This Amazing Man Made My Dying Father’s Dream Come True ! After Writing Telling Him My Father Was A Massive Fan, He Wrote To My Dad, Gave Him Videos, Signed Pics & The Letter Was Amazingly Thoughtful. My Dad Was 46 & I Was 17. He Told My Dad To Watch The Des O’Conner Show & Changed His New Song For My Dad’s Favourite, The Last Farewell. My Dad Was Over The Moon. That Was 1988 & I Understand Why My Dad Loved Him So Much. R.I.P The Both Of You’s !!!
😢 Wow same as my Dad on his deathbed 1993 pancreatic cancer...The Last Farewell was MY Dad's favorite all time song too! He had a window room in the hospital and there WAS a ship rigged and waiting in the harbour at dawn's early light and my Dad slipped away peacefully. Peace 2 U from just another human who knows the unparalleled heartbreak of losing a parent!😢
Came to listen to Roger’s wonderful voice after reading he passed away today😢😢😢. Saw him in Calgary in the 80s and just marvelled at how easy and soothing his voice was … Rest in Peace dear Mr. Whittaker, your music will live on 🙏🏼 💕 God bless 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 ❤️
@@alesakline1168Mine did as well. I listened to country music and still do. However, even in my youths if I heard other music I liked I would listen to it and not be embarrassed when my friends found out. I'm glad my foster parents were fans of his because I also became one in the 70s. Still today at 65 country music changed but I don't call today's country, country at all. Music like Roger's Whittaker never changed from when I was young. So that's still my go to music.
Ditto here as well. Mom LOVED Roger Whittaker. Dad owned a record store back in the day, so we had all of his records. It’s been too many years since I’ve listened to him. His voice is so relaxing and soothing. God speed, Roger!
Miss talent like Roger these days...he used to talk about music, all these screamers and agents are interested in these days is squawking into a microphone and charging millions for no talent after being promoted to teenagers by C lever celebs on the tv shows and saddly our kids fall for it... sad news for music these days!
The era when a handful of uniquely talented artists truly entertained and had some charisma an example also would be Shirley Bassey ...great songs at their peak great performances
Sad to know this gentleman troubadour has died. I remember him as a kid and, though I wasn’t a fan, I knew his songs made an impact with many as evidenced by the number of albums his music sold. R.I.P.
My dad RIP used to love Roger Whittaker and when I was a kid I'd hear many of his songs. Life on Mars which filled me with nostalgia at the brilliant soundtrack brought me here only to find out that Roger passed away in September 2023. RIP you good sir!
My late dad and Roger where at the same university of Capetown. According to my dad he would take his guitar and start to sing after the dance was over!!
R. I. P. Roger another beautifull voice gone to join God's choir. Died 13/09/23, buried 16 / 09 & we didn't know till the 19th. It should have been headline news on the day. Such a great talent world wide.
2024 Canada. Saw him once live what I night I had, I missed my family because of military duty but he made that night feel like being home with my wife and son
To all the supposed singers of 2023, listen to Roger and learn your trade. Roger is the best... It is a pleasure to listen to him. No need for echo or reverb, just a pure melodic voice.
What a performance,even as a teen we respected him,warm voice but the most important the message inside his songs.Thanks,Mr. Whittaker,you gave the world som much beautiful.
I live in America. Since my childhood days country is my all time favorite, at least classic country. I love British and Irish as well. Thanks to RU-vid I can listen to the music I like when I want. I don't want some paid person playing music I don't want to hear.
Wonderful music, thank you, Roger Whittaker!! I know his music since my childhood, and i love it since then. Also my parents loved him. He also sang in German, some very pleasant songs, so he is very famous here. From Austria.🇦🇹
Loved Roger W in 1969 when I first migrated to Montreal. 50+ years later when I hear his songs it reminds me of that Summer and the years that followed. ❤
I had a conservative upbringing music-wise, watching all those m.o.r. variety programs from the 1970s, and listening to my parents' and grandparents' records. That is how I got to know names like Roger Whittaker, Nana Mouskouri, Charles Aznavour, Andy Stewart, etc. And it takes me right back....
Even more relevant in the midst of the bellicose hysteria going on right now. One of the finest anti-war songs ever written. Arranged by the great Zack Laurence too, I believe.
My name is Sam Tyler I had an accident and woke up 33 years in the past am I mad ?? in a coma ?? or traveled back in time ?? Either way it feels like I've landed on another planet !
Far out I just dreamt about this guy last night, singing this song. But he was sitting down and had Brown suide jacket on and tan trousers playing a guitar. He was framed in greenery like vines or something. That was was last night 9th May 2019. That's why I'm here now.
Flo, that was a sign from your deeper selves. This is a very powerful song. You are just waking up. You don't believe in if anymore. Just trust yourselves. (George Kavassilas). Good luck!
You sound like an amazing person! I grew up with this and all of the above you mentioned plus Tony Bennett. My Dad had so much passion for music which he passed onto me.
I fell in love with his voice and songs during high school. The first record I bought with my own money after I started working was one of his. (Yes, I am that old) The second record was a compilation of him, Nana Mouskouri, and Demis Roussos.
This must be one of the most beautiful songs ever released but with a powerful message I've got this playing on a loop it says so much to a veteran 😭 😭 😭 😞 R.I.P Roger you're missed Im not a religious man but if there is a heaven you'll be singing with the Angels 😇💞
