Slim Whitman discography: History and Key Facts

Slim Whitman was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He signed a recording contract with RCA Victor in 1948 and is first commercial single, complete with trademark yodel "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky", appeared the following year in 1949, and his first album, Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels, in 1954.

He recorded his first major hit Indian Love Call in 1952 from the musical Rose Marie, later in 1955 he recorded the musical's theme song of the same name, that this would break the record in the United Kingdom for the longest time spent at number 1 on the charts, a record that stood until 1992 when Bryan Adams released (Everything I Do) I Do It for You

In the 1970s, when albums where the main medium, he had a Number 1 with ;Red River Valley (1976) and a number 2 with Home on the Range (1977)

Whitman's last charting album was an album of holiday classics titled Christmas with Slim Whitman (1980). After Angeline (1984) that was his last solo album under contract with the major label Epic Records,

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