Slim Whitman - Just Out Of Reach [Of My Two Open Arms] - [1962].

[Written by V.F. "Pappy" Stewart] 1st. Recorded 1951 by The Stewart Family [vcl solo/duet - Bethel Stewart Brown with Jeanette Stewart - duet] Issued on LP "Slim Whitman Sings" [1962]. NOTE : 1st Verse Slim Sings "Empty Arms" [A Mistake] ? Original is "Open Arms" Every Verse ! Recorded 7 February 1962 -[10:35 -13:35] - Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Slim Whitman [vcl solo/falsetto], Harold Bradley [gt/leader], Grady Martin [gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano], Owen Bradley or Randy Hughes [vibraphone] and Anita Kerr Singers [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.