Songs I Love to Sing (Slim Whitman album)

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Songs I Love to Sing
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Studio album by
Released1980
Genre Country
Label Cleveland International / Epic
Producer Pete Drake
Slim Whitman chronology
Till We Meet Again
(1980)
Songs I Love to Sing
(1980)
Christmas with Slim Whitman
(1980)
Singles from Songs I Love to Sing
  1. "When"
    Released: 1980
  2. "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine"
    Released: 1980
  3. "I Remember You"
    Released: 1980
Professional ratings
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Songs I Love to Sing is a studio album by Slim Whitman, released in 1980 on Cleveland International Records. [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

The album was issued in the United States by CBS as a 12-inch long-playing record, catalog number (Cleveland International / Epic JE 36768).

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When" Hans Bouwens 2:33
2."Secret Love"2:45
3."Since You Went Away"Byron Whitman2:57
4."If I Could Only Dream"Hans Bouwens3:18
5."The Last Farewell"
3:52
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Remember You"2:31
2."Rose Marie"2:17
3."Where Do I Go from Here"
  • M. Metzger
  • B. Riley
2:55
4."That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine"
3:08
5."Beautiful Dreamer" Stephen Foster (arr. by Slim Whitman)2:58

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4] 25

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References

  1. Slim Whitman - Songs I Love to Sing. AllMusic . Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  2. 1 2 Colin Larkin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music. Virgin. ISBN   978-0-7535-0268-6.
  3. Santosuosso, Ernie (30 Nov 1980). "Recordings". Sun. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
  4. "Slim Whitman Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-02-12.