the Old Waterwheel)[17][18]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9102, LP 12102[19] LP-9088, LP-12032 (The Song of the Old Waterwheel)[8]
	Slim Whitman  a.k.a. Slim Whitman's First Visit to Britain  (later reissued as I'll Never Stop Loving You)[20]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9135, LP 12135[21] LP-9135, LP-12135 (I'll Never Stop Loving You) Sunset SUS-5267 (1969, budget reissue)[8]
1961	Just Call Me Lonesome  (later reissued as Portrait)[8]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9137, LP 12137[22] LP-9137, LP-12137 (Portrait)[8]
	Once in a Lifetime  (later reissued as Cool Water)[8]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9156 LP-9156, LP-12156 (Cool Water)[8]
	Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie  (later reissued as Sweeter than the Flowers)[8]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9163, LP 12077[23] UK title: Slim Whitman Sings—Vol. 3 (London) LP-9163, LP-12077 (Sweeter than the Flowers)[8]
1962	Forever	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9171, LP 12171[24]
	Slim Whitman Sings  (later reissued as Anytime)[25]	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9194, LP 12194[26] UK title: Slim Whitman Sings—Vol. 4 (London) LP-9194, LP-12194 (Anytime)[8]
	Heart Songs & Love Songs	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9209[27] LP-9209, LP-12209 (Heart Songs)[8]
1963	I'm a Lonely Wanderer	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9226[28]
	Yodeling	—	—	—		Imperial LP-9235, LP-12235[29]
	Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9245, LP 12245[30]
1964	All-Time Favorites	—	—	—		Imperial LP-9252, LP-12252[31] LP-9252, LP-12252 (Favorites)[8]
	Country Songs / City Hits	—	—	—		Imperial LP-9268, LP-12268[32]
1965	Love Song of the Waterfall	20	—	—		Imperial LP-9277, LP-12277[33]
	Reminiscing	—	—	—		Imperial LP-9288, LP-12288[34]
	More than Yesterday (More Country Songs & City Hits)	28	—	—		Imperial LP-9303, LP-12303[35]
1966	God's Hand in Mine	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9308, LP 12308[36]
	A Travelin' Man	—	—	—		Imperial LP 9313, LP 12313[37]
	A Time for Love	—	—	—		Imperial LP-9333, LP-12333[38]
1967	15th Anniversary Album	25	—	—		Imperial LP-9342, LP-12342[39]
	Country Memories	42	—	—		Imperial LP-9356, LP-12356[40]
1968	In Love the Whitman Way	16	—	—		Imperial LP-9375, LP-12375[41]
	Happy Street	34	—	—		Imperial LP-12411[42]
1969	Slim!  (later reissued as Straight from the Heart)[43]	—	—	—		Imperial LP-12436[44]
	The Slim Whitman Christmas Album	—	—	—		Imperial LP-12448[45]
1970	Tomorrow Never Comes	—	—	—		United Artists UAS 6763[46]
1971	Guess Who  (released in the UK as Snowbird)	31	—	—		United Artists UAS 6783[47] UK title: Snowbird (UAS 29151)[48]
	It's a Sin to Tell a Lie	23	—	—		United Artists UAS 6819[49]
1972	The Best of Slim Whitman	—	—	—		United Artists UAS-6832[50]
1973	I'll See You When	—	—	—		United Artists
1974	Happy Anniversary	—	—	44	BPI: Silver	United Artists
1975	Everything Leads Back to You	42	—	—		United Artists
1976	Red River Valley[B]	—	—	1	BPI: Gold	United Artists[51]
1977	Home on the Range	—	—	2	BPI: Gold	United Artists
1978	Ghost Riders in the Sky	—	—	27	BPI: Gold	United Artists
1980	Till We Meet Again	—	—	—		United Artists
	Songs I Love to Sing[C]	25	175	—		Cleveland Int'l / Epic[52]
	Christmas with Slim Whitman	47	184	—		Cleveland Int'l / Epic[53]
1981	Mr. Songman	—	—	—		Cleveland Int'l / Epic[54]
	I'll Be Home for Christmas	—	—	—		Cleveland Int'l / Epic[55]
1984	Angeline	—	—	—		Epic FE 39227[56][57]
1988	Magic Moments {with Byron Whitman)[58]	—	—	—		Australia, EMI EMC 790875[59]
1998	Traditional Country: The Legendary Slim Whitman with Son Byron Whitman  {with Byron Whitman)	—	—	—		Cabin Creek / Mac-T Records CCMAC-T762[60][61][62]
2010	Twilight on the Trail	—	—	—		Rangeland Records[63][64][65]

