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observed that "[s]ome pop singers define the zeitgeist and many more follow it. A much rarer number of them defy it and Roger
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when he was the subject. Still living in
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So Far, So Good: The Autobiography of a Wandering Minstrel
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1429:"Roger Whittaker: Die letzten Jahrzehnte waren wunderbar"
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1219:"Roger Whittaker | Biography & History"
1888:. New York: Viking Penguin. pp. 348, 351.
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1017:Sweeting, Adam (20 September 2023).
755:The Magical World of Roger Whittaker
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552:In 1974 he performed at the Finnish
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762:The Roger Whittaker Christmas Album
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1708:Behind the Smile: My Autobiography
1427:Glaubitz, Sabine (22 March 2016).
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1921:. New York: Tembo Publications.
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238:Roger Henry Brough Whittaker
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883:"About Roger Whittaker"
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