Slim Whitman - Down In The Valley [c.1989].
Channel: mrblindfreddy9999
Date: 07/06/2023

[Traditional American Folk Song  aka "Birmingham Jail"].
A Biographer of Lead Belly 
         Said he Performed it in 1924 for the Texas Governor
Jimmie Tarlton Claimed to have Written the Lyrics in 1925
                                  Recorded 1925 by Tarlton and Darby
                                  Recorded 1934 by Lead Belly
Many Different Variations

Issued on Cassette, LP and CD 
   "Best Loved Favorites" [1989]
Also Recorded 1964
 
Recorded  Circa 1989 - Music City Music Hall, Nashville, TN – 
Slim Whitman [vcl solo] - ALL SESSIONS - 
Harold Bradley [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Jerry Kennedy [gt], 
Andy Reiss [gt], Pete Wade [gt], Jimmy Crawford [steel gt], 
Henry Strelecki/ Jon Kornau [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], 
Ron Oates/ David Briggs  [keyboards], 
Jim Ferguson, Bergen White, Dennis Wilson [bck vcl]. 
Producer: Jerry Kennedy.

 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.