whistlers

looking for songs with a whistling theme and all i can come up with are jens lekman and andrew bird.

who are some other prominent whistlers?

thank you.

Young Folks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0
Red-Eyed and Blue - Wilco
Generals and Majors - XTC
The Ruling Class - Loose Fur
Black Stick - Cruel Sea
Only Someone Running - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Patience - Guns 'n' Roses
Don't Worry Be Happy - that black guy who is rumoured to be dead but isn't
Centrefold - J Geils Band

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jfiles/whistling.htm
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/03/02/weekend-rock-list-best-songs-that-feature-whistling/

awww....red-eyed and blue and generals and majors!
sadley, young folks was ruined by major overkill.
bobby mcferrin was rumoured to be dead? I suppose that is because he was living in mineapolis until recently as creative chair of the minnesota orchestra.

thank you for the suggestions. that's a few less songs off "the music of central asia" I can knock off the disc.

a real oldie was 'sweet georgia brown' by Bones ? c.1947. This became the theme song for the Harrlem Globetroters.

The Andy Griffith Show theme song

Sittin on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding, some whistling, not all

in Ancient Times,there was someone called Elmo Tanner (?) who was on the wireless a lot.

thanks fugu! I had forgotten all about that song. a few harlem globetrotters games with my dad back in the day.
mainly because I am at work w/ little to do, some interesting trivia on this song.

sweet georgia brown

interesting! Bing Crosby in ''white christmas'' does a little whistling.

what a day for a daydream - lovin' spoonful

btw,mudhut,have u ever heard of the whistling talk of the Canary Islands? If not, Goog it.

no, I had not. interesting enough, I just watched catch a fire the other day with tim robbins on the life of patrick chamusso. at least three scenes that I can remember were prisoners communicating through some damn impressive whistling and perhaps the root of now wanting to know all things whistling.

I'm interested in whistling because I whistle quite a lot.

oh yea...that too. also the obvious "whistle while you work" before I forget.
are you familer with andrew bird? I saw him live last fall and you would have thought for sure it had to be a recording but man...that guy can whistle.

no,I dont think I ever heard of him.

Guy Mitchell- Singing the Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXYjvQDME64

Bright side of life by monty python

Jealous Guy
Harlem Globe Trotters Theme

Roger Whittaker has quite a few songs.

And not only an addictive whistling refrain, but a great song overall:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taVW8Kv2HcQ
(Winds of change by Scorpions)

The Stranger - Billy Joel
Mr Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr
Civil War - Guns 'n' Roses
Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
Two of Us - The Beatles
Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp
Golden Years - David Bowie
Hocus Pocus - Focus

Whistler's Mother

#19 :)

Another great tune that lends itself perfectly to whistling, in fact I love playing it in the car for that reason, is Great Big Sea's Billy Peddle. Try whistling in (inhale) and out (exhale) throughout the entire song. Takes a great set of lungs, but it's fun! Just don't pass out if you happen to be driving!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-n7S3_IGx74

There is the folksong, the Gypsy Rover:

http://ingeb.org/songs/thegypsy.html

There's some really cheesy power ballad by the Scorpions that has a lot of whistling at the beginning and end. Winds of Change maybe?

Whoops. I'm glad there's someone else on here with a refined taste in music.

Mr.Prez, see #17 :)

Couple more with sporatic whistling:
Paul Simon's You can call me Al
Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry, Be Happy

There's some great whistling on "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto, a 60's AM radio tune. Many versions on YouTube.

'Andy Griffith' composer dies at 88

He whistled and he sang till the .... (something or other)
And he won the heart of a laaaaady.

He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang
And he won the heart of a laaaaady.

See #21

Olivier Messiaen wrote quite a few works based on bird song...