LAST UPDATED ON 15 APRIL 2019
THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
For a number of years, the late Leo Jackson answered questions that Jim Reeves fans sent to him through the fan club. Leo replied to each of them as best as he could. He replied to the last question 10 days before his death.
Click here to read the questions and Leo's replies
WELCOME TO THE HOMEPAGE OF THE JIM REEVES FAN CLUB
THIS WEB SITE WAS ENDORSED BY JIM'S LEAD GUITAR PLAYER THE LATE LEO JACKSON
Our objective is to promote the music of Jim Reeves and keep the memory of him alive. Also, we supply the members with a quarterly fan club magazine of 12 pages, full of interesting articles, album reviews, photos, etc.
The fan club was founded as THE NEW DUTCH JIM REEVES FAN CLUB by Arie den Dulk and the late Bert Bossink in 1975. For the first two years we catered only to Dutch speaking fans, but since the closure of the British Jim Reeves Fan Club in 1977, we have two editions of the club magazine, one in Dutch, the other in English. Some years ago we changed to our present name as for more than 25 years it has been the only Jim Reeves fan club.
Our approximately 250 members live all over the world, but 80% are Europeans. We have members in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australasia, India and Japan.
On this website we'll put various information such as discographies, newspaper cuttings and photographs from my own and other collections. Any material from visitors to this site is welcome.
If you wish to join the fan club or would like to know more about it, or have any questions, please write to: The Jim Reeves Fan Club. Or you may send mail to our postal address, which is:
Jim Reeves Fan Club
Postbus 66
2280 AB Ryswyk
The Netherlands
15 APRIL 2019
"NEW" JIM REEVES TRACKS, WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN COMMERCIALLY RELEASED, HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE SECTION OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE.
For a number of years, usually around the date of Jim's Birthday, some never before commercially released Jim Reeves recordings surfaced. Unfortunately that stream is drying up.
Recently, the Country Music Foundation are releasing various recordings from their archive, which includes recordings and performances by Jim Reeves. The CMF has released an album of Jim's Grand Ole Opry performances, a number of years ago. They also have uploaded episodes of the Prince Albert portion, including performances of Jim Reeves, to the digital archive section of their website. More recordings from the CMF archives are being digitized and uploaded to the digital archive section. Very recently, the Biff Collie collection has been digitized and uploaded. There are several interesting recordings featuring Jim Reeves.
INTERVIEWS - BIFF COLLIE
There's a 5 minute slot on Jim Reeves, in the first 90 seconds, Eddy Arnold
talks about having just come from the site of Jim Reeves plane crash, then Jim
Reeves talks about being in the music business for eleven years, Jim talks about
cutting his first record and not making any money, he talks about his second
record going number one, he talks about wanting to be a baseball player as a
child, playing in college, and playing pro ball for three years for the St.
Louis Cardinals. Jim talks about wanting to get back into the radio business,
recently having purchased a station, and finishes with telling Biff a fishing
story. The first part of The Eddy Arnold segment will be familiar to many fans,
we finally knows it was aired live in the Biff Collie Show.
You can listen to it
here.
VARIOUS INTRODUCTIONS - BIFF COLLIE
Jim Reeves can be heard introducing Biff Collie's program at the very end of the introductions: "This is Jim Reeves at Collie's Corner. Have you had your Biff today?" You can listen to it here.
THE RED FOLEY SHOW
The archive contains
one episode of the Red Foley Show with a 3 minute portion in which Red Foley
introduces Jim Reeves, and Jim talks about trading baseball for music and sings
"Anna Marie". A very nice performance of that song by Jim. The date and episode
number are unknown. Jim recorded the song at RCA on September 3, 1957.
You can listen to it
here.
31 JANUARY 2019
HAROLD BRADLEY, FAMOUS COUNTRY MUSIC GUITARIST, DIED AGED 93.
Harold Bradley, famous country music guitar player, and once member of Nashville's "A" team, died peacefully in his sleep this morning. One of his daughters contacted me this morning with the sad news.
Harold first played guitar at a Jim Reeves recording session on July 5, 1963, when Jim recorded only one song, 'Silver Bells' for the US release of the 'Twelve Songs of Christmas' album. The previous year, TEAL RECORDS released an eleven song version of that album.
Harold played from then on, on all of the Jim Reeves studio recording sessions, including the two very last ones for RCA, at July 2, 1964.
