Slim Whitman - The First Noel [c.1980].
Channel: mrblindfreddy9999
Date: 18/06/2023

[1st. Published 1823 - Cornish Origin]
Recorded 1930's  by James Madison Carpenter

Issued on  LP "Christmas With Slim Whitman"  
Recorded Circa  Summer 1980 -
Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN  –
Slim Whitman [vcl solo]
                  - ALL SESSIONS - 
 Harold Bradley [gt], Pete Wade [gt], Jimmy Capps [gt],
 Ray Edenton [gt], Steve Chapman [gt], 
Weldon Myrick/ Jimmy Crawford [steel gt], 
Bob Moore/ Mike Leech [bass], 
Buddy Harman/ Jerry Kroon [drums], Farrell Morris [percussion], 
Hargus Robbins [piano], The Jordanaires [bck vcl] 
and  Shelly Kurland Strings. 
Arranged by Slim Whitman.
Producer: Pete Drake 
[overdub sessions: Pete’s Place, Nashville, TN]

 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.