For the Southern Baptist pastor and author, see Fred L. Lowery.
Fred Lowery
Fred Lowery in a 1944 advertisement
Born
(1909-11-02)2 November 1909
Died
11 December 1984(1984-12-11) (aged 75)
Occupation
Whistler
Musical career
Labels
Columbia
Decca
Gra-Low
Word
Musical artist
Signature
Fred Lowery (2 November 1909 – 11 December 1984)[1] was a blind professional whistler who recorded a No. 9 Billboard chart hit version of "The High and the Mighty" with conductor and arranger LeRoy Holmes. Lowery whistled with Horace Heidt and Vincent Lopez in the 1930s and 40s.[2] His 'Silent Night' and 'William Tell Overture' demonstrate the difference between everyday whistling and puccalo.
Lowery was born in Palestine in Anderson County in east Texas and lost his eyesight at the age of two after being stricken with scarlet fever. With an artificial right eye and limited vision in the left, Fred Lowery was legally blind – not totally blind.[3] From the age of eight he was educated at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.[4] In 1929, when he was attending school, he met a bird imitator. "He encouraged me," he recalled, "and I began to discover there was more to whistling than bird calls." After a series of minor successes, including a radio show on WFAA in Dallas, and a 4+1⁄2-year engagement with the Vincent Lopez orchestra in New York, he was heard by Horace Heidt. Heidt gave Lowery his chance for national recognition as a featured part of his show. In 1945, Lowery struck out on his own. His 1939 version of the song Indian Love Call sold over 2 million copies.[5][6] During his career, he performed at Carnegie Hall and at the White House.[7]
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