^[A] Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels compiles recordings made by Whitman for RCA Victor in the late 1940s – 1950 and was released after the singer made it big on Imperial. But since it was common practice at the time to compile albums from recordings already available as 78-r.p.m. and 45-r.p.m. sides, the album is listed here as a regular one and not as a compilation.
Colin Larkin's Encyclopedia of Popular Music, too, lists it as a regular album, along with America's Favorite Folk Singer that was released in the same year by Imperial^[66] and compiled songs recorded for the Imperial label.

^[B] Red River Valley also peaked at no. 18 in New Zealand^[67] and at no. 81 on the retrospective Kent Music Report chart in Australia.^[68]

^[C] Songs I Love to Sing also peaked at no. 24 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.

Live albums

Year	Album	Chart positions			Cert. [1]	Label
		US Ctry. [2]	US [2]	UK [3]
1973	25th Anniversary Concert	—	—	—	BPI: Silver	Non-US, United Artists UAG 29488 (Europe)[69]

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Chart positions					Cert. [70]	Label
		US Ctry. [2]	US [2]	AUS [68]	NZ [71]	UK [3]
1966	Birmingham Jail and Other Country Favourites	—	—	—	—	—		RCA Camden CAL 954, CAS 954[72]
	Unchain Your Heart	—	—	—	—	—		Sunset SUM-1112[73][74]
1967	The Best of Slim Whitman – Volume 3	—	—	—	—	—		UK, Liberty LBY 3092[75]
	A Lonesome Heart (a.k.a. Lonesome Cowboy)	—	—	—	—	—		Sunset SUM-1167, SUS-5167[76] Sunset SLS 50052 Z / SUS 5167 (Lonesome Cowboy)
1968	Cool Water  a.k.a. Country Style and The Best of Slim Whitman[77]	—	—	—	—	—		Non-US, Liberty
1970	Ramblin' Rose	—	—	—	—	—		Sunset SUS-5320[78][79]
1972	The Slim Whitman Collection	—	—	—	—	—		2×LP, non-US, United Artists UAD 60021/2[80]
1973	The Slim Whitman Story	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold	6×LP boxed set, World Records[81]
1974	The Very Best of Slim Whitman	—	—	—	—	—		United Artists UA-LA245-G[82]
1976	The Very Best of Slim Whitman	—	—	—	—	1	BPI: Gold	Non-US, United Artists UAS 29898[83][84]
1979	All My Best	—	—	—	—	—		Special Projects SL-8128 (distr. by Suffolk Marketing)[58][85] TV-marketed, between 1.5 and 4 million direct sales[86][87]
	Slim Whitman's 20 Greatest Love Songs	—	—	—	—	18	BPI: Gold	Non-US, United Artists[88]
1980	Just for You	—	—	—	—	—		Special Projects SL-8140 (distr. by Suffolk Marketing)[89] TV-marketed
1982	The Best	—	—	—	—	—		Special Projects SLL-8300 (distr. by Suffolk Marketing)[90] TV-marketed[86]
	20 Golden Greats	—	—	2	—	—		Liberty Play
1987	A Dream Comes True – The Rarities Album[58]	—	—	—	—	—		2×LP, Australia, Liberty UAC 261368[91]
1989	Best Loved Favorites	—	—	—	2	—		Heartland Music, TV-marketed[92][86]
1990	The Best of Slim Whitman: 1951–1971 (or 1952–1972)	—	—	—	—	—		Rhino R2 70976[83][93][94][95]
1991	20 Precious Memories	—	—	—	42	—		Quality Special Products, TV-marketed[96][86]
	Cowpoke	—	—	—	—	—		EMI
1993	EMI Country Masters: Slim Whitman – 50 Original Tracks	—	—	—	—	—		2×CD, EMI CDEM 1482[83][97][98]
1994	Love Songs	—	—	—	—	—		UK, Music for Pleasure CDP828951[83][99]
1997	Rose Marie – His Recordings 1949–1959	—	—	—	—	—		6×CD boxed set, Bear Family[83][100]
1997	The Very Best of Slim Whitman – 50th Anniv. Collection	—	—	—	—	54		EMI 100 7243 8 59653 2 6[101]
2009	The Essential Slim Whitman	—	—	—	—	—		3×CD, EMI[102][103]
2010	The Very Best of Slim Whitman	—	—	—	—	—		Non-US, EMI Gold 50999 6 94442 2 7[104]

