Slim Whitman "America's Favorite Folk Artist" (Imperial Records, 1954) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Favorites" (Imperial Records, 1954) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Slim Whitman Sings" (Imperial Records, 1957) (LP)
Slim Whitman "My Best To You" (Imperial Records, 1959) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Country Favorites" (Imperial Records, 1959) (LP)
Slim Whitman "I'll Walk With God" (Imperial Records, 1960) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Songs Of The Old Waterwheel" (Imperial Records, 1960)
Slim Whitman "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (Imperial Records, 1961)
Slim Whitman "Just Call Me Lonesome" (Imperial Records, 1961) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Cool Water" (Imperial Records, 1961) (LP)
Slim Whitman "...Sings Annie Laurie" (Imperial Records, 1961) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Forever" (Imperial Records, 1962) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Sings" (Imperial Records, 1962) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Heart Songs/Love Song" (Imperial Records, 1962) (LP)
Slim Whitman "I'm A Lonely Wanderer" (Imperial Records, 1962) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Yodeling" (Imperial Records, 1963) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Country Songs/City Hits" (Imperial Records, 1963) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Irish Songs The Slim Whitman Way" (Imperial Records, 1963) (LP)
Slim Whitman "All Time Favorites" (Imperial Records, 1964) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Love Song Of The Waterfall" (Imperial Records, 1965) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Reminiscing" (Imperial Records, 1965) (LP)
Slim Whitman "More Than Yesterday: More Country Songs And City Hits" (Imperial Records, 1966) (LP)
Slim Whitman "God's Hand In Mine" (Imperial Records, 1966) (LP)
Slim Whitman "A Travelin' Man" (Imperial Records, 1966) (LP)
Slim Whitman "A Time For Love" (Imperial Records, 1966) (LP)
Slim Whitman "15th Anniversary Album" (Imperial Records, 1967) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Country Memories" (Imperial Records, 1967) (LP)
Slim Whitman "In Love The Whitman Way" (Imperial Records, 1968) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Happy Street" (Imperial Records, 1968) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Slim" (Imperial Records, 1969) (LP)
Slim Whitman "The Slim Whitman Christmas Album" (Imperial Records, 1969) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Straight From The Heart" (Imperial Records, 1969) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Tomorrow Never Comes" (United Artists Records, 1970) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Guess Who" (United Artists Records, 1971) (LP)
Slim Whitman "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" (United Artists Records, 1971) (LP)
Slim Whitman "The Best Of Slim Whitman" (United Artists Records, 1972) (LP)
Slim Whitman "I'll See You When" (United Artists Records, 1973) (LP)
Slim Whitman "25th Anniversary Concert" (United Artists Records, 1973) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Happy Anniversary" (United Artists Records, 1974) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Everything Leads Back To You" (United Artists Records, 1976) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Red River Valley" (United Artists Records, 1977) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Home On The Range" (United Artists Records, 1977) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Songs I Love To Sing" (Epic Records, 1980) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Christmas With Slim Whitman" (Epic Records, 1980) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Mr. Songman" (Epic Records, 1981) (LP)
Slim Whitman "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Epic Records, 1981) (LP)
Slim Whitman "Angeline" (Epic Records, 1984)
Slim Whitman "Magic Moments" (1988)
Slim Whitman "Best Loved Favorites" (Ranwood Records, 1989)
Slim Whitman "20 Precious Memories" (1991)
Slim Whitman "Traditional Country" (1998)
Slim Whitman "Twilight On The Trail" (Rangeland Records, 2010)
Slim Whitman "Vintage Collections" (Capitol Vintage, 1996)
He hit it big in the early 1950s with a few choice songs, but even bigger in the early '80s when his TV-only best-of album sold over a million copies (!) and made Whitman's a household name again... Hard country fans can be forgiven for looking askance at Whitman's accomplishments and his ouvre: his thin, emotionally flat, milquetoast yodel can almost be seen as a parody of country music, and likewise his steel guitar player's simplistic lines sound more like someone playing a lumber saw than a proper steel player. But hey, it's hard to argue with success -- Whitman was one of country music's stalwart players throughout the 'Fifties, and despite the stylistic drabness and mainstream pop inclinations, these clunky old recordings may grow on you after a while. This is a first-rate collection of all his best material, including "Song Of The Waterfall," "Indian Love Call," "Secret Love" and other early classics. If you want to check Whitman out, this disc ought to just about cover it.
Slim Whitman "Rose Marie" (Bear Family Records, 1996)
A ginormous 6-CD box set with all of Slim Whitman's studio recordings from 1949-59, spanning his early work for RCA and Imperial Records... This has all his seminal hits ("Indian Love Call," "Rose Marie," et. al.) and then some. There are certainly many much more compact best-of collections that have a lot of the same stuff, but for the super-hardcore Slim Whitman faithful, this collection is a real goldmine.
Slim Whitman "I'm A Lonely Wanderer" (Bear Family Records, 2002)
A second 6-CD set that picks up where the first one left off, and gathers the bulk of Whitman's remaining work. Again, for hardcore fans only, but if that's you, then this is your Holy Grail. And of course, both of these LP-sized box sets have Bear Family's usual high standards of sound quality an packaging, including large booklets with comprehensive info on the recordings and cool archival photos... They're always a class act.
Slim Whitman "The Man With The Singing Guitar, Volume One" (Jasmine Records, 2005)
Slim Whitman "The Man With The Singing Guitar, Volume Two" (Jasmine Records, 2005)
Slim Whitman "The Man With The Singing Guitar, Volume Three" (Jasmine Records, 2007)
Slim Whitman (1924-2013) is kind of an acquired taste... As a hard-country fan, I find his stuff generally too genteel and mannered, but he was a stalwart figure in the genre since the late 1940s, and recorded several classics, including pop crossovers like "Rose Marie," inspiring legions of devoted fans. Whitman had an interesting second act in the 1980s when he launched a direct-marketing campaign to sell his greatest hits collections via TV commercials -- it was an enormously successful effort, but also made him the subject of joking pop-culture references similar to fellow TV-icon Boxcar Willie. Anyway, here's a quick look at Whitman's work...