Commencing in December 1970, Harold also played on Jim Reeves' RCA overdub sessions until 1975.
22 JANUARY 2019
MAXINE BROWN, LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE BROWNS, DIED AT AGE 87
Maxine Brown Russel, who was the last surviving member of the famous trio 'The Browns', died in Little Rock, Arkansas, yesterday from complications of heart and kidney disease. She was 87 years old.
The Browns, Jim Ed, Maxine and Bonnie, began their recording career with FABOR RECORDS in 1954. On their first recording session, they recorded two songs, one of them was "Looking Back To See" which was a minor hit. Jim Reeves played rhythm guitar on that session. The Browns joined Jim Reeves on a number of tours with "The Fabor Robinson String Music Show". In her autobiography "Looking Back To See" she remembers those tours and her memories about Jim Reeves.
I talked and corresponded with her after her book had been released and she told me a few other interesting stories about Jim Reeves and other participants of those tours.
In 2011, Maxine recalls her fond memories on the Great Jim Reeves in an article on her website. Click here to read it.
1 JANUARY 2019
W E WISH ALL JIM REEVES FANS A HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR!
26 DECEMBER 2018
JIMMY WORK, SONGWRITER OF 'MAKING BELIEVE' DIED, AGED 94
Fan club member Frank C. Anderson mentioned that 'The Tennessean' newspaper reported the death of songwriter Jimmy Work. He died at his home in Dukedom, at the border of the states of Kentucky and Tennessee on December 22nd. In 1955 he wrote the song 'Making Believe', which was first recorded by Kitty Wells. It reached the number 2 spot in the charts. Many artists record the song. Jim Reeves recorded it sixty years ago, on December 9, 1958, and it was included in the album 'Songs to warm the heart'.
25 DECEMBER 2018
We wish all Jim Reeves Fans a Merry Christmas!
23 DECEMBER 2018
CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE HOME OF JIM AND MARY REEVES
Two pictures taken at their home at Christmas time.
Click here to view the pictures.
24 NOVEMBER 2018
SIX JIM REEVES SONGS IN THE DUTCH NPO RADIO 5 EVERGREEN-TOP1000 HITPARADE 2018
There are 6 Jim Reeves hits in the Dutch NPO RADIO 5
EVERGREEN TOP-1000 HITPARADE of 2018.
No. 67 (62) Distant Drums
No. 114 (66) I Love You Because
No. 115 (73) He'll Have To Go
No. 203 (120) Adios Amigo
No. 301 (302) I Won't Forget You
No. 449 (413) Welcome To My World
The number in brackets is the position of the song in the
2017 EVERGREEN - TOP 1000 HITPARADE
The EVERGREEN - TOP1000 HITPARADE has been compiled from a NPO RADIO 5 listeners
poll and is being transmitted from Monday 26 November till and including Friday
30 November, between 06.00 hours and 20.00 hours CET.
The program can be listened
here
( click on "live luisteren")
.
11 NOVEMBER 2018
19th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF
MARY REEVES
Today we remember the 19th anniversary of the death of Mary Reeves. For almost 35 years Mary nursed, promoted and especially protected the image of 'Gentleman' Jim Reeves. Lani Arnold, Jim's niece, has continued protecting that image since Mary's death. Despite attempts by some quarters to change that image into a different one, the real fans of his music proudly stick to the 'Gentleman Jim Reeves' one.
In April 1995, fan club member Eimbert van der Oetelaar met Mary Reeves at the Jim Reeves museum in Madison, Tennessee. An article about the meeting appeared in issue 63, June 1995, of the Jim Reeves Fan Club magazine. Eimbert presents on Friday nights from 22.00 to 23.00 hours CET, a weekly Jim Reeves program on Radio Extra Gold . Each week it features one side of an RCA Victor album.
5 OCTOBER 2018
IRISH TELEVISION WILL BROADCAST A JIM REEVES TRIBUTE ON OCTOBER 16th, 2018
Click here to view a short preview clip from the program
21 AUGUST 2018
NEW JIM REEVES ALBUM RELEASES
To view a larger size picture of it - click here
20 AUGUST 2018
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM REEVES!!
JIM REEVES FAN CLUB 95th BIRTHDAY MEETING
Today would have been Jim Reeves' 95th Birthday. On Sunday 14 October we will have a 95th Birthday celebration at a fan club meeting, probably in Hilversum. Details of when and where will be mailed to those fans who wish to join us in the 95th. Birthday celebrations. Special guest will be Henk Brederode.
