Wesley Tuttle

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Wesley Tuttle | image = Wesley Tuttle.jpg | alt = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | birth_place = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|12|30}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|9|29|1917|12|30}} | origin = Lamar, Colorado, United States | instrument = Vocals, guitar, ukulele | genre = Country, Gospel | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1937–1973 | label = Capitol, Christian Faith Recordings, Sacred Records | associated_acts = Stuart Hamblen, Sons of the Pioneers, Merle Travis, Joe Maphis, Cliffie Stone }}

'''Wesley Leroy Tuttle''' (December 30, 1917, in Lamar, Colorado – September 29, 2003) was an American country music and gospel singer and songwriter.

He was briefly a member of ''The Sons of the Pioneers'', he made a number of successful recordings and became well known for his numerous TV appearances on programs like ''Town Hall Party''and ''Hometown Jamboree'' In his latter years he subsequently turned to exclusively recording Gospel music<Ref name="independent"/>

==Biography==

Tuttle was raised in California and took up music at age four, relearning to play guitar and ukulele after losing all but the thumb and one finger on his left hand.<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wesley-tuttle-548912.html |title=Wesley Tuttle |date=October 1, 2003|work=The Independent |accessdate=November 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730152054/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wesley-tuttle-548912.html |archivedate=July 30, 2011 }}</ref>

He contributed the yodeling to the "Silly Song" in Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', and later backed Tex Ritter on guitar. He married actress Marilyn Myers in 1947 and acted with her in several Western films, in addition to recording the duet "Never" with her. Eyesight problems forced Tuttle into retirement in the 1970s.<ref name="independent"/><ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=433|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> Wesley's last recording was in 1997, when he sang a verse of Detour on The Old Cowhands CD, "A Tribute to Wesley Tuttle".

==Discography== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Song ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions<ref name="whitburn"/> |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US Country |- |1945 |align=left|"With Tears in My Eyes" |1 |- |rowspan=3|1946 |align=left|"Detour" |4 |- |align=left|"I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine" |5 |- |align=left|"Tho' I Tried (I Can't Forget You)" |4 |- |1947 |align=left|"Never" <small>(with Marilyn Myers)</small> |15 |- |rowspan=3|1952 |align=left|"Known Only To Him"/"Gathering Home" |– |- |- |}

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