R.I.P. Slim Whitman. He was consistently more popular throughout Europe, and in particular Britain, than in America, especially with his covers of pop standards, movie songs, love songs, folk tunes and gospel melodic hymns. His 1955 hit single "Rose Marie" held the Guinness World Record for the longest time at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for 36 years. A self-taught left-handed guitarist, he was right-handed, but he had lost almost all of the second finger on his left hand in an accident.
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He was 90.
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