Red River Valley (album)

Red River Valley
Red River Valley
Studio album by Slim Whitman
Released	17 December 1976
Genre	Country, folk
Label	United Artists
Producer	Alan Warner, Ken Barnes, Pete Drake
Slim Whitman chronology

Red River Valley is an album by American recording artist Slim Whitman, released on 17 December 1976.^[1] It was his second and final number-one album in the UK. It spent four weeks at the top of the chart in 1977;^[2] it kept David Bowie's Low off the top spot at the end of January 1977.^[3] The album was arranged by Whitman and Pete Moore. The cover photography was by Derek Richards.

Track listing

"Rhinestone Cowboy" (Larry Weiss)
"Mr. Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)" (George Morgan)
"Too Young" (Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee)
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (Beth Slater Whitson, Leo Friedman)
"(It's A) Small World" (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)
"Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago)" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster)
"Una Paloma Blanca" (Hans Bouwens)
"Red River Valley" (Traditional; arranged by Pete Moore)
"My Elusive Dreams" (Billy Sherrill, Curly Putman)
"Cara Mia" (Bunny Lewis (credited here as Lee Lang), (Mantovani, under pen name Tulio Trapani)
"When the Moon Comes over the Mountain" (Harry M. Woods, Howard Johnson, Kate Smith)
"Now Is the Hour" (Dorothy Scott, Maewa Kaihau)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[4]	81
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[5]	18
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	18

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[8]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Slim Whitman Discography". 45worlds. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ Roach, Martin (2009). The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 1–512. ISBN 978-0753517000.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 60 – 30 Jan 1977". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 336. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Charts.nz – Slim Whitman – Red River Valley". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Top Albums 1977" (PDF). Music Week. 24 December 1977. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
^ "British album certifications – Slim Whitman – Red River Valley". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

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[1] "Slim Whitman Discography". 45worlds. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[2] Roach, Martin (2009). The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 1–512. ISBN 978-0753517000.

[3] "Official Albums Chart Top 60 – 30 Jan 1977". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[aus-4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 336. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[ac_New_Zealand_Slim_Whitman-5] "Charts.nz – Slim Whitman – Red River Valley". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[ac_UK2_-6] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[7] "Top Albums 1977" (PDF). Music Week. 24 December 1977. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.

[United_KingdomSlim_WhitmanRed_River_ValleyalbumCertRef-8] "British album certifications – Slim Whitman – Red River Valley". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

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Studio albums	Slim Whitman Sings (1957) Slim Whitman Sings (1958) Slim Whitman Sings (1959) I'll Walk with God Slim Whitman Sings Million Record Hits Just Call Me Lonesome Once in a Lifetime Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie Forever Slim Whitman Sings (1962) Heart Songs & Love Songs I'm a Lonely Wanderer Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way Love Song of the Waterfall Reminiscing More than Yesterday (More Country Songs & City Hits) God's Hand in Mine A Travelin' Man 15th Anniversary Album Country Memories In Love the Whitman Way Happy Street Tomorrow Never Comes Guess Who (a.k.a. Snowbird) It's a Sin to Tell a Lie Happy Anniversary Everything Leads Back to You Red River Valley Home on the Range Ghost Riders in the Sky Songs I Love to Sing Christmas with Slim Whitman
Live albums	25th Anniversary Concert
Compilations	The Very Best of Slim Whitman
Singles	"I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky" / "I'll Do as Much for You Someday" "Birmingham Jail" "Love Song of the Waterfall" "Bandera Waltz" "Indian Love Call" / "China Doll" "An Amateur in Love" / "By the Waters of the Minnetonka" "Keep It a Secret" / "My Heart Is Broken in Three" "Danny Boy" "North Wind" "Secret Love" "Rose Marie" "Beautiful Dreamer" "Singing Hills" "The Cattle Call" "I'll Never Stop Loving You" "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "I'm a Fool" / "Serenade" "The Whiffenpoof Song" "There's a Love Knot in My Lariat" (UK) "Smoke Signals" "Careless Love" "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" "Careless Hands" "A Fool Such as I" "Just Call Me Lonesome" "I Remember You" "My Happiness" "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" "Happy Anniversary" (UK) "Red River Valley" "Can't Help Falling in Love with You"
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