LARGE COLLECTION OF JIM REEVES' LIVE RECORDINGS, PICTURES, AND PRINTED ITEMS ON US WEBSITE
I presume the best way to celebrate Jim's Birthday at home is to play his records or watch his only movie "Kimberley Jim'.
There's one website where one can listen to a large number of live recordings, view pictures of Jim Reeves in Nashville, view Hatch Show Print Posters of shows Jim performed in, and view a number of Souvenir Programs of Grand Ole Opry Shows in which Jim performed. It is just if Jim is giving us fans a Birthday treat, because it is FREE OF CHARGE!!
Go to the digital archive of the Country Music Hall of Fame at http://digi.countrymusichalloffame.org/ and click on what you wish to visit, then put the name of JIM REEVES in the search box and you will be presented with a szelection of items you can view or listen to !
1 AUGUST 2018
FLORAL TRIBUTES FOR JIM REEVES AND DEAN MANUEL
Click here to view the pictures.
31 JULY 2018
54TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JIM REEVES AND DEAN MANUEL
Today will be the 54th anniversary of the death of Jim Reeves. Although Jim's voice is stilled, we can still enjoy his wonTderful voice by listening to his recordings on various media. In another 50 years people will still enjoy listening to his original recordings.
Floral tributes have been put on their graves this morning.
15 JULY 2018
NEW JIM REEVES ALBUM RELEASES
13 MAY 2018
DID YOU KNOW JIM REEVES PERFORMED AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY ON JANUARY 5, 1957?
To view it - click here
4 MAY 2018 (updated May 5, 2018)
LEO JACKSON REMEMBERED
Leo Jackson, who played lead guitar for Jim Reeves, died 10 years ago, today. A floral tribute from the fan club will be put on his grave today. As soon as we receive a picture of the floral tribute, a link to it will be put on this website.
Please click here to read about it
29 APRIL 2018
LESS LEVERETT'S GRAND OLE OPRY PICTURES (1960-1992) WILL BE FEATURED IN A NEW EXHIBITION
To view a larger picture of the cover of the French album - click here
13 APRIL 2018
DID YOU KNOW JIM ONCE SENT A TELEGRAM TO BOB LUMAN AT THE SHOWBOAT HOTEL?
Jim sent a telegram to Joyce Gray (Jackson) so she would send a demo record of 'SHEPARD OF LOVE' to Bob Luman at the Showboat Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
To view it - click here
1 APRIL 2018
(reposted with the correct url)
PICTURE OF MARY REEVES ON 'THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN' ARTICLE ABOUT THE 1968 GRAMMY AWARDS
Go to Photo #11 on the slide show
and you will see John Hartford. In the background, on the left side, you will
see Jim Ed Brown, Bud Logan, who was Mary's fiancée at the time, and Mary
Reeves.
The 10th annual Grammy Awards dinner and show took place in the National Guard
Amory in Nashville on February 29, 1968.
The coveted awards also were presented at simultaneous banquets in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The event here was presented by the Nashville chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, with Buddy Killen as president of the local chapter. The festivities were broadcast by WSIX but not televised.
To read about it in the Tennessean and view the slide show- click here
31 MARCH 2018
29 MARCH 2018
DOTTIE WEST HAS BEEN ELECTED TO THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
Dottie West died as the result of a
car accident on September 4, 1991, at the age of 58.
19 FEBRUARY 2018
The disgusting recent attack on an American Jim Reeves Forum indicates total ignorance of those who were around a long time ago and accuses any visitor to the Dutch site of being a party to "Puerility." This site does not attract the childish or tout the trivial. It's been around just as long as that authoritarian "ONLY" site.
This site makes regular contributions of new information about Jim Reeves through our "Did You Khttp://jimreevesfanclub.com/blueside.jpg">here
Every year, we make sure that flowers are placed on the final resting places of Jim and Mary Reeves. Interesting and informative articles relating to Jim Reeves appear on this site, and especially in our printed fan club magazine. All this is done without promoting any items for sale. The only thing we promote is Jim Reeves.
24 FEBRUARY 2018
DID YOU KNOW LEO
WAS 14 YEARS OLD WHEN HE AUDITIONED FOR JIM REEVES?!
