Talk:Roger Whittaker

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• This is a nice article but it needs some citations and more research. I'e gone ahead and fixed some of the grammar but there wasn't much that needed fixing in this area. I was tempted to do something with this sentence: "UK Eurovision selection, A Song For Europe, performed by Eleanor Keenan and placing third." I didn't mess with it as I have NO IDEA what it could possibly mean. Apparently there's some TV show in England and someone votes on the best song or something like that. Who knows?! A little explanation for the billions of people who speak English and don't watch or care about British television would be helpful. Gingermint (talk) 22:00, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
  • A Song for Europe was a TV program in Britain which included a selection of songs proposed to represent Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest. Originally voted on by regional 'juries' in the later years of the show, viewers phoned in to vote for the song they thought should be chosen. Presumably the sentence to which you refer relates to a song that was on this program, performed by Eleanor Keenan and which achieved the third highest voting score but didn't win, so was not selected to represent Britain in the contest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision:_Your_Country_Needs_You#A_Song_for_Europe_.282000.E2.80.932003.29 Dwaelf the Wanderer (talk) 18:04, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

• This sentence is under Tours: "During August this year Whittaker became a founder member and president of the National Society of Brown Bears. This is a philanthropic society created to provide financial and moral support to large mammals." Dubious, at best. Adding 'Citation needed'. // Cavalaxis (talk) 22:41, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

It's had 8 months - I've removed it ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 18:09, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

• And it also needs some editing in the first sentence. Roger Whittaker is NOT a Kenyan Singer, he is a British Singer who only happened to be born in Kenya. This is the same as Spike Milligan, that famous Indian Comedian, where of course he was a half British/ half Irish comedian who was born in India. And the same as Nicholas Courtney that famous Egyptian Actor who starred as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who. When of course he was a British Actor who was born in Egypt. Could people please get it right, just because someone is born in that country doesn't automatically make them members of that country. It's your parents that make the difference. (In fact in Spike Milligans case he actually considered himself Irish like his father, and didn't think of himself as British at all.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.8.146.21 (talk) 22:01, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

  "Could people please get it right, just because someone is born in that country doesn't automatically make them members of that country." I think this attitude is racist and outdated. Whittaker has lived all over the world but he is African by birth. He is an African singer. At least be consistent about it... Should we change Sadiq Khan's entry to describe him as Pakistani? Sajid Javid? Priti Patel? So they are not British? If they are British then Whittaker is African. 98.144.81.175 (talk) 00:26, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Was he really on MST3k? The Puma Man episode I think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.117.102.31 (talk) 16:57, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Tours

Roger Whittaker did another US tour in 1983 or 1984. My husband and I attended his concert in Little Rock, Arkansas. Superb show! 69.42.41.254 (talk) 04:13, 22 January 2013 (UTC)Julie Hesson69.42.41.254 (talk) 04:13, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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• ". In 1979, Whittaker wrote the song "Call My Name" which reached the final of the UK Eurovision selection, A Song For Europe, performed by Eleanor Keenan and coming third." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.225.33.104 (talk) 09:11, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

• Personal Life - The Association for the Reduction of Repetitive Redundancy (ARRR!) has objected to "Whittaker 'subsequently' had his mother moved to London 'after' the incident." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.225.220.233 (talk) 14:08, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Roger Whittaker discography

Support split - Discography section takes up over half of the page and should be split to a new article entitled Roger Whittaker discography. --Jax 0677 (talk) 18:02, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

I agree with this - possibly also the albums should have track listing for clarification. Dwaelf the Wanderer (talk) 18:04, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

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Gang

It is not said if the gang active in 1989 were ever arrested or what their names were. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.123.215.180 (talk) 13:38, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

British?

I thought he was Kenyan? 144.134.99.146 (talk) 15:56, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Date of death

Did he really die on the thirteenth of September 2023? The BBC News on BBC Radio 4 did not say that he had died until September 18 or 19 2023. YTKJ (talk) 19:32, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

See: [1] Graham Beards (talk) 19:42, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

https://www.rogerwhittaker.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.69.14.132 (talk) 06:32, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Song festival Knokke

Roger Whittaker was a member of the 1967 British contingent that took part in the Knokke (Belgium) song festival where he performed If I Were A Rich Man from Anatevka and Mexican Whistler. This helped make audiences in Europe aware of his unmistakable talents and went a long way to kickstart his career outside the U.K. 62.45.60.163 (talk) 11:44, 2 January 2024 (UTC)