Roger Whittaker

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human recording artist singer-songwriter whistler

Roger Whittaker was a Kenyan-born British singer-songwriter and whistler known for his smooth baritone voice and easy-listening folk and pop songs such as "Durham Town" and "The Last Farewell."

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Label Occurrences
Roger Whittaker canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
whistler ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960 ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kenya ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kenya ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-03-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-09-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Bangor University ⓘ
surface form: University of Bangor
ethnicGroup British people ⓘ
familyName Whittaker ⓘ
fieldOfStudy biochemistry ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
genre easy listening ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
givenName Roger ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle ballad ⓘ
storytelling songs ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor whistling ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
German ⓘ
militaryService Kenya Regiment ⓘ
movement easy listening ⓘ
name Roger Whittaker self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableSong I Don't Believe in If Anymore ⓘ
Streets of London ⓘ
notableWork Durham ⓘ
surface form: Durham Town

New World in the Morning ⓘ
The Last Farewell ⓘ
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nairobi ⓘ
placeOfDeath France ⓘ
residence France ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Natalie O'Brien ⓘ
vocalRange baritone ⓘ
voiceType smooth baritone voice ⓘ

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I’m Sitting on Top of the World → hasNotableRecordingBy → Roger Whittaker ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Sitting on Top of the World
Wind Beneath My Wings → firstRecordingArtist → Roger Whittaker ⓘ
Whittaker → hasNotableBearer → Roger Whittaker ⓘ
Roger Whittaker → name → Roger Whittaker self-link ⓘ