DID YOU KNOW THAT AFTER JIM'S DEATH, BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL JIM REEVES FANS CORRESPONDED WITH RELATIVES OF JIM AND MARY REEVES?
To read about it - click here
6 FEBRUARY 2018
(updated 6 February 2018)
DID
YOU KNOW THAT RCA PRODUCED A NON COMMERCIAL LP RECORD WITH A NUMBER OF
INTERVIEWS RECORDED AT THE 1956 "MARCH OF DIMES" TOUR?
To read about it - click here
29 JANUARY 2018
DAVID BUSSEY, WHO WAS THE SECRETARY OF THE OFFICIAL JIM REEVES FAN CLUB FROM 1966 TO 1977, REMEMBERS TOM PERRYMAN.
You can read about it here
21 JANUARY 2018
FUNERAL OF TOM PERRYMAN
Picture: courtesy of Jack Benner
Yesterday, a celebration of life service for Tom Perryman was held at the Stewart Family Funeral Home in Tyler, Texas. Jack Benner reported he was one of ten speakers, plus the preacher. There was a crowd of 200 plus not counting those that came just for "visitation" and left before the service. The services were video taped and can be viewed on the website of the Funeral Home. The stream runs for 95 minutes and can be viewed here. Quite a few of the speakers not only tell about their friendship with Tom, but also of Tom's friendship with Jim and Mary Reeves. A few Jim Reeves songs were played during the service. The
Guest Book will be online thru February 15th.20 JANUARY 2018
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY REEVES
Today, Mary Reeves would have celebrated her 89th Birthday. Although she passed away 18 years ago, her hard work on maintaining Jim's image and his record catalogue is the reason that Jim's music still lives on, more than 50 years after his death. I can not think of any artist whose music is still popular and listened to by thousands of listeners half a century after his death.
DID YOU KNOW REV. DR. BILL WHITE JR. HAD JOINED THE SEARCH PARTIES LOOKING FOR THE CRASH SITE OF JIM AND DEAN'S PLANE?
To read about it - click here
17 JANUARY 2018
FUNERAL OF TOM PERRYMAN TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2018
Services for Thomas Eugene Perryman, 90, of Tyler, will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2018. Visitation and a celebration of life services will be held at the Stewart Family Funeral Home in Tyler, Texas. Dr. Bill White will be officiating. Stewart Family Funeral Home is in charge. Visitation is from 1-3p. Memorial services are at 3p.
Obituaries on Tom can be found at the websites
of the STEWART FAMILY FUNERAL HOME and COUNTRY LINE MAGAZINE.
12 JANUARY 2018
TOM PERRYMAN DIES AT AGE 90
We received an email from Jack Benner at 2.15 this morning, informing that Tom Perryman passed away on Thursday afternoon. His wife Billy was with him. No info yet on services. Jack will keep us posted.
7 JANUARY 2018
UPDATE ON HANDWRITTEN LYRICS OF AN EARLY JIM REEVES SONG WHICH WAS AUCTIONED ON EBAY LAST WEEK
I could not report on the auction sooner as I was in bed with the flue. I am recuperating and hope to get back to work on the fan club magazine this week.
This early handwritten lyrics did not get sold on Ebay last week, as no one bid on it. The starting bid was $200.00.
The lyrics were first auctioned, by a different seller on Ebay in March of 2004. The seller wrote: "This hand written copy came from an old 3 ring notebook that Jim used to carry his songs in. The notebook has fallen apart, but this is one of the original songs that were inside."
Fortunately, a number of lyrics from that notebook have been shared between fans. It opened a window to a part of Jim's early career.
1 JANUARY 2018
W E WISH ALL JIM REEVES FANS A HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR!
29 DECEMBER 2017
HANDWRITTEN LYRICS OF AN EARLY JIM REEVES SONG BEING AUCTIONED ON EBAY THIS WEEK
A few very interesting items of Jim Reeves memorabilia are being
auctioned on Ebay this week. These are handwritten lyrics of an early Jim Reeves
song, "Vagabond Baby".
The lyrics are the original for the song, and most likely when it came to a
demo, Jim decided he didn't like the word "Vagabond" anymore and decided to
change it for "Heartbreaking" which certainly doesn't agree with the original
Vagabond" theme of the rest of the lyrical content. I note there were four
verses in Jim's original and only 3 in the demo. Notice the large space between
the first two & last two verses of the script. This was left blank I believe, so
that Jim could come up with the lyrics for a bridge sometime later. He was never
very good at writing bridges which always caused him problems in those early
song efforts.
