"The Happy Whistler"
Single by Don Robertson
B-side"You're Free to Go"
ReleasedMarch 1956 (1956-03)
GenrePop
Length2:25
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Don Robertson
Don Robertson singles chronology
"The Happy Whistler"
(1956)
"Every Day That I Live"
(1956)

"The Happy Whistler" is a song written and performed by Don Robertson. It reached #6 on the U.S. pop chart and #8 on the UK Singles Chart in 1956.[1]

The song was ranked #43 on Billboard magazine's Top 50 singles of 1956.[2]

Other charting versions

  • Cyril Stapleton featuring Desmond Lane released a version of the song as a single which reached #22 on the UK Singles Chart in 1956.[3]

Other versions

  • In the 1960s and 1970s, "The Happy Whistler" was the theme song for the Channel 2 children's TV show, "Doctor Max and Mombo" based out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

References

  1. "Don Robertson, "The Happy Whistler" Chart Positions". Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  2. "1956's Top Popular Records" Billboard January 26, 1957: 60
  3. "Cyril Stapleton featuring Desmond Lane, "The Happy Whistler" Chart Position". Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  4. "Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Trio, "The Happy Whistler" Single Release". Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  5. "Boots Randolph, Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax". Discogs. 1960. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  6. "Ernie Fields, "The Happy Whistler" Single Release". Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  7. "The Echoes, "The Happy Whistler" Single Release". Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  8. "Jimmie Haskell and His Orchestra, "Boom" Single Release". Discogs. December 1965. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  9. "Sandy Nelson, Groovy". Discogs. 1970. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  10. "Reginald Dixon, Reginald Dixon at the Organ". AllMusic. Retrieved August 24, 2018.


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