One hundred three days ago today, the yodeling crooner who helped influence a future Beatle and other legends was born.

Whitman was at one point known as "America's Favorite Folksinger," but he was far more popular overseas. His music saved the Earth from aliens in... Country Singer Slim Whitman, Known For His Yodel, ...

At the height of his career, Slim Whitman proudly bore the title “America’s Favorite Folk Artist.” Ironically, his career seemed to do much better overseas in the U.K. Whitman’s “countrypolitan” blend ...

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," ...

MIAMI (AP) — Family: Country singer Slim Whitman, famous for his signature yodel, dies in Fla. at age 90.

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 ...