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A Travelin' Man
''A Travelin' Man'' is a studio album by Slim Whitman, released in 1966 on Imperial Records Imperial Records is an American record company and label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd. The label was reactivated in 2006 by EMI, which owned the label and back catalogue at the time. Imperial is owned by Universal Music Group. Early years to .... Track listing References 1966 albums Slim Whitman albums Imperial Records albums {{1960s-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Whitman
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr. (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013) was an American country music singer and guitarist known for his yodeling 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. Soon after being signed, in the 1950s Whitman toured with Elvis Presley. Biography Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr. was born in the Oak Park neighborhood of Tampa, Florida on January 20, 1923. He was one of six children born to Ottis Dewey Whitman (1896–1961) and Lucy Whitman ( Mahon; 1903–1987). Growing up, he liked the country music of Jimmie Rodgers and the songs of Gene Autry. He often sang along with records, but Whitman's early ambitions were to become either a boxer or a professional baseball player. He served during World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a Crooner, crooning style on Radio in the United States, radio, in Cinema of the United States, films, and on Television in the United States, television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s. During that time, he personified the straight-shooting hero — honest, brave, and true. Autry was the owner of a television station and several radio stations in Southern California. From 1961 to 1997, he was the founding owner of the California Angels franchise of Major League Baseball (MLB). From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 motion pictures. Between 1950 and 1956, he hosted ''The Gene Autry Show'' television series. In many of them, he appeared with Champion the Wonder Horse, Champion, his Morgan horse. Autry was also one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Miller
Henry Ned Miller (April 12, 1925 – March 18, 2016) was an American country music singer-songwriter. Active as a recording artist from 1956 to 1970, he is known primarily for his hit single "From a Jack to a King", a Crossover (music), crossover hit in 1962 which reached Top 40, Top 10 on the country music, adult contemporary, and Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 record chart, charts, No. 1 for 5 weeks in CHUM Chart, Canada, as well as reaching No.2 in the UK charts. He had several more chart singles in his career, although none matched the success of "From a Jack to a King". He also composed and recorded "Invisible Tears". Biography Miller's start as a songwriter came when he was sixteen years old.[ allmusic ((( Ned Miller > Biography )))] He later joined the United States Marine Corps, from which he was later discharged. In 1956, both Gale Storm and Bonnie Guitar had Top Five hits with different versions of the song "Dark Moon (song), Dark Moon", which Miller co-wrote. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Tear
"Behind the Tear" is a 1965 single by Sonny James Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928February 22, 2016), known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, " Young Love", topping both the ''Billboard'' Hot Country and Disk Jockey s .... The single was Sonny James's third number one on the U.S. country music chart. "Behind the Tear" spent three non-consecutive weeks at number one and a total of twenty weeks on the country chart. Chart performance References Sonny James songs 1965 singles Capitol Records singles 1965 songs Songs written by Ned Miller {{1960s-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Arnold
Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the ''Billboard'' country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music." Early years Arnold was born on May 15, 1918, on a farm near Henderson, Tennessee. His father, a sharecropper, played the fiddle, while his mother played guitar. Arnold's father died when he was just 11, forcing him to leave school and begin helping on the family farm. This led to him later gaining his nickname, the Tennessee Plowboy. Arnold attended Pinson High School in Pinson, Tennessee, where he played guitar for school functions and events. He quit before graduation to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Jeffreys
Alan Jeffreys (17 April 1913 – 3 November 1943) was an Australian cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ... between 1937/38 and 1939/40. References External links * 1913 births 1943 deaths Australian cricketers Australian expatriate cricketers in England Western Australia cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Australian military personnel killed in World War II 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Pomus
Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 – March 14, 1991), known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 1992, the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992), and the Blues Hall of Fame (2012). Early life Jerome Solon Felder was born on June 27, 1925, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of British born Jewish immigrants. Having contracted polio as a boy, he was in an iron lung for a year, and walked with the aid of crutches. Later, due to post-polio syndrome exacerbated by an accident, Felder relied on a wheelchair. Pomus was homeschooled for much of elementary and junior high school. He had a high IQ, and excelled at the insult challenge among teens and young men, " playing the dozens". He also was facile at creating his own lyrics for blues songs of the day. He became a fan of the blues after hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopeless (Andy Williams Song)
"Hopeless" is a song written by Alan Jeffreys and Doc Pomus and performed by Andy Williams Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hos .... The song reached #3 on the Adult Contemporary (chart), U.S. adult contemporary chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' chart in 1963. The song's A-side and B-side, B-side, "The Peking Theme (So Little Time)", reached #115 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Retrieved June 9, 2013 References 1963 singles Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus Andy Williams songs Columbi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