On the other side of the lyrics is the typed lyrics of an Eddy
Arnold song, "I couldn't believe it was true". Jim would sing it in "E" key.
Together with the lyrics, a telegram from a Mr. Stiles from Albuquerque asking for a glossy picture, and an October 1962 program book of the "Saharan" hotel in Las Vegas. Jim would play golf there occasionally.
The
25 DECEMBER 2017
We wish Jim Reeves Fans a Merry Christmas!
23 DECEMBER 2017
A CHRISTMAS CARD SENT BY MARY AND TERRY (JIM REEVES ENTERPRISES) 35 YEARS AGO
I received this lovely Christmas card from Mary Reeves and Terry Davis, in December 1982.
To view the card - click here
19 DECEMBER 2017
17
DECEMBER 2017A CHRISTMAS WISH FROM THE
DECEMBER 1965 ISSUE OF "MUSIC CITY NEWS"
To
read about it - click here
10 DECEMBER 2017
DID YOU KNOW JIM DIDN'T WANT TO WORK MUCH IN 1964?
To
read about it - click
here
7 DECEMBER 2017
UPDATE ABOUT TOM PERRYMAN
Jack Benner reported to me today: “Tom Perryman after reaching the age of 90, has suffered a stroke and is partially paralyzed. He is in a “constant care” nursing facility and is not in any pain. His “radio days” are over and we...his friends...ask for prayers for he and his family.”
Jack Benner is a DGS Senior Sales/Marketing Professional at Alpha Media USA (East Texas)
2 DECEMBER 2017
CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE HOME OF JIM AND MARY REEVES
Two pictures taken at Jim's home at Christmas time.
Please click here to view them
27 NOVEMBER 2017
SIX JIM REEVES SONGS IN THE DUTCH NPO RADIO 5 EVERGREEN-TOP1000 HITPARADE 2017
There are 6 Jim Reeves hits in the Dutch NPO RADIO 5
EVERGREEN TOP-1000 HITPARADE of 2017.
No. 413 Welcome To My World
No. 302 I Won't Forget You
No. 120 Adios Amigo
No. 73 He'll Have To Go
No. 66 I Love You Because
No. 62 Distant Drums
25 NOVEMBER 2017
A VERY SHORT AUDIO CLIP FROM AN ACETATE RECORDING OF JIM REEVES SINGING A SONG HE NEVER COMMERCIALLY RECORDED SURFACED
Three years ago a demo tape recording of the song, “IF I COULD COME BACK”, written by Mel Tillis and A. R. “Buck” Peddy, around 1960, surfaced and a small portion from it had been posted on the web.
A few days ago, a small portion from an acetate recording from the same demo, surfaced on the web. It is believed that both originally were part of the Jim Reeves estate. It makes one wonder what other never commercially released Jim Reeves recordings, in part or in full, will eventually surface.
To listen to the short segment of the acetate recording click
HERE.
21 NOVEMBER 2017
W.E. "LUCKY" MOELLER JIM REEVES ITINERARY FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1955
19 NOVEMBER 2017
GRAND OLE OPRY MEMBER MEL TILLIS DIED AGED 85
Mel was a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and
was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1976, and the
Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
There's a nice picture of Jim Reeves, Mel Tillis, and Don Gibson, and Frances
Williams, Nashville representative of BMI, on the website of
THE TENNESSEAN newspaper. The three songwriters were honoured at the
BMI dinner November 2, 1960.
A very short clip of 10 seconds of a Jim Reeves demo recording of a song
Mel Tillis and A. R. “Buck” Peddy wrote, can be listened to
here.
11 NOVEMBER 2017
(updated 13 November 2017) 18th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF
MARY REEVES
Today we remember the 18th anniversary of the death of Mary Reeves. For almost 35 years Mary nursed, promoted and especially protected the image of 'Gentleman Jim Reeves.
A
floral tribute, paid for by fan club members, has been put at the graves of Jim and Mary Reeves at the Jim Reeves memorial along Highway #79.Click here to view a picture of the floral tribute
10 NOVEMBER 2017
30 OCTOBER 2017
RCA STUDIO B CELEBRATES 60th ANNIVERSARY
The RCA Studio B building on the corner of
17th Avenue South and Hawkins Street opened on October 29, 1957. It replaced the
old Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission studio at 1525 McGavock
Street. For two decades many country and non country artists such as Jim Reeves,
Chet Atkins, Hank Snow, Charly Pride, The Everly Brothers, and Elvis Presley
would record their recordings in this studio, many of these became hits.