Singles (U.S.)

This is a list of U.S. singles. In the UK, Whitman's recordings were released on London Records, and the songs were often coupled differently.

For songs released before 1958, the "album" column simply indicates the first album appearance. It doesn't have to be (and often isn't) the same version. There is also a 1962 album titled Forever, for which Whitman recorded new versions of some more of his early hits ("Danny Boy", "North Wind", "I'm a Fool", and "Smoke Signals").

After Whitman hit it big on Imperial, RCA Victor hastily issued several singles with his old recordings for the label to cash off of his popularity.^[105][106] The 1953 RCA Victor single "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky" was even coupled with the same song as the then-latest Whitman's single for Imperial.^[105]

Year	Single	Chart positions				Album	Label (U.S.)
		US Ctry. [107]	US [2]	UK [3]	CAN Ctry.
1949	"I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky" / "I'll Do as Much for You Someday"	—	—	—		Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels	RCA Victor 21-0038[108]
	"Please Paint a Rose on the Garden Wall" / "Tears Can Never Drown the Flame"			—			RCA Victor 21-0073[109][110]
	"I'll Never Pass This Way Again" / "Birmingham Jail"			—			RCA Victor 21-0141[111]
1952	"Love Song of the Waterfall" / "My Love Is Growing Stale"	10	—	—		America's Favorite Folk Artist	Imperial 8134[112][113]
		—	—	—
	"Bandera Waltz" / "End of the World"	—	—	—			Imperial 8144[114]
	"Cold Empty Arms" / "In a Hundred Years or More"	—	—	—		—	Imperial 8147[115]
	"Indian Love Call" / "China Doll"	2	9	7B		America's Favorite Folk Artist	Imperial 8156[112]
		—	—	15B
	"An Amateur in Love" / "By the Waters of the Minnetonka"	—	—	—			Imperial 8163[116]
	"Keep It a Secret" / "My Heart Is Broken in Three"	3	—	—		Slim Whitman Favorites	Imperial 8169[112]
		10	—	—		—
1953	"All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy" / "How Can I Tell"			—		Slim Whitman Sings (1957)	Imperial 8180[117]
	"Restless Heart" / "Song of the Old Water Wheel"			—		—	Imperial 8189[118]
	"Danny Boy" / "There's a Rainbow In Every Teardrop"			—		—	Imperial 8201[119]
				—		Slim Whitman Sings (1959)
	"I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky"  (c/w "There's a Rainbow in Ev'ry Teardrop")	—	—	—		Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels	RCA Victor 5431[120][105]
	"North Wind" (c/w "Darlin' Don't Cry")	8	—	—		—	Imperial 8208[121][112]
	"Stairway to Heaven" / "Lord, Help Me Be as Thou"			—		—	Imperial 8220[122]
	"Birmingham Jail" (c/w "Wabash Waltz")			—		Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels	RCA Victor 5557[123][106]
1954	"Secret Love"	2		—		Slim Whitman Favorites
	"Rose Marie" (c/w "We Stood At The Altar")	4		1			Imperial 8236 [citation needed]
	"Beautiful Dreamer"			—
	"Singing Hills" / "I Hate to See You Cry"	4	—	—		Slim Whitman Sings (1959)
		—	—	—		—
1955	"The Cattle Call"	11		—		Slim Whitman Favorites
	"Roll On Silvery Moon"			—		Slim Whitman Sings (1957)
	"I'll Never Stop Loving You"			—		Slim Whitman (1960)
	"Song of the Wild"			—		Heart Songs & Love Songs
1956	"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"			19		Slim Whitman Sings (1957)
	"I'm a Fool" / "Serenade"		—	16		—
		—	—	8C		Slim Whitman Sings (1957)
	"The Whiffenpoof Song"			—		Slim Whitman Sings (1959)
