serious music
- n traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
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- Slim Whitman dies at 90; country singer found fame with yodel, TV ads
Whitman's tenor falsetto and ebony mustache and sideburns became global trademarks -- and an inspiration for countless jokes -- thanks to the TV commercials that pitched his records. But he was a serious musical influence on early rock, and in the British Isles, he was known as a pioneer of country music for popularizing the style there. Whitman also encouraged a teen Elvis Presley when he was ...
June 19, 2013 - The Oregonian