{"name":"Roger Whittaker","title":"Roger Whittaker","id":967,"slug":"roger-whittaker","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/967/?format=json","bio_short":"Roger Whittaker (born March 22, 1936 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a British singer/songwriter and musician with worldwide record sales of more than 55 million. His music is of the folk/easy listening genre. In his early career, his trademark was his fantastic whistling ability.  Whittakers first chart success came in 1969, when "Durham Town (The Leavin')" was his first UK Top 20 hit. In 1970 came two follow-up hits, "I Don't Believe In If Anymore" (Top 10) and "New World In The Morning" (Top 20), and 1971 brought two smaller hit singles "Why" and "Mamy Blue".  ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/RogerWhittakerRo.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":27163,"title":"Ding! Dong! Merrily On High","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/"},{"id":1471,"title":"Durham Town","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/durham-town/"},{"id":22933,"title":"I Don’t Believe In If Anymore","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/i-dont-believe-in-if-anymore/"},{"id":23837,"title":"Mamy Blue","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/mamy-blue/"},{"id":25097,"title":"New World In The Morning","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/new-world-in-the-morning/"},{"id":22335,"title":"The Last Farewell","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/the-last-farewell/"}]}