![]() ![]() It was recorded, and featured on Whittaker's 1971 album New World in the Morning (A Special Kind of Man in the US and Canada). Webster, a silversmith from Birmingham, England, sent Whittaker his poem entitled "The Last Farewell", and this became one of the selections to appear on the radio program. We got a million replies, and I did one each week for 26 weeks. Whittaker says "one of the ideas I had was to invite listeners to send their poems or lyrics to me and I would make songs out of them. The song came about when Whittaker hosted a radio programme in The United Kingdom in 1971, backed by an orchestra with arrangements by Zack Lawrence. Roger Whittaker came to renown as a guitarist, singer and songwriter, as well as possibly the best whistler in the business. ![]() "The Last Farewell" also went to number 1 in 11 other countries, selling an estimated 11 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best selling physical singles in history. home welcome cd catalog letters biography photos guestbook concerts links contact. Roger Whittaker (born Roger Henry Brough Whittaker in Nairobi, Kenya. It was kept from number 1 in the UK by Rod Stewart's "Sailing", resulting in an oddity that the top 2 songs in the UK singles chart at the time had a nautical theme. This led the single to achieve success in other parts of the world, including in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. He achieved international success in the 1970s with his soft rock ballads and folk-pop songs.
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