Роджер Уіттакер: біографія

Дитинство і юність провів у Африці, куди колись переїхали його батьки з економічних міркувань. Відслуживши в армії, Роджер спочатку планував стати медиком і поступив в університет м. Кейптауна (ПАР). Після півтора років навчання він відрахувався і зайнявся педагогікою. У 1959 р. переїхав до Великої Британії, вивчав зоологію, біохімію і морську біологію. Продовжував співати в нічних клубах (це захоплення з'явилося у нього ще в Африці). Перший професійний альбом був випущений в 1962 р. Навесні 1964 одружився, у шлюбі виросло 5 дітей.

Серед його мелодій найбільшу популярність здобула Song Sung Blue (Мелодія, яку співають з сумом).

Коротка дискографія

Європа:

• 2000 Wunderbar geborgen
• 2003 Der weihnachtliche Liedermarkt
• 1992 Stimme des Herzens
• 1994 Leben mit Dir
• 1982 Typisch Roger Whittaker
• 1983 Voyager
• 1994 Sehnsucht nach Liebe
• 1999 Awakening
• 1979 Mein deutsches Album (in German)
• 2005 Moments In My Life
• 2003 Alles Roger 3
• 1987 Heut bin ich arm - Heut bin ich reich
• 1996 Einfach leben
• 2002 Mehr denn je
• 1999 Alles Roger 2
• 1997 Zur?ck zur Liebe
• 2004 Live in Berlin
• 1984 Ein Gl?ck, dass es Dich gibt
• 1994 Geschenk des Himmels
• 1996 Alles Roger!
• 1981 Zum Weinen ist immer noch Zeit
• 2004 Mein sch?nster Traum
• 1991 Mein Herz schl?gt nur f?r Dich
• 1995 Ein sch?ner Tag mit Dir

США:

