Talk:Roger Whittaker
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In the 1990s Roger had knee replacement surgery. He moved to Ireland and settled down by the River Shannon.
He is also a successful composer of his own hits and has had many hit singles and sold millions of records all over the world since his first big success, "Durham Town (The Leavin')". He has a distinctive deep voice, although at the start of his career his trademark was whistling, at which he continues to practice now. After moving to and living in Britain for several years he had success at a Belgian music festival representing Britain with his song "Mexican Whistler", and later made an album, Whistling All Over The World, but "Durham Town" and "Mammy Blue" (the latter not his own composition) were his biggest successes.
He later had his own TV series and is known for inviting viewers to submit lyrics which he sets to music. It was in this way that "The Last Farewell" (probably his biggest single success and a number one in many countries) was composed.
The orchestral instrumental introduction to "The Last Farewell" was used in an unlikely place in the early 1980s - as the underscore for the Superstation WGN logo at the top of every hour.
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In the spring of 1964, Roger met his future wife, Natalie O'Brien, and they were married on August 15 of that year. They have five children; Emily (May 28, 1968) and Lauren (June 4, 1970) are adopted [1]; Jessica (February 14, 1973), Guy (November 15, 1974) and Alexander (April 7, 1978) are their natural children.
The fact that his first two children were adopted is, in my humble opinion, not trivial, and should have remained in the article. --JanesDaddy 10:24, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
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The article doesn't indicate that Whittaker ever lived in Durham at all or had any specific connections to the city. I was wondering, was he actually familiar with Durham as a place, despite singing about it? And did he realise that it is the River Wear, not the Tyne, which runs through the city? Cheers, DWaterson 23:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
