Slim Whitman discography
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[1] 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.
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Cert. [2] |
Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Ctry. [3] |
US [3] |
UK [4] | ||||
| 1954 | Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels[A] | — | — | — | 10", RCA Victor LPM 3217[5] | |
| America's Favorite Folk Artist | — | — | — | 10", Imperial IM-3004 | ||
| Slim Whitman and His Singing Guitar | — | — | — | Non-US, 10", London H-APB 1015 | ||
| 1956 | Slim Whitman Favorites (later reissued as Country Hits, Volume 2)[6] |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9003 LP-9003, LP-12100 (Country Hits, Volume 2)[6] | |
| Slim Whitman and His Singing Guitar – Vol. 2 | — | — | — | Non-US, London HA-U2015 | ||
| 1957 | Slim Whitman Sings (later reissued as Country Hits, Volume 1)[6] |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9026 LP-9026, LP-12104 (Country Hits, Volume 1)[6] | |
| 1958 | Slim Whitman Sings (later reissued as My Best to You) |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9056 LP-9056, LP-12105 (My Best to You)[6] | |
| 1959 | Slim Whitman Sings (later reissued as Country Favorites)< |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9064 LP-9064, LP-12106 (Country Favorites)[6] | |
| I'll Walk with God | — | — | — | Imperial LP 9088 LP-9088, LP-12032 (reissue)[6] | ||
| 1960 | Slim Whitman Sings Million Record Hits (later reissued as The Song of the Old Waterwheel)[7] |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9102, LP 12102 LP-9088, LP-12032 (The Song of the Old Waterwheel)[6] | |
| Slim Whitman a.k.a. Slim Whitman's First Visit to Britain (later reissued as I'll Never Stop Loving You) |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9135, LP 12135 LP-9135, LP-12135 (I'll Never Stop Loving You) Sunset SUS-5267 (1969, budget reissue)[6] | ||
| 1961 | Just Call Me Lonesome (later reissued as Portrait)[6] |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9137, LP 12137 LP-9137, LP-12137 (Portrait)[6] | |
| Once in a Lifetime (later reissued as Cool Water)[6] |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9156 LP-9156, LP-12156 (Cool Water)[6] | ||
| Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie (later reissued as Sweeter than the Flowers)[6] |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9163, LP 12077 UK title: Slim Whitman Sings—Vol. 3 (London) LP-9163, LP-12077 (Sweeter than the Flowers)[6] | ||
| 1962 | Forever | — | — | — | Imperial LP 9171, LP 12171 | |
| Slim Whitman Sings (later reissued as Anytime) |
— | — | — | Imperial LP 9194, LP 12194 UK title: Slim Whitman Sings—Vol. 4 (London) LP-9194, LP-12194 (Anytime)[6] | ||
| Heart Songs & Love Songs | — | — | — | Imperial LP 9209 LP-9209, LP-12209 (Heart Songs)[6] | ||
| 1963 | I'm a Lonely Wanderer | — | — | — | Imperial LP 9226 | |
| Yodeling | — | — | — | Imperial LP-9235, LP-12235 | ||
| Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way | — | — | — | Imperial LP 9245, LP 12245 | ||
| 1964 | All-Time Favorites | — | — | — | Imperial LP-9252, LP-12252 LP-9252, LP-12252 (Favorites)[6] | |
| Country Songs / City Hits | — | — | — | Imperial LP-9268, LP-12268 | ||
| 1965 | Love Song of the Waterfall | 20 | — | — | Imperial LP-9277, LP-12277 | |
| Reminiscing | — | — | — | Imperial LP-9288, LP-12288 | ||
| More than Yesterday (More Country Songs & City Hits) | 28 | — | — | Imperial LP-9303, LP-12303 | ||
| 1966 | God's Hand in Mine | — | — | — | Imperial LP 9308, LP 12308 | |
| A Travelin' Man | — | — | — | Imperial LP 9313, LP 12313 | ||
| A Time for Love | — | — | — | Imperial LP-9333, LP-12333 | ||
| 1967 | 15th Anniversary Album | 25 | — | — | Imperial LP-9342, LP-12342 | |
| Country Memories | 42 | — | — | Imperial LP-9356, LP-12356 | ||
| 1968 | In Love the Whitman Way | 16 | — | — | Imperial LP-9375, LP-12375 | |
| Happy Street | 34 | — | — | Imperial LP-12411 | ||
| 1969 | Slim! (later reissued as Straight from the Heart) |
— | — | — | Imperial LP-12436 | |
| The Slim Whitman Christmas Album | — | — | — | Imperial LP-12448 | ||
| 1970 | Tomorrow Never Comes | — | — | — | United Artists UAS 6763 | |
| 1971 | Guess Who (released in the UK as Snowbird) |
31 | — | — | United Artists UAS 6783 UK title: Snowbird (UAS 29151) | |
| It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | 23 | — | — | United Artists UAS 6819 | ||
| 1972 | The Best of Slim Whitman | — | — | — | United Artists UAS-6832 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Christmas with Slim Whitman | 47 | 184 | — | Cleveland Int'l / Epic | ||
| 1981 | Mr. Songman | — | — | — | Cleveland Int'l / Epic | |
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | — | — | — | Cleveland Int'l / Epic | ||
| 1984 | Angeline | — | — | — | Epic FE 39227[8] | |
| 1988 | Magic Moments {with Byron Whitman)[9] | — | — | — | Australia, EMI EMC 790875 | |
| 1998 | Traditional Country: The Legendary Slim Whitman with Son Byron Whitman {with Byron Whitman) |
— | — | — | Cabin Creek / Mac-T Records CCMAC-T762[10][11][12] | |
| 2010 | Twilight on the Trail | — | — | — | Rangeland Records[13][14][15] | |
- [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[16] and compiled songs recorded for the Imperial label. - [B] Red River Valley also peaked at no. 18 in New Zealand[17] and at no. 81 on the retrospective Kent Music Report chart in Australia.[18]
- [C] Songs I Love to Sing also peaked at no. 24 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.