Jim Reeves first used this studio on December 12, 1957 from 18:00-22:00 hours.
He recorded "I LOVE YOU MORE", "THEME OF LOVE" and "WISHFUL THINKING"
THE TENNESSEAN newspaper featured a special article on the 60th Anniversary on
their website, including 21 pictures taken at the recording sessions of the only
Jim Reeves' Christmas album on October 19, and 25, 1962.
Click here to read the TENNESSEAN newspaper article.
The building still stands and is a museum visited by many country music fans, although it is occasionally used for special recordings sessions. In April 2003 Country Music Hall of Fame's Senior Historian Dr. John W. Rumble invited Leo Jackson, me, and two members of the fan club, for a tour of RCA Studio B. Leo has played on many Jim Reeves recording sessions, although he's been listed on only a few session sheets.
Click
here
to view pictures taken of that visit to RCA Studio B
27 OCTOBER 2017
NEW ALBUM RELEASE, DUE IN DECEMBER
22 OCTOBER 2017
LEO JACKSON WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED HIS 83TH BIRTHDAY TODAY
Leo Jackson was born 83 years ago today. Leo died on May 4, 2008, but his memory and guitar artistry still lives on through the Jim Reeves recordings he played on.
I can't remember who took this picture of Leo Jackson, me, and two members of the fan club, taken at a special fan club meeting, at the Carthage Chamber of Commerce, on April 13, 2003.
Click HERE to view more pictures taken at that special fan club meeting and click HERE to view more pictures of Leo Jackson taken at a visit to RCA Studio B, and a visit to Dean Manuel's grave, all taken in April 2003.
19 OCTOBER 2017
DID YOU KNOW THAT JIM REEVES PLAYED GUITAR AT A JOHNNY HORTON RECORDING SESSION?
To read about it - click here
12 OCTOBER 2017
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE AUDIO COMPANY OF AMERICA'S MASTER BOOK 1950- 1951, CAN BE VIEWED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON?
To read about it - click here
5 OCTOBER 2017
50 YEARS AGO - THESE JIM REEVES RECORDS WERE FOR SALE IN SCANDINAVIA, GERMANY, AND THE LOW COUNTRIES
Click here to read a Swedish catalogue
1 OCTOBER 2017
BGO RELEASED A 4LP-2CD SET OF RONNIE INCLUDES THE JIM REEVES TRIBUTE ALBUM "OUT WHERE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ARE GLOWING"
For those Jim Reeves fans who don't have Ronnie Millsap's tribute to Jim Reeves album, here's you chance to get it at a very favourable price (£9.99) from BGO Records.
Click here to read more about the album on the BGO website.
29 SEPTEMBER 2017
AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE JIM REEVES TOUR OF THE WEST OF IRELAND APPEARED ON THE 'IRISH MEMORIES' WEBSITE
Fan club member and publicist James Reddiough wrote an article about the 1963 Jim Reeves tour of the west of Ireland which got published on the 'Irish Memories' website. James has written many articles about the 1962 tour which were published in a number of Irish magazines. He also published a booklet about that tour a few years ago.
Click here to view the article.
James also wrote an article about Eddie Masterson, the composer of the monologue "A TRIBUTE TO JIM REEVES". The song was recorded by Larry Cunningham.
Click here to view the article.
24 SEPTEMBER 2017
KLTV WILL FEATURE A PROGRAM ON AN HISTORIC BUILDING IN TYLER, TEXAS
Television station KLTV in Tyler,
Texas will feature a program on the Mayfair Building in Tyler in their weekly
series "Proud of East Texas," on KLTV 7 News and KTRE 9 News Today (September
24, 2017) at 10 p.m. CEDT (GMT-5).
The Mayfair building is located at the East Texas County Fair grounds. In the
1950s, Tom Perryman organised country music shows in the building, featuring
artists such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Horton, The Browns, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Johnny Cash, Minnie Pearl, Hank Williams, June Carter Cash, Jim Reeves and the
Grand Ole Opry tour group.
The presenter, Joan Hallmark reported: "Unfortunately, Tom Perryman’s health is
so bad after a recent stroke that he was unable to be taped for the latest
story. I did talk with his wife Billie. After the story is aired on Sunday
September 24th, it will go on the internet at KLTV website, search for "Proud of
East Texas, Mayfair Building".
