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Jim Reeves Bio
Jim Reeves was born and raised in
Galloway, TX, where he was one of nine children. Tragically, his father
died when Jim was only ten months old, forcing his mother to farm and
raise her family. At the age of five, he was given an old guitar, and
shortly afterward, he heard a Jimmie Rodgers record through his older
brother. From that moment on, Reeves was entranced by country music and
Rodgers in particular. By the time he was 12 years old, he had already
appeared on a radio show in Shreveport, LA. Though he was fascinated
with music, Reeves also was a talented athlete and during his teens he
decided he was going to pursue a career as a baseball player. Winning an
athletic scholarship to the University of Texas, Reeves enrolled at the
school to study speech and drama, but he dropped out after six weeks to
work at the shipyards in Houston. Soon, he had returned to baseball,
playing in the semiprofessional leagues before signing with the St.
Louis Cardinals in 1944. He stayed with the team for three years before
seriously injuring his ankle and thereby ruining his chances of a
prolonged athletic career. |
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August 20 1923 - July 31 1964 |
Reeves was at the height of
his career when his private plane crashed outside of Nashville on July
31, 1964. The bodies of Reeves and his manager, Dean Manuel, were found
two days later and were buried in his homestate of Texas. Though Reeves
had died, his popularity did not vanish -- in fact, his sales increased
following his death. Throughout the late '60s, RCA released a series of
posthumous singles, many of which -- including "This Is It"
(1965), "Is It Really Over?" (1965), "Distant Drums"
(1966), and "I Won't Come in While He's There" (1967) -- hit
number one. The previously unissued songs were frequently mixed in with
previously released material on album releases, making his catalog
confusing but profitable for RCA. The flow of unreleased Reeves material
did not cease during the '70s or '80s -- in fact, there wasn't a year
between 1970 and 1984 when there wasn't a Reeves single in the charts,
either at the top or in the lower regions. Reeves was inducted into the
Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967, and two years later, the Academy of
Country Music instituted the Jim Reeves Memorial Award. Though the flood
of unreleased material ceased in the mid-'80s, the cult surrounding
Reeves never declined, and in the '90s, Bear Family released Welcome to
My World, a 16-disc box set containing his entire recorded works. ~
David Vinopal, All Music Guide |
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