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4 unusual facts about Indian Love Call


1923 in country music

January 20 - Slim Whitman, country artist best known for his high-octave falsetto and yodeling abilities, and songs such as "Indian Love Call" and "Rose Marie" (died 2013).

Indian Love Call

The first verse to this song is sung by an offscreen narrator in Nickelodeon's 1995 television special, "Oh, Brother" featuring Stick Stickly who seeks for his twin brother in New York City.

Jeanette MacDonald Autobiography: The Lost Manuscript

“Perhaps the most unbelievable note I ever received backstage was between the second and third act of the opera Romeo and Juliet. It read: ‘Please sing “The Indian Love Call” during the next intermission.’”

Yosemite Firefall

As the fire fell, the "Indian Love Call" was sung at Camp Curry while visitors saw what seemed to be a waterfall of fire.



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