Roger has earned over 250 silver, gold and platinum albums in his long career that has garnered fans from around the world. Included on the North American release were the songs "Why?", "What Love Is" and "Mexican Whistler", while "New World in the Morning", " From Both Sides Now" and "Streets of London" were omitted. Welcome to the official Website of Roger Whittaker. After Whittaker and his wife remained childless for a long time despite all attempts, the couple had adopted their two daughters Emiliy (1968) and Lauren (1970). And before his death, Roger Whittaker wants to gather his children around him at least once more. In the US and Canada, most of these songs appeared on Whittaker's 1971 album A Special Kind of Man, which was released by RCA Records. His five adult children live with their own families all over the world. The album has never been released on CD, and current digital versions of the album's most popular songs have been re-recordings done by Whittaker in the 1980s and 1990s. "No Blade of Grass" was the title song for the film No Blade of Grass.
The 20-track, 65-minute collection of 'all new material' (as the sticker adds) is a concept album put together by Whittaker with songwriter/producer. It included the hit "The Last Farewell", which won Whittaker an Ivor Novello Award for songwriting. Awakening, 'the first totally original Whittaker album in over seven years,' as a sticker on the shrink wrap proclaims, is nothing if not an ambitious project for 63-year-old Roger Whittaker.
Whittaker released the album in 1971 at the peak of his popularity. There the couple settled in a quaint parish called Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. Roger has earned over 250 silver, gold and platinum albums in his long career that has garnered fans. Since then, the singer has lived in the south of France with his great love Natalie O’Brien. Welcome to the official Website of Roger Whittaker. It featured some of his most popular songs, including " The Last Farewell", "A Special Kind of Man", the title track "New World in the Morning" (#12 US Easy Listening UK #17) and " Streets of London". Roger Whittaker has said goodbye to the show stage since 2011 and announced the end of his career at the age of 75. New World in the Morning is a studio album by Roger Whittaker released on the EMI label in 1971.
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