Slim Whitman - So Long Mary [1963].
Channel: mrblindfreddy9999
Date: 23/06/2020

[Written by Virginia Cleary - Arlyne Schwartz].

Issued on  Imperial  5938 A.
 From LP "All-Time Favorites" [1964].

Recorded 18 February 1963 -
Clifford Herring Sound Studio, 1705 W. 7th St., Fort Worth, TX - 
Slim Whitman [vcl solo],
Smokey Montgomery [leader/rh gt/piano/vibraphone], 
Bill Hudson [rh gt], Kenneth Cobb [bass], Ronnie Dawson [drums], 
Little Caesar [piano/melodica] 
  Sue Blocker, Jim Bowie, Bill Branch,Ted Ferguson & Ralph Sanford  ]vcl chorus]

  Born Ottis Dewey Whitman jr. in Tampa FL    [1923 - 2013] 
"Slim" Recorded from 1948 to 2010.
1957  Joined the Grand Ole Opry
1968  Country Music Hall of Fame MUSEUM
                'Walkway of Stars"
1976 - 1977 - 1977 - 1978
Voted Best International Male Vocalist
by the International Country Music Awards
Given A Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
He claimed to have sold over 120 Million Records.