Slim Whitman - Down In The Valley [1964].
Channel: mrblindfreddy9999
Date: 24/06/2020

[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 LP "Love Song Of The Waterfall" (1965)
Also Recorded 1949 [as "Birmingham Jail"]  and 1989

Recorded 3/4 August 1964 -
Sunset Sound Studios, 5652 E. Daniels Ave., Dallas, TX – 
Slim Whitman [vcl solo/falsetto], Smokey Montgomery [gt/leader], 
Bill Hudson [gt], Tinker Fry [steel gt], Kenneth Cobb [bass], 
Ronnie Dawson [drums], Bill Simmons [piano/celeste]  
and  Jim Bowie, Bill Branch, Ted Ferguson, Ralph Sanford [vocal 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.