[nice-looking book, with very slight bumping to bottom corners, faint dust-soiling to top edge; jacket shows a bit of surface wear, with a couple of tiny tears and associated creasing at top of rear panel]. (B&W photographs) Biography of the country-western singer who had a successful career from the late 1940s onward (he toured with Elvis Presley in the mid-1950s), but who only became a household name (and a bit of a joke) in mainstream America when his "greatest hits" albums began to be packaged and sold via late-night TV commercials in the 1970s. Known for his smooth falsetto and high-pitched yodeling, he recorded dozens of albums and sold millions of records (120 million by his own estimate), and was popular in Europe as well as in the U.S..
Title: Mr. Songman: The Slim Whitman Story
Edition: First Edition
ISBN Number: 0-87178-587-0
ISBN-13: 9780871785879
Illustrator: Illustrated by (cover design) Ken Stanley
Location Published: Elgin IL, The Brethren Press: (c.1982)
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
Categories: Biography/Autobiography
Seller ID: 21035
Keywords: country music singers biography grand ole opry