Slim Whitman - Virginia [1964].

[Written by Merle Kilgore] Many Early Different Versions Issued on Imperial 66077 B. From LP "Love Song Of The Waterfall" [1965] Recorded 11 August 1964 - Sunset Sound Studios, 5652 E. Daniels Ave., Dallas, TX – Slim Whitman [vcl solo], Smokey Montgomery [gt/leader], Bill Hudson [gt], Tinker Fry [steel gt], Kenneth Cobb [bass], Ronnie Dawson [drums], Bill Simmons [piano/melodica], Jim Bowie, Bill Branch, Ted Ferguson and Ralph Sanford [vcl chorus] Born Ottis Dewey Whitman jr. in Tampa FL [1923 - 2013] "Slim" Recorded from 1948 to 2010. 1957 Joined the Grand Ole Opry 1968 Country Music Hall of Fame MUSEUM 'Walkway of Stars" 1976 - 1977 - 1977 - 1978 Voted Best International Male Vocalist by the International Country Music Awards Given A Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame He claimed to have sold over 120 Million Records.