• Country Collection - Label: Liberty - Released: April 29, 1991
• Classics Collection, Vol. 2 - Label: Liberty - Released: January, 1992
• Annie 's Song - Label: RCA Victor - Released: April 12, 1994
• Fire & Rain - Label: Pair - Released: January, 1985
• Genius of Love - Label: RCA
• Best Ballads # 1
• The Best of Roger Whittaker [Cleopatra] - Label: Pegasus / Cleopatra - Released: October 20, 1998
• Live! - Label: RCA Victor - Released: April 12, 1994
• Tidings of Comfort & Joy - Label: Liberty - Released: January, 1984
• Evergreens - Released: January, 1979
• On Broadway - Label: RCA Victor - Released : October 1, 1995
• Changes
• Christmas With Roger Whittaker - Label: RCA Victor - Released: September 14, 1992
• The Best of Roger Whittaker [Time Life] - Label: Time / Life Music - Released: December 17, 1999
• New World in the Morning [Columbia] - Label: Collectables - Released: January, 1971
• Einfach Leben - Label: BMG / Ariola - Released: October 3, 1996
• Greatest Hits - Label: RCA Records - Released: January 1, 1994
• Live in Concert - Label: RCA Records - Released: January, 1981
• Sincerely Yours - Released: August 11, 1995
• Voyager - Label: RCA - Released: January, 1980
• All About Love - Label: Liberty - Released: April 27, 1992
• Star Gold - Label: Polygram France - Released: May 9, 1997
• Folk Songs of Our Time - Label: RCA - Released: January, 1977
• With Love - Released: January, 1980
• Live - Label: Drive - (import) - Released: December 7, 1993
• An Evening With - Label: Prism Platinum - Released: June 7, 2005
• New World in the Morning [Collectables] - Label: Collectables - Released: January, 2003
• All-Time Favorites - Label: EMI-Capitol Special Markets - Released: January, 1992
• Imagine - Label: RCA - Released: January, 1978
• The Wind Beneath My Wings & Other Hits - Label: RCA Records - Released: December, 1991
• The Best of Roger Whittaker [RCA] - Label: RCA - Released: January, 1984
• Moments in My Life - Label: BMG / Ariola - Released: May 6, 2005
• Celebration - Label: RCA Victor - Released: January 1, 1993
• Take a Little: Give a Little - Label: RCA - Released: January, +1984
• The Wind Beneath My Wings - Label: RCA Records - Released: January, 1982
• Best Loved Ballads, Vol. 2 - Label: Liberty - Released: June 4, 1990
• All Time Heart Touching Favorites - Released: January, 1984
• All Time Heart Touching Favorites, Vol. 2 - Label: Liberty - Released: May 21, 1990
• The World of Roger Whittaker [Pair] - Label: Pair - Released: January, 1988
• Best of: Original Hits - Label: Paradiso - Released: April 23, 2002
• Living & Loving - Label: Liberty - Released: January, 1988
• Feelings - Label: RCA Victor - Released: February 15, 1994
• The Best of Roger Whittaker [Cema] - Label: EMI-Capitol Special Markets - Released: January 1, 1993
• Love Will Be Our Home - Label: Word / Epic - Released: January, 1989
• The Best of Roger Whittaker [Curb] - Label: Curb Records - Released: May 31, 1994
• The Roger Whittaker Christmas Album - Label: RCA - Released : January, 1978
• Irish Standards - Label: BMG Special Products - Released: April 14, 1998
• I'd Fall in Love Tonight - Label: Liberty - Released: January, 1989
• The Greatest Hits of Roger Whittaker - Label: Prism - Released: January, 1999
• In Concert - Label: Charly - Released: July 1, 1999
• The World of Roger Whittaker [Karussell] - Label: Universal International - Released: January, 1996
• Happy Holidays - Label: BMG Special Products - Released: September 23, 1997
• I Will Always Love You - Label: RCA Victor - Released: August 16, 1994
• Best Loved Ballads, Vol. 1 - Label: Liberty - Released: June 4, 1990
• The Holly and the Ivy - Label: BMG Special Products - Released: April, 2002
• All Time Favorites - Label: Prime Cuts - Released: January 1, 1995
• All Time Heart Touching Favorites, Vol. 1 - Label: Liberty - Released: April 23, 1990
• You Deserve the Best - Label: Capitol / EMI Records - Released: January, 1991
• New World in the Morning: The Encore Collection - Label: BMG Special Products - Released: November 18, 1997
• Roger Whittaker Christmas Album
• The Last Farewell & Other Hits - Label: RCA Records - Released: January, 1974
• Mirrors of My Mind - Label: RCA - Released: January, 1979
• Greatest Hits Live - Label: K-Tel - Released: January, 1992
• The Last Farewell ... Live - Label: Legacy Entertainment - Released: January, 2001
• All of My Life: Very Best Of [BMG International] - Label: BMG International - Released: July 20, 2004
• A Perfect Day - Label: RCA Victor - Released: September 17, 1996
• Classics Collection, Vol. 1 - Label: Liberty - Released: August, 1991
• The Best of Roger Whittaker - Label: RCA - Copyrighted: 1977
• What a Wonderful World - Label: RCA Victor - Released: April 12, 1994
• Danny Boy - Label: RCA Victor - Released: February 15, 1994
• I Wish You a Merry Christmas - Released: January, 1992
• Reflections of Love - Label: RCA Records - Released: January, 1976
• Now and Then: Greatest Hits 1964-2004 - Label: BMG International - Released: October 11, 2005
• Awakening - Label: RCA Victor - Released: August 10, 1999
• Songs for You: The Collection - Label: Universal International - Released: September 17, 2002
• Christmas Songs [Capitol]
• In Concert - Recorded with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra [DVD] - Released: January, 1976
• All of My Life: The Very Best of Roger Whittaker - Label: Camden - Released: January 1, 1999
• Collection - Released: June 30, 1992
• When I Need You - Released: January, 1979
• Magical World of Roger Whittaker - Released : January, 1975
• Christmas Songs [RCA] - Label: RCA Victor - Released: January 1, 1995
• Golden Tones - Label: Pair - Released: October 25, 1990
• World's Most Beautiful Christmas Songs - Label: Liberty - Released: January, 1989
• The Very Best of Roger Whittaker, Vol. 2 - Label: Polygram International - Released: August 28, 2001
• Special Kind of Man - Label: Pair - Released: January, 1971

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