	"Smoke Signals / "Curtain of Tears"	—	—	—		—	Imperial 8308[124]
1957	"I Must Have Been Blind" / "Careless Love"	—	—	—		Slim Whitman Sings (1959)	Imperial 8309[125]
	"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" (c/w "Lovesick Blues")		93	7		Slim Whitman Sings (1957)	Imperial 8310[126]
	"Unchain My Heart"			—		Slim Whitman Sings (1959)
	"Careless Hands"			—		Slim Whitman Sings (1958)
1958	"Candy Kisses"			—
	"Put Your Trust in Me"			—
	"At the End of Nowhere"			—
1959	"I Never See Maggie Alone"			—		Slim Whitman (1960)
	"A Tree in the Meadow"			—
	"A Fool Such as I"			—
	"Roll River Roll"			—		Once in a Lifetime
1960	"I'll Walk with God"			—		I'll Walk with God
	"Wind"			—		Once in a Lifetime
	"Ramona"			—		Just Call Me Lonesome
1961	"Just Call Me Lonesome"			—
	"The Bells That Broke My Heart"	30		—
	"Once in a Lifetime"			—		Once in a Lifetime
	"The Old Spinning Wheel"			—		Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie
	"It Sure Looks Lonesome Outside"			—
1962	"Annie Laurie"			—
	"Backward, Turn Backward (O' Time In Your Flight)"			—		I'm a Lonely Wanderer
	"Blues Stay Away from Me"			—		Heart Songs & Love Songs
	"The Wayward Wind"			—		Slim Whitman Sings (1962)
1963	"Love Letters in the Sand"			—
	"So Long Mary"			—		All-Time Favorites
	"Broken Down Merry-Go-Round"			—
	"My Wild Irish Rose"			—		Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way
	"Maria Elena"			—		More than Yesterday (More Country Songs & City Hits)
1964	"Tell Me Pretty Words"	48		—		All-Time Favorites
	"I'll Hold You in My Heart"			—		Country Songs / City Hits
	"Virginia"			—		Love Song of the Waterfall
1965	"Reminiscing"A			—		Reminiscing
	"More than Yesterday"	8		—		More Than Yesterday (More Country Songs & City Hits)
	"The Twelfth of Never"	17		—
1966	"I Remember You"	49	134	—		A Travelin' Man
	"One Dream"	54		—		A Time for Love
1967	"What's This World A-Comin' To"	56		—
	"I'm a Fool"	61		—		15th Anniversary Album
	"The Keeper of the Key"	65		—		Country Memories
1968	"Rainbows Are Back in Style"	17		—	6	In Love the Whitman Way
	"Happy Street"	22		—	10	Happy Street
	"Livin' On Lovin' (and Lovin' Livin' with You)"	43		—
1969	"My Happiness"	43		—
	"Irresistible"	61		—		Slim!
1970	"Tomorrow Never Comes"	27		—		Tomorrow Never Comes
	"Shutters and Boards"	26		—
1971	"Guess Who"	7	121	—	5	Guess Who
	"Something Beautiful (to Remember)" (c/w "Jerry")	6		—	23	It's a Sin to Tell a Lie	United Artists 50775[127]
	"It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"	21		—
	"The Loveliest Night of the Year"	56		—
1972	"Little Drops of Silver"			—		—
	"(It's No) Sin"	51		—		The Best of Slim Whitman
1973	"Hold Me"	73		—		I'll See You When
	"Where the Lilacs Grow"	88		—
1974	"It's All in the Game"	82		—		Happy Anniversary
	"Happy Anniversary" (c/w "What I Had With You")   (Europe, Aus. and NZ)	—	—	14
	"Foolish Question"			—		I'll See You When
1975	"Everything Leads Back to You"			—		Everything Leads Back to You
	"Mexicali Rose"[citation needed]			—
1977	"Red River Valley"			—		Red River Valley
1980	"When"	15		—	17	Songs I Love to Sing
	"That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine"	69
	"I Remember You" (re-recording)	44		—
	"Where is the Christ in Christmas"			—		Christmas with Slim Whitman
1981	"Can't Help Falling in Love with You"	54		—		Mr. Songman
	"If I Had My Life to Live Over"			—
	"My Melody of Love"			—
1984	"Cry Baby Heart"			—		Angeline

