jim Reeves - Memories are made of this

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James Travis "Jim" Reeves (August 20, 1923 July 31, 1964) was an American singer-songwriter of country western and pop music.
known as a crooner because of his warm, velvety voice. His songs were remarkable for their simple elegance highlighted by his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "He'll Have to Go," "Adios Amigo (song)," "Welcome To My World," and "Am I Losing You" demonstrated this approach. Jim Reeves' Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including songs such as "Silver Bells," "Blue Christmas," and "An Old Christmas Card".

For many years, Reeves mixed college life with baseball and music. Influenced by such Western swing artists as Jimmie Rodgers and Moon Mullican as well as popular crooners Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold and Frank Sinatra, it was not long before he got a foothold into the music industry. For a time, he was a member of Moon Mullican's band and also worked as a DJ and announcer with local radio stations. He made some early, Moon Mullican-style recordings like "Each Beat of my Heart" and "My Heart's Like a Welcome Mat" in the late 1940s/early 1950s.

After an injury cut short his minor-league baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals farm system, his musical break came while working as announcer on KWKH Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Singer Sleepy LaBeef could not make it on time for a performance on the Louisiana Hayride, according to former Hayride emcee Frank Page, and Reeves was asked to fill in. (Other accounts—including Reeves himself, in an interview later released on the RCA album Yours Sincerely—name Hank Williams as the absentee.) Reeves' singing career was launched

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[wcd47]

Great spin....But tends to remind me of Dean Martin....

[mariaslide]

@wcd47

I ilke it of Jim

Thanks

[reilly1926]

What a voice- pure velvet

[mariaslide]

Yep

[54MURAI]

My mum and dad used to listen to jim Reeves. For years, my music pleasure was theirs.Now they are gone, I listen to all these tracks, and recall all those years...

[yearzpace]

@GOLDENAUTUMN1 remember Bob Harvie?

[GOLDENAUTUMN1]

This is one of his most memorable songs.

Brings back memories of way back when I was

13 and we would hear his songs over radio cyelon.

- our main source of music way back then.

[franklindavid]

Memories are made of this.

[mccawolaf59]

Gentleman Jim with the velvet voice, very pleasing to the ear.

[macvatu]

@therealjoebloggs.....oh man, at last my problem's solved. After all these years of pretending I knew the lines, you have come to my rescue....bless you Big Joe !!

[therealjoebloggs]

@macvatu "Sweet sweet, the memories you gave to me/ you can't beat the memories you gave to me."

[viviennehorchoylian]

Jim Reeves left a lasting memories of him to us and his fans. What a beautiful God-gifted voice. Miss him.

[me41352]

Such sweet memories....

[dorianakinci]

Adorable and clean voice. May God bless him. So sad that we can't see such singers nowadays. What a pitty!

[Begbucks]

Sweet & burgundy!