Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie

1961 studio album by Slim Whitman

Studio album by

Slim Whitman

Released

1961

Genre

Country^[1]

Label

Imperial

Slim Whitman chronology

Once in a Lifetime
(1961)

Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie
(1961)

Forever
(1962)

Singles from Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie

"The Old Spinning Wheel"
Released: 1961
"It Sure Looks Lonesome Outside"
Released: 1961
"Annie Laurie" / "Valley of Tears"
Released: 1961 or 1962

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Billboard	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie is a studio album by Slim Whitman, released in late 1961 on Imperial Records.^[1]^[4]

In the UK, the album was titled Slim Whitman Sings—Vol. 3,^[5] as there have been several albums bearing the title Slim Whitman Sings before.

Release history

The album was issued in the United States by Imperial Records as a 12-inch long-playing record, catalog numbers LP-9163 (mono) and LP-12077 (stereo).^[4]

In 1962, it was issued, under the title, Slim Whitman Sings—Vol. 3, in the UK by London Records, catalog numbers HA-P 2443 (mono) and SAH-P 6232 (stereo).^[5]

Around 1966,^{[citation needed]} it was reissued in the United States by Imperial under the title Sweeter than the Flowers.^[6]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Sweeter than the Flowers"	Ervin Rouse Lois Mann Morry Burns
2.	"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"	Fred Rose
3.	"Eileen"	Max Liebman Sylvia Fine
4.	"Straight from Heaven"	Jim Glaser
5.	"Most Beautiful"	Glenn Barber
6.	"Molly Darlin'"	Jerry Crist

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"It Sure Looks Lonesome Outside"	Gary Bruce
2.	"Annie Laurie"	Crist
3.	"The Old Spinning Wheel"	Billy Hill
4.	"In a Hundred Years"	Jimmy Lee Dickens Larry Kirby
5.	"Yesterday's Love"	Jim Glaser
6.	"Ten Thousand Teardrops"	Alex Zanetis

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 4 December 1961. pp. 26–.
^ Slim Whitman - Annie Laurie. AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
^ Colin Larkin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music. Virgin. ISBN 978-0-7535-0236-5.
^ ^a ^b "Slim Whitman - Slim Whitman Sings Vol. 3". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
^ ^a ^b "Slim Whitman – Slim Whitman Sings Vol. 3 (1962, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
"Slim Whitman – Slim Whitman Sings Volume 3 (1962, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 10 June 1967.