Click
here
to view a list of available "Proud of East Texas" episodes.
21 SEPTEMBER 2017
17 SEPTEMBER 2017
THE LATEST RELEASES OF JIM REEVES LP AND CD ALBUMS
11 SEPTEMBER 2017
DID YOU KNOW JIM REEVES, WHILE HE WAS PARTICIPATING IN A "MARCH OF DIMES" TOUR IN 1956, FLEW BACK TO NASHVILLE, TO PERFORM AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY?
Click here to read more about it.
FAN CLUB MEETING POSTPONED TO SPRING 2018
We were going to have a fan club meeting in October but the venue in Hilversum had no spare dates in October or November left. We will have one in the Spring, probably at an other location. A date has not been set yet.
3 SEPTEMBER 2017
A PAGE FROM A CHECK STUBS BOOK
Click here to read more about it.
31 AUGUST 2017
THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION AT CARTHAGE
Today we enquired about the effects of hurricane HARVEY in Carthage. Darcy Johnson, of the Carthage Flower Shop, reported: "We are about 3 hours North East of Houston. So we are just getting a little rain. Thanks for checking in on us! Houston and the rest of South Texas need prayers."
25 AUGUST 2017
THE LATEST RELEASES OF JIM REEVES LP AND CD ALBUMS
Click here to view it in a larger format
20 AUGUST 2017
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM REEVES!
You can view it
here .
19 AUGUST 2017
A CHECK STUB SENT TO THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)
Click here to read more about it.
15 AUGUST 2017
A BLUE BOYS HAND BILL
Click here to read more about it.
7 AUGUST 2017
AFM COMBINATION RECEIPT AND REPORT FORM FOR THE JANUARY 18th, 1962 SHOW AT THE RIVERSIDE BALLROOM , PHOENIX, ARIZONA.
Click here to read more about it.
6 AUGUST 2017
OCTOBER 1955 LETTER FROM SYLVESTER CROSS TO TOM DISKIN AND HANK SNOW, MENTIONING JIM REEVES
Click here to read more about it.
5 AUGUST 2017
BGO CHANGED THE RELEASE DATE OF THEIR LATEST 2 CD (4-LP) JIM REEVES RELEASE AGAIN
BGO announced that the release date for the BGO release Jim Reeves "The International Jim Reeves/Kimberley Jim/My Cathedral/And Some Friends" has been changed for the fourth time in a month, from August 11 to August 18, 2017. Amazon.co.uk has announced they will ship the album later than originally planned. Another Jim Reeves BGO album, "Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves/Blue Side Of Lonesome/A Touch Of Sadness/On Stage", suffered from a production delay last year too.
4 AUGUST 2017
JIM REEVES ALBUM ON THE NUMBER 1 POSITION OF MOST VALUABLE COUNTRY MUSIC LP ALBUMS
The WIDE OPEN COUNTRY website posted a list of the ten most valuable country music albums. The Jim Reeves album ABBOTT LP5001 - JIM REEVES SINGS is at the number 1 position, it could be worth $1000, depending on the condition of the record itself and / or the sleeve! 5
In the summer of 1982 I took my original copy of that album to the British RCA headquarters in London, where it was photographed and used for the artwork of "JIM REEVES - THE ABBOTT RECORDINGS, volume 1". RCA even promoted the fan club by including the name and the address on the rear cover of volume 2. A very surprising act by RCA, since they never promoted the OFFICIAL BRITISH JIM REEVES FAN CLUB on sleeves of the British Jim Reeves albums.
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1 AUGUST 2017
FLORAL TRIBUTES FOR JIM REEVES AND DEAN MANUEL
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TO COMMEMORATE THE 94th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF JIM REEVES ON AUGUST 2O, WE WILL BE POSTING SOME JIM REEVES MEMORABILIA IN THE WEEKS LEADING TO HIS BIRTHDAY
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31 JULY 2017
FLORAL TRIBUTES FOR JIM REEVES AND DEAN MANUEL
NO JIM REEVES TRIBUTE ON BUCKS BRAUN MORNING SHOW TODAY
For more than a decade Classic Country Radio carried a Jim Reeves tribute show on the Bucks Braun Morning Show. When I asked Bucks if there would be an other tribute today, he informed me there wouldn't be one. That's very unfortunate as a number of fans will no doubt tune in to his program today. I asked Bucks to play a Jim Reeves record for all loyal fans of Jim Reeves on his program, this morning.
