ABOUT SLIM WHITMAN
Pop singer who sold more than 120 million records worldwide and set a record with eleven weeks at #1 with the single "Rose Marie."
He taught himself to play guitar with his left hand after an accident caused him to lose several fingers on his right hand.
He continued to release songs and albums through the 1990s when he contributed to the soundtrack of Mars Attacks!
He was born Ottis Dewey Whitman in Tampa, Florida.
He released a cover of Gene Autry's "Back in the Saddle Again."
