Red River Valley is an album by American recording artist Slim Whitman, released on 17 December 1976.[1] It was his second and final number-one album in the UK. It spent four weeks at the top of the chart in 1977;[2] it kept David Bowie's Low off the top spot at the end of January 1977.[3] The album was arranged by Whitman and Pete Moore. The cover photography was by Derek Richards.
| Red River Valley | ||||
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| Released | 17 December 1976 | |||
| Genre | Country, folk | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Producer | Alan Warner, Ken Barnes, Pete Drake | |||
| Slim Whitman chronology | ||||
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Track listing
edit- "Rhinestone Cowboy" (Larry Weiss)
- "Mr. Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)" (George Morgan)
- "Too Young" (Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee)
- "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (Beth Slater Whitson, Leo Friedman)
- "(It's A) Small World" (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)
- "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago)" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster)
- "Una Paloma Blanca" (Hans Bouwens)
- "Red River Valley" (Traditional; arranged by Pete Moore)
- "My Elusive Dreams" (Billy Sherrill, Curly Putman)
- "Cara Mia" (Bunny Lewis (credited here as Lee Lang), (Mantovani, under pen name Tulio Trapani)
- "When the Moon Comes over the Mountain" (Harry M. Woods, Howard Johnson, Kate Smith)
- "Now Is the Hour" (Dorothy Scott, Maewa Kaihau)
Charts
editCertifications and sales
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[8] | Gold | 100,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ "Slim Whitman Discography". 45worlds. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Roach, Martin (2009). The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 1–512. ISBN 978-0753517000.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 60 – 30 Jan 1977". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 336. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Slim Whitman – Red River Valley". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Top Albums 1977" (PDF). Music Week. 24 December 1977. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ "British album certifications – Slim Whitman – Red River Valley". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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