"Love Song of the Waterfall" is a song written by Bob Nolan. It was sung by Roy Rogers with the band

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, that Bob Nolan was a founding member of.

Slim Whitman version

This became Slim Whitman's first hit for the

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record label in 1952. (Prior to that, he was with RCA Victor.) He recorded it, along with "My Love Is Growing Stale", "

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", and "End of the World", in November 1951 at KWKH. "Love Song of the Waterfall" was released as a

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(Imperial 8134, with "My Love Is Growing Stale" on the opposite side) in January 1952 and by the end of April showed up just under the top ten of the ''

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'' Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys chart. On the record's label, Slim Whitman was subtitled as "The Smilin' Star Duster".

Track listing

Charts

Jimmy Wakely version

After Slim Whitman, another rendition of the song was released by Jimmy Wakely with the Les Baxter Orchestra ( Capitol 2028, c/w "Goodbye, Little Girl"). "The type of lyric Wakely handles best," wrote ''

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References

{{Jimmy Wakely 1930s songs 1952 singles Imperial Records singles Slim Whitman songs Jimmy Wakely songs Songs written by Bob Nolan