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Roger Whittaker Born Roger Henry Brough Whittaker In Nairobi Kenya On 22 March 1936 Died 13 September 2023 Was A British Singer-Songwriter And Musician Remembered For His Eclectic Mix Of Folk Music And Popular Song His Baritone Singing Voice And His Trademark Whistling Skills. He Became Widely Known For His Version Of "Wind Beneath My Wings" 1982 As Well As His Own Compositions "Durham Town The Leavin' " 1969 And "I Don't Believe In If Anymore" 1970 His 1970 Hit "New World In The Morning" And His 1975 Hit "The Last Farewell" His Only Single To Hit The US Billboard Hot 100 Making It To The Top 20 . Whittakers First Chart Success Came In 1969 When "Durham Town The Leavin' " Was His First UK Top 20 Hit. In 1970 Came Two Follow-Up Hits "I Don't Believe In If Anymore" Top 10 And "New World In The Morning" Top 20 And 1971 Brought Two Smaller Hit Singles "Why" And "Mamy Blue". Whittaker Was Absent From The UK Singles Chart Until 1975 When "The Last Farewell" Went Top 3 After Which It Was Another Eleven Years Until "Skye Boat Song" Returned Him To The Top 10 Of The Singles Chart. Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Whittaker Had Success In Germany With German Language Songs Produced By Nick Munro Unable To Speak German At That Time Whittaker Sang The Songs Phonetically . In Time He Became More Fluent In German And Sang And Was Interviewed In German On Danish Television In November 2008. Whittaker Retired From Touring In 2013.
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"The Last Farewell" Is A Song From 1971 With Lyrics Written As A Poem By Ron A .Webster And Music By British Folk Singer Roger Whittaker. Whittaker Hosted A Radio Programme In The United Kingdom In 1971 Where One Of Whittaker's Ideas Was To Invite Listeners To Send Their Poems Or Lyrics For Him To Make Songs Out Of Them. Ron A. Webster A Silversmith From Birmingham England Sent Whittaker His Poem Entitled "The Last Farewell" And This Became One Of The Selections To Appear On The Radio Program. It Was Recorded And Featured On Whittaker's 1971 Album "New World In The Morning" Titled "A Special Kind Of Man" In The US And Canada .
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Roger Whittaker Born Roger Henry Brough Whittaker In Nairobi Kenya On 22 March 1936 Died 13 September 2023 Was A British Singer-Songwriter And Musician Remembered For His Eclectic Mix Of Folk Music And Popular Song His Baritone Singing Voice And His Trademark Whistling Skills. He Became Widely Known For His Version Of "Wind Beneath My Wings" 1982 As Well As His Own Compositions "Durham Town The Leavin' " 1969 And "I Don't Believe In If Anymore" 1970 His 1970 Hit "New World In The Morning" And His 1975 Hit "The Last Farewell" His Only Single To Hit The US Billboard Hot 100 Making It To The Top 20 . Whittakers First Chart Success Came In 1969 When "Durham Town The Leavin' " Was His First UK Top 20 Hit. In 1970 Came Two Follow-Up Hits "I Don't Believe In If Anymore" Top 10 And "New World In The Morning" Top 20 And 1971 Brought Two Smaller Hit Singles "Why" And "Mamy Blue". Whittaker Was Absent From The UK Singles Chart Until 1975 When "The Last Farewell" Went Top 3 After Which It Was Another Eleven Years Until "Skye Boat Song" Returned Him To The Top 10 Of The Singles Chart. Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Whittaker Had Success In Germany With German Language Songs Produced By Nick Munro Unable To Speak German At That Time Whittaker Sang The Songs Phonetically . In Time He Became More Fluent In German And Sang And Was Interviewed In German On Danish Television In November 2008. Whittaker Retired From Touring In 2013.
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"The Last Farewell" is a song from 1971 with lyrics written as a poem by Ron A .Webster and music by British folk singer Roger Whittaker.
Whittaker hosted a radio programme in The United Kingdom in 1971 where one of Whittaker's ideas was to invite listeners to send their poems or lyrics for him to make songs out of them. Ron A. Webster, a silversmith from Birmingham, England, sent Whittaker his poem entitled "The Last Farewell", and this became one of the selections to appear on the radio program. It was recorded, and featured on Whittaker's 1971 album "New World in the Morning" (titled "A Special Kind of Man" in the US and Canada). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.