Roger Whittaker is dead to me.

I think every little girl in the 1970s was lulled to sleep by Daddy with this tune. It's a playlist staple for me to this day. I can't imagine today's charts inviting such a character with such a song.

My mom and her friends would be so upset...but they're all dead.

He was HUGE in Canada

Roger would be so upset.

But he's dead.

I thought he died years ago.

I've always liked Durham Town.

Any relation to Forrest?

Never heard of him but sounds like some people will miss him.

Was he ever top 40 in the US?

r9 I just used google for that same question

I know the name from those long commercials for his greatest hits collection that used to air at night on the New York cable channels.

He had a *sound*.

He's no Slim Whitman.

Durham Town

OMG, R3, that takes me back to having to listen to that song in music class.

Makes me sad. My dad LOVED RW and I grew to too...he passed away when I was 2 weeks short of 13, and anytime I hear him, melancholy hits me like a truck. Maybe he can get his own concert now. RIP Roger, thanks for the beautiful music.

I really feel we should check in on Nana Mouskouri.

This one I think was his most well known.

[quote]I thought he died years ago.

He did. But they’re just getting around to announcing it now.

I swear he was old in the 1970’s. But I guess he was only in his late 30’s-40’s.

I'd come home from school to him and John Denver playing on my parent's old record player. My mom would listen to them while doing housework with no kids around.

Aww, he was wonderful RIP. He was my DL deadpool choice for several years. Looks like I was eventually right. Love his song "New World In The Morning".

I'm 56 and I had never heard "The Last Farewell" until I just looked it up on Youtube. Soothing music, not very catchy, though.

He was old 40 years ago.

Too bad, RIP

He's jamming with Gordon Lightfoot now.

Between slim whitman and the dude with the magic greek flute Roger was a steady advertiser on local tv.

[quote] the dude with the magic greek flute

Magic *Romanian* flute!

here's the late night tv ad

Gordon Lightfoot

Jimmy Buffett

Roger Whitaker

I said before, it's been a rough year for the modern troubadours. Somebody find Paul Simon and wrap him in bubble wrap.

[quote] I thought he died years ago.

Same here, as others said when I was a kid I thought he could be my grandfather. And I’m 53.

[quote] I really feel we should check in on Nana Mouskouri.

Hah! My dad, who played the guitar, had Nana’s albums as well as RW’s and Gordon Lightfoot’s and the song sheets for their music.

Yes, I, too. thought he died just a few years ago. Some great songs!

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Whittaker had success in Germany, with German language songs produced by Nick Munro. Unable to speak German, Whittaker sang the songs phonetically. He appeared on German television and was on the UK Top of the Pops show several times in the 1970s.[citation needed] Whittaker's German-language songs were not initially well received by some critics, who derided the songs as "meaningless folk music". Notwithstanding, Whittaker released 25 albums in Germany and managed to grow a considerable fan base within the country, where he felt he had his most loyal fans, saying "The past few decades have been wonderful … My relationship with the German fans is great."[9]

He was only 87. I felt sure he had to be in his late 90s at least. He was around the same age as my mum and dad yet seemed much older than them.

The Last Farewell always reminds me of hearing it over the stereo while in the back seat of a neighbor’s dad’s 1972 Olds Vista Cruiser station wagon. Very lush sound. Also, WGN in Chicago used the instrumental part as the music in its station ID of the Channel 9 logo in metallic gold superimposed over a blue sky with fluffy clouds. RIP old Roger.

His Christmas album was the holiday soundtrack to my childhood. A Time For Prace, Darcy the Dragon, Mighty Like a Rose…

I used to work on a cruise ship and when one of the British crew was signing off, one of the bands would play this in the lounge the night before.

He had a hot set of Dahmer glasses, but he couldn't live forever.

this thread got me listening to this guy.......

He must have been 120 years old.

Another person I could have sworn was dead is Michael Caine but yesterday I saw an article about him out and about with a cane.