As a child I learned to perfectly whistle this song from listening to old vinyl records my older brother had. But I never paid attention to "who it was." Many moons later, now a 2/Lt in a Marine Corps fighter squadron, I was sitting in the squadron ready room along with two other 2/Lt pilots, and I was abstractedly whistling this song. Suddenly the door of the ready room flew open and there stood the fearsome X.O. Major, not a officer who favored young lieutenants, and I just as suddenly stopped whistling! He looked around the room and said, "Who is playing that song?" Dead silence from the three of us, innocent faces. With no response, he looked suspiciously at us and said, "I could swear I heard Emo Tanner whistling 'Heartaches." Again, no response from the three and after again searching our faces, he turned and left the ready room. I looked at one of my fellow pilots, his brother was a noted jazz musician, and I asked, "Joe, who is Elmo Tanner?" Joe said, "I don't know but you whistle just like him!"
my dad could whistle this perfectly, he was a ww2 bet with a great sense of humour, in fact, both he and mum had me convinced into my twenties, that Elmo Tanner was dad’s ‘ stage name’ from back in the war days….🤣🤣I brought my man home to meet mum and asked her to play ‘Dad’s record of him whistling’, and mum cracked up, Dad passed away in 1974 , so this was the late 80’s, the fact i had remembered this ano about Dad had us crying but I DID laugh….eventually 🤣🤣🙏❤️❤️❤️ and will always love this song.☺️☺️☺️
Bellissimo brano dove ascolto tutto senza parole, solo fischiando ★ Mi ha piaciuto molto @ Grazie caro Toty Italy , ti auguro un bel sabato pieno di gioia ♪♥♪ Saluti!!@
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My father could whistle this and sound exactly like Elmo. I miss that so much.
As a child I learned to perfectly whistle this song from listening to old vinyl records my older brother had. But I never paid attention to "who it was."
Many moons later, now a 2/Lt in a Marine Corps fighter squadron, I was sitting in the squadron ready room along with two other 2/Lt pilots, and I was abstractedly whistling this song. Suddenly the door of the ready room flew open and there stood the fearsome X.O. Major, not a officer who favored young lieutenants, and I just as suddenly stopped whistling!
He looked around the room and said, "Who is playing that song?" Dead silence from the three of us, innocent faces. With no response, he looked suspiciously at us and said, "I could swear I heard Emo Tanner whistling 'Heartaches." Again, no response from the three and after again searching our faces, he turned and left the ready room.
I looked at one of my fellow pilots, his brother was a noted jazz musician, and I asked, "Joe, who is Elmo Tanner?"
Joe said, "I don't know but you whistle just like him!"
A terrific story . thank you for sharing- got a kick from it.
That guy was incredible! Probably the best whistler in the world.
I've been improving upon my whistling and the warbling in this song is just incredible; so much skill required.
1957
Very interesting how there seem to have been many re-recordings of the Ted Weems version of Heartaches throughout the years.
my dad could whistle this perfectly, he was a ww2 bet with a great sense of humour, in fact, both he and mum had me convinced into my twenties, that Elmo Tanner was dad’s ‘ stage name’ from back in the war days….🤣🤣I brought my man home to meet mum and asked her to play ‘Dad’s record of him whistling’, and mum cracked up, Dad passed away in 1974 , so this was the late 80’s, the fact i had remembered this ano about Dad had us crying but I DID laugh….eventually 🤣🤣🙏❤️❤️❤️ and will always love this song.☺️☺️☺️
Magia pura un gran silbador Elmo Tanner..👍👍✌️🙋chile 2020 junio.......
Bellissimo brano dove ascolto tutto senza parole, solo fischiando ★ Mi ha piaciuto molto @ Grazie caro Toty Italy , ti auguro un bel sabato pieno di gioia ♪♥♪
Saluti!!@
when music was music
Un dei piu' grande fischiatori nella storia della musica popolare. Elmo Tanner.
A favorite from childhood. Can't remember the band.
Ted Weems.