30 JULY 2017
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE "NEW JIM REEVES"?
For almost a decade fans could buy newly overdubbed recordings of Jim Reeves by
an American Indie label by mail order. Those albums got some airplay on country
music radio programmes, but the general public wasn't aware of these recordings.
In 2014, at the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Jim's death the British
record label H&H Music released an 8 CD album of overdubbed Jim Reeves songs,
"The Great Jim Reeves". It received quiet a bit of promotion on television,
radio, and the Internet in Europe. This should have given the "New Jim Reeves"
an enormous boost in popularity and sales.
Three years later it seems that all was to no avail. Radio stations in
Europe (and likely in the rest of the world, too) still play the "Old Jim
Reeves", rather than the tracks with modern musical backing. I located copies of
the 8 CD set at charity shops in Plymouth, UK, for as little as £7.50. It is
very likely that the general public prefers the Jim Reeves they listened to at
home when their parents or grandparents played or listened to Jim Reeves
records.
The naked truth is that the original Jim Reeves recordings, usually produced by one of Nashville's all-time best producers, Chet Atkins, and with a musical arrangement by Anita Kerr, have not been beaten by any modern version yet, and probably never will.
I am surprised that Anita Kerr,
has not yet been elected to the CMF HALL OF FAME. Ms. Kerr truly deserves it as
she played a mayor part in creating THE NASHVILLE SOUND.
The 8CD Set Deluxe Edition, sells at Amazon.co.uk for £29.95 & FREE Delivery in
the UK. One can order much cheaper copies of this album from other sellers at
Amazon, for around £20.00 in new and or used condition.
The album is also being offered at an American fan website for $49.99 (£38.81) plus $8.00 (£6.21) shipping. Not quite what I would consider a bargain.
JUNE FORAY, ONE OF THE PERFORMERS FROM THE 1954 USO TOUR (WHICH JIM REEVES WAS A PART OF) HAS DIED, AGED 99.
Several American news media such
as NBC and Washington Post reported that one of the performers from the 1954 USO
tour (which Jim Reeves was a part of) has died. June Foray was a voice over
actress for many years in Hollywood, performing in cartoons such as Rocky and
Bullwinkle, and Walt Disney movies. June was born as June Lucille Forer in
Springfield, Mass., on Sept. 18, 1917. She died Wednesday at West Hills Hospital
in Los Angeles of cardiac arrest. She was 99 years old.
Bud Widow interviewed the performers of the 1954 USO Tour during the tour, The
interviews were recorded on tape and sent to Hollywood. There they were
transcribed for Bud's program Bud's Bandwagon, a 30 minute program transmitted
by American Forces Radio. Bud interviewed June too and at the end of the
interview June performed "live" in a detective story of "Little Red Riding
Hood".
I was privileged to have access, and listen to these interviews with are in
custody of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Listening to the interviews
helped me to write an article about the 1954 USO tour. It was published in two
issues of the Jim Reeves fan club magazine in 2015.
The interview with Jim Reeves is believed to be the first one of Jim Reeves
transmitted outside the USA. Unfortunately no record company has taken a license
from the University of Missouri-Kansas City yet, to release the interview
on a CD.
16 JULY 2017
TOM PERRYMAN CELEBRATES HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY TODAY!
Veteran DJ Tom Perryman celebrates his 90th Birthday today. Family and friends threw in a big 90th Birthday Party in the Tyler Senior Center last Friday, July 14th.
Bob Mauldin reports Tom is at home and is doing very well, considering the struggle this past year. He has made significant progress, and being around so many friends and fans was very good for him Friday night!
Tom Perryman was a long time friend and business associate of Jim Reeves.
To view Birthday party pictures on Bob Mauldin's FB page, click here
ARCHIVED NEWS ITEMS
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IN MEMORIAM
MARY REEVES
20 January 1929 - 11 November 1999
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Click on the camera for links to a collection of photographs of Jim Reeves.
List of radio shows issued on transcription records
The opening of the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame.
Pictures of the Jim Reeves Memorial in Carthage.
Pictures of the former Jim Reeves "EVERGREEN" Museum in Madison
Pictures of the mausoleum where Mary Reeves first had been put to rest
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