Jim Reeves

James Travis Reeves ( Galloway (Texas) , August 20th 1923 - Nashville (Tennessee) , July 31 1964 ) aka Gentleman Jim was an American country vocalist who was known for its warm velvet voice .



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*1 Biography ==[Biography  edit ] == Reeves was born in Galloway in Texas as the youngest in a family of 9 children. His father died when he was 1. Despite his love of music, he began a career as a baseball player, which in 1947 came to an early end by an ankle injury. He got a job as a DJ at a radio station in Louisiana and in 1953 he recorded his first hit record, Mexican Joe, that was a No. 1 ranking. In 1955 he signed a contract with RCA and joined the Grand Ole Opry . By the end of the 50s came the Rock 'n' Roll and Reeves shifted under the influence of Chet Atkins style are the pure country which in that direction. Reeves was - with Patsy Cline - one of the first to bring the Nashville sound.
 * 2 Discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Singles
 * 2.3   Radio 2 Top 2000

Jim Reeves was one of the first to 'close talking'- microphone technique worked, something his voice brought out extra good. This he did with the recording engineer for RCA as a major quarrel that he between 1962 and early 1964 did not record anymore.

Jim Reeves' plane was on his way home in Nashville on July 31, 1964 in a heavy storm. Both occupants Reeves as a pilot and a friend, Dean Manuel, died.

A few of the songs that made him famous:

He scored his biggest hit in 1959/1960 with He'll have to go. Jim Reeves has also released an album containing songs exclusively in Afrikaans entitled Jy Is My Sweet Ling.
 * Mexican Joe
 * Talkin 'to your heart
 * Yonder comes a sucker
 * A Fool Such As I
 * Distant drums
 * I Love You Because
 * I will not forget you
 * Adios Amigo
 * Blue Boy
 * Billy Bayou
 * Home
 * Am I Losing You

Even long after his death, Reeves received hitlist quotations; the latest in a duet with Patsy Cline I fall to pieces in 1982 . All this was possible because of the massive amounts of unreleased studio material and the careful management of it by his wife.

Reeves was posthumously recognized in 1967 at the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998 in the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame and in 2010 in America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame . ==<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Discography  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Albums  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Single  Edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000 <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===