Live albums
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Cert. [19] |
Label | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Ctry. [3] |
US [3] |
AUS [18] |
NZ [20] |
UK [4] | ||||
| 1966 | Birmingham Jail and Other Country Favourites | — | — | — | — | — | RCA Camden CAL 954, CAS 954 | |
| Unchain Your Heart | — | — | — | — | — | Sunset SUM-1112[21] | ||
| 1967 | The Best of Slim Whitman – Volume 3 | — | — | — | — | — | UK, Liberty LBY 3092 | |
| A Lonesome Heart (a.k.a. Lonesome Cowboy) | — | — | — | — | — | Sunset SUM-1167, SUS-5167Sunset SLS 50052 Z / SUS 5167 (Lonesome Cowboy) | ||
| 1968 | Cool Water a.k.a. Country Style and The Best of Slim Whitman |
— | — | — | — | — | Non-US, Liberty | |
| 1970 | Ramblin' Rose | — | — | — | — | — | Sunset SUS-5320[22] | |
| 1972 | The Slim Whitman Collection | — | — | — | — | — | 2×LP, non-US, United Artists UAD 60021/2 | |
| 1973 | The Slim Whitman Story | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Gold | 6×LP boxed set, World Records |
| 1974 | The Very Best of Slim Whitman | — | — | — | — | — | United Artists UA-LA245-G | |
| 1976 | The Very Best of Slim Whitman | — | — | — | — | 1 | BPI: Gold | Non-US, United Artists UAS 29898[23] |
| 1979 | All My Best | — | — | — | — | — | Special Projects SL-8128 (distr. by Suffolk Marketing)[9] TV-marketed, between 1.5 and 4 million direct sales[24][25] | |
| Slim Whitman's 20 Greatest Love Songs | — | — | — | — | 18 | BPI: Gold | Non-US, United Artists | |
| 1980 | Just for You | — | — | — | — | — | Special Projects SL-8140 (distr. by Suffolk Marketing) TV-marketed | |
| 1982 | The Best | — | — | — | — | — | Special Projects SLL-8300 (distr. by Suffolk Marketing) TV-marketed[24] | |
| 20 Golden Greats | — | — | 2 | — | — | Liberty Play | ||
| 1987 | A Dream Comes True – The Rarities Album[9] | — | — | — | — | — | 2×LP, Australia, Liberty UAC 261368 | |
| 1989 | Best Loved Favorites | — | — | — | 2 | — | Heartland Music, TV-marketed[24] | |
| 1990 | The Best of Slim Whitman: 1951–1971 (or 1952–1972) | — | — | — | — | — | Rhino R2 70976[23][26][27] | |
| 1991 | 20 Precious Memories | — | — | — | 42 | — | Quality Special Products, TV-marketed[28][24] | |
| Cowpoke | — | — | — | — | — | EMI | ||
| 1993 | EMI Country Masters: Slim Whitman – 50 Original Tracks | — | — | — | — | — | 2×CD, EMI CDEM 1482[23][29] | |
| 1994 | Love Songs | — | — | — | — | — | UK, Music for Pleasure CDP828951[23][30] | |
| 1997 | Rose Marie – His Recordings 1949–1959 | — | — | — | — | — | 6×CD boxed set, Bear Family[23] | |
| 1997 | The Very Best of Slim Whitman – 50th Anniv. Collection | — | — | — | — | 54 | EMI 100 7243 8 59653 2 6 | |
| 1998 |
The Very Best Of Slim Whitman |
— | — | — | — | — | Non-US, Pegasus PEG CD 154
same as? The Legendary Slim Whitman | |
| 2009 | The Essential Slim Whitman | — | — | — | — | — | 3×CD, EMI[31] | |
| 2010 | The Very Best of Slim Whitman | — | — | — | — | — | Non-US, EMI Gold 50999 6 94442 2 7 | |
