Wesley Tuttle

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Wesley Tuttle

| image = Wesley Tuttle.jpg

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| background = solo_singer

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| 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

| 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

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Wesley Tuttle (December 30, 1917, in Lamar, Colorado – September 29, 2003) was an American country music singer. He was raised in California and took up music at age four, relearning to play the guitar and ukulele after losing all but the thumb and one finger on his left hand.{{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 }} 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.{{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}} Wesley's last recording was in 1997, when he sang a verse of Detour on The Old Cowhands CD, "A Tribute to Wesley Tuttle".