^[A] "Reminiscing" peaked at No. 4 on the RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in Canada.

^[B] "Indian Love Call" and "China Doll" charted in the UK upon the single's reissue(s) in 1955 (cat. no. London HL 1149, 1955 reussue).

^[C] In the UK, "Serenade" was released as a single on its own right, coupled with "I Talk to the Waves" (London HL 8287)

Singles (UK)

This is a list of singles released in the UK on the London label.^[128]

• "Indian Love Call" / "China Doll" (HL 1149, November 1952)
• "Love Song of the Waterfall" / "How Can I Tell?" (L 1186)
• "Bandera Waltz" / "My Love Is Growing Stale" (L 1191)
• "Song of the Old Waterwheel" / "Restless Heart" (L 1194)
• "My Heart Is Broken in Three" / "Cold, Empty Arms" (L 1206)
• "Danny Boy" / "There's a Rainbow in Every Teadrop" (L 1214)^[129]
• "North Wind" / "Darlin' Don't Cry" (L 1226)
• "Stairway to Heaven" / "Lord, Help Me Be as Thou" (HL 8018)
• "Secret Love" / "Why?" (HL 8039)
• "Rose Marie" / "We Stood at the Altar" (HL 8061)
• "Beautiful Dreamer" / "Ride Away" (HL 8080)
• "The Singing Hills" / "I Hate to See You Cry" (HL 8091)
• "Cattle Call" / "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (HL 8125)^[130]
• "Roll On, Silvery Moon" / "Haunter Hungry Heart" (HL 8141)
• "I'll Never Stop Loving You" / "I'll Never Take You Back Again" (HL 8167)
• "Song of the Wild" / "You Have My Heart" (HL 8196)
• "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" / "Tell Me" (HL 8230)
• "I'm a Fool" / "My Heart Is Broken in Three" (HL 8252)
• "Serenade" / "I Talk to the Waves" (HL 8287)
• "The Whiffenpoof Song" / "Dear Mary" (HL 8327)
• "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky" / "There's a Love Knot in My Lariat" (HL 8350)
• "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" / "Careless Love" (HL 8403)
• "Curtain of Tears" / "Smoke Signals" (HL 8416)
• "An Amateur in Love" / "(Since You've) Gone" (HL 8420)^[131]
• "Warm, Warm Lips" / "Many Times" (HL 8434)
• "Lovesick Blues" / "Forever" (HL 8459)
• "Unchain My Heart" / "Hush-a-bye" (HL 8518)
• "A Very Precious Love" / "Careless Hands" (HL 8590)
• "Candy Kisses" / "Tormented" (HL 8642)
• "At the End of Nowhere" / "Wherever You Are" (HL 8708)

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