6.19.2013

Slim Whitman dies at 90; TV sales gave country singer new fame

Beginning in 1980, telemarketing generated huge sales of Whitman's recordings. The ads made him a beloved but also lampooned figure.


The down-on-his-luck singer sat on the steps of Nashville's famed Grand Ole Opry, bemoaning the job he'd just lost at a radio station, when out walked country legend Hank Williams.

The celebrated but troubled singer and songwriter, who had just been fired from the Louisiana Hayride radio show in 1949, suggested they apply for each other's former jobs.

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