Smoke Signals (song)

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"Smoke Signals"
Single by Slim Whitman
A-side "Curtain of Tears"
"Smoke Signals"
ReleasedAugust 8, 1956
Recorded1956
Length2:35
Label Imperial
Songwriter(s) Gene Evans [1]
Slim Whitman singles chronology
"The Whiffenpoof Song"
(1956)
"Smoke Signals" / "Curtain of Tears"
(1956)
"Careless Love"
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard positive ("Spotlight" pick) [2]

"Smoke Signals" is a song written by Gene Evans and recorded by Slim Whitman, [1] who released it in 1956 as a single (Imperial X8308, with "Curtain of Tears" on the opposite side). [1] [2]

Track listing

7-inch single (Imperial X8308, 1956, United States) [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Curtain of Tears"2:17
2."Smoke Signals" Gene Evans 2:35
7-inch single (London Records 45-HL.P 8416, 1957, UK) [3] [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Curtain of Tears"
  • Harris
  • Carter
2:17
2."Smoke Signals"G. Evans2:35

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Slim Whitman – Curtain Of Tears / Smoke Signals (1956, Vinyl)". Discogs. August 1956. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 3, 1956. p. 48.
  3. "Slim Whitman – Curtain Of Tears (1957, Vinyl)". Discogs. October 1957. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  4. Gramophone Record Review Issues 39-50. 1957. Retrieved March 12, 2023.