Roger Whittaker sold about 50 million records and received 250 awards during a stellar career.
Roger Whittaker, one of the UK’s most celebrated folk music singers, has died aged 87.
Whittaker was best known for hits including Durham Town, New World In The Morning and a version of Wind Beneath My Wings – and being an expert whistler. He arrived in Britain in 1959 to study zoology, biochemistry and marine biology at the University of Bangor in Wales, with his first major release, Steel Men, entering the British charts as he sat his final degree exams.
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