Red River Valley
Studio album by
Slim Whitman
Released17 December 1976 (17 December 1976)
GenreCountry, folk
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerAlan Warner, Ken Barnes, Pete Drake
Slim Whitman chronology
The Very Best of Slim Whitman
(1976) 		Red River Valley
(1976) 		Home on the Range
(1977)

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.

Track listing

  1. "Rhinestone Cowboy" (Larry Weiss)
  2. "Mr. Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)" (George Morgan)
  3. "Too Young" (Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee)
  4. "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (Beth Slater Whitson, Leo Friedman)
  5. "(It's A) Small World" (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)
  6. "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago)" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster)
  7. "Una Paloma Blanca" (Hans Bouwens)
  8. "Red River Valley" (Traditional; arranged by Pete Moore)
  9. "My Elusive Dreams" (Billy Sherrill, Curly Putman)
  10. "Cara Mia" (Bunny Lewis (credited here as Lee Lang), (Mantovani, under pen name Tulio Trapani)
  11. "When the Moon Comes over the Mountain" (Harry M. Woods, Howard Johnson, Kate Smith)
  12. "Now Is the Hour" (Dorothy Scott, Maewa Kaihau)

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Slim Whitman Discography". 45worlds. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ Roach, Martin (2009). The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 1–512. ISBN 978-0753517000.
  3. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 60 – 30 Jan 1977". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Charts.nz – Slim Whitman – Red River Valley". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "British album certifications – Slim Whitman – Red River Valley". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 November 2021.


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