Updates

• Added info on Jimmy Ford, thanks to Volker Houghton. • Extended and corrected the post on Happy Harold Thaxton (long overdue), thanks to everyone who sent in memories and information! • Added information to the Jim Murray post, provided by Mike Doyle, Dennis Rogers, and Marty Scarbrough. • Expanded the information on Charlie Dial found in the Little Shoe post.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Slim Whitman / Tom Tall RIP

Country music crooner Slim Whitman died June 19, 2013, at the age of 90 years in Orange Park, Florida. Whitman started his music career in the late 1940s and found success in the 1950s with several hits, including "Indian Love Call." During his career, he cut more than 500 songs and 100 albums. His song "Rose Marie" was a No.1 hit in the UK in the 1970s. Read more here.

Tom Tall, Country music one-hit wonder, passed away already on June 14, 2013, at the age of 75. He was famous for having the #2 C&W hit "Are You Mine" with Ginny Wright. Read more here.

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