The great Jim Reeves...

Gentleman Jim Reeves

Pure talent, no gimmicks, no computers, no auto tuning just pure talent ♥️♥️♥️

@playitagainsue

2 ай бұрын

You nailed it, Francine 🥰

To say Jim Reeves was a country singer would be like saying Mozart was a piano player. He and Patsy Cline defined the genre. Reeves' Four Walls was among the first songs to define the "Nashville Sound" and he and Cline were the poster children for that historic style that lives on through them. Both died young in plane crashes, Reeves at 40 and Cline at 30

Yes Sue, Jim Reeves had one of the most perfect voices ever .. Ultra smooth, rich, and soothing .. Another extraordinary talent who passed too soon .. Only 41 when he tragically died in a plane crash .. Many good songs ( including this ), but the one he is most remembered for is the magnificent "He'll Have To Go" .. Watch the version on YT with over 8 million views .. You'll love it !

@playitagainsue

9 ай бұрын

So young! What a shame. He has an outstanding voice. Excellent, I will give it a listen. Thanks Wayne 😀💜

Love his beautiful voice!!

@playitagainsue

2 ай бұрын

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All of his songs were simple but beautiful, one of them very sad that was The Blizzard.

@playitagainsue

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Alexandra. He has the most beautiful voice. I will check that one out. 🤗

I saw Jim three and a half months before his death. He sounded much better live than on record, believe it or not. You need to check out the Voice Master record label, with many new recordings with Jim Reeves with new musical and backing vocals. Resl treasures.

@playitagainsue

5 ай бұрын

Hi Vidar, His voice is amazing. That is a true talent if you can sound better live. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it. Have a lovely day.🤩

Might i suggest you listen to Jim Reeves singing Waltzing on top the world. Or Welcome to my world . Other songs are available but anything that Jim did would be good to listen to . He was that good !

@playitagainsue

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, John. I was very impressed with Jim and would be happy to listen to many more of his songs 🤩

Jim Reeves had the voice of velvet.

@playitagainsue

24 күн бұрын

@@lindahanks9758 He definitely did, Linda 🤩💚

Hi Sue. The piano player was Dean Manuel who died with Jim in the plane crash on July 31 1964.

@playitagainsue

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Wallace. What a shame they passed and in such a tragic way....still so young 💙

I've been a Jim Reeves fan for over 50yrs. I have over 400+ of Jim's songs in my collection. I'd like you to react to his version of the song THE BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES as I know you love his low tones as for me my most favourite song Jim ever recorded is called MAUREEN I suppose it's because I'm from Ireland and this song has an Irish love story behind it. Hope you enjoy lass, best wishes from the Emerald Isle 🍀❤️🍀❤️🍀🥰

@playitagainsue

4 ай бұрын

Hi David, thank you for the lovely comment. I appreciate the time you took to write me and for watching. I will gladly check those 2 songs out. I do love Jim's voice. Greetings back to you from me here in Canada 🍁❤️🤍❤️🍁

@davidbuchanan3374

4 ай бұрын

@@playitagainsue Canada!! The one country I'd love to visit. Glad you enjoyed Jim's performance. You've heard Jim on the radio at some point but maybe didn't know who he was. His biggest hits were Welcome to my world, He'll have to go and hundreds of others lol. He also recorded an album titled Talking to your heart. I'd highly recommend you listen to Spell of the yukon. He's just talking but his voice is captivating..Anyways keep posting I'm loving your reactions and my best wishes for health and happiness to you and your's 🍀❤️🍀❤️🍀😊😊

Hello Sue, There are not many pure country hits in the UK. As you say, this is much more like an easy listening song. Because of this, it was a big hit in the UK. Jim Reeves did indeed have a wonderful voice.

@playitagainsue

9 ай бұрын

Hi Dave, I can see why he was popular. His voice is so smooth and soothing....very beautiful and appealing 😊

Leon Payne who wrote this song (1948 or 49) was a blind singer an songwriter ev wrote this song to his wife who was blind to. Leons original version are on KZread to. But when gentleman Jim Reeves got it - It became a great Hit in UK and here in Scandinavia. Best wh. from Sweden. 😊

@playitagainsue

5 ай бұрын

Hi Stig, thanks for the comment and greetings to you from me here in Canada. I will listen to Leon's version but boy does Jim have a wonderful voice 🤩

Wow this unusual thing happened to me with this powerful style of music, for the past months I've been listening to Jim Reeves after buying a better than average Hi fi ,one cannot go wrong with any of these songs, but the ones I've been playing a lot is( I guess I'm crazy ) and (blue boy ) Thank You for sharing. 👍❤

@playitagainsue

9 ай бұрын

This is very cool, Scott and quite the coincident. Jim has an amazing voice. Thanks so much for tuning in and for the suggestions 🤩

Sue, from that same concert in Norway Jim sings more songs. So if you can view that, you can see Jim sing live. And there are a few more videos on KZread of Jim singing live as well as many of his studio recordings.

@playitagainsue

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Gary! I will look for more from his concert in Norway. I appreciate it 🤗

@jethro1963

3 ай бұрын

Also from that show in Oslo was the brilliant medley of Four Walls and Blue Canadian Rockies along with the Anita Kerr Quartet (Anita is the blonde one). Along with the Jordannaires they were de rigueur of backup vocalists.

Jim Reeves and Dean Martin are the reason I have always liked, ok preferred, baritones. I grew up in era of doo wop, surf music, Paul Revere but Dean and Jim were always in my play lists

@playitagainsue

4 ай бұрын

I totally understand why you would like them, Willie. They are both amazing singers....love those low tones 🤩

Jim Reeves has been my favorite singer since I was a kid. He's a hero of mine. Best voice I've ever heard. His most famous song is "He'll Have To Go". I love many of his songs such as "I Missed Me", "This Is It", "Is It Really Over" and many more. Thanks for doing this.

@playitagainsue

8 ай бұрын

Hi Gary, it was my pleasure. Jim has an amazing voice. I will do more of Jim's stuff for you. Thanks for tuning in 😀

@jethro1963

3 ай бұрын

He'll Have To Go went into space on Apollo 8 (Edit: Gemini 7). Astronauts Jim Lovell and Frank Borman sang it together repeatedly to pass the time throughout their two week stay in space.

@garybryson1900

3 ай бұрын

@@jethro1963 When you're circling the earth in low orbit for two weeks, you need something to do.

@jethro1963

3 ай бұрын

@@garybryson1900 As Jim Reeves said in the Oslo show I made a boo-boo. Although they were both together on the critical Apollo 8 (with Bill Anders) it was Gemini 7 where they paid tribute to Jim. And of course Apollo 8 was the poignant Christmas Eve broadcast with the reading from the Book of Genesis and then Borman said, "And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas and God bless all of you-all of you on the good Earth."

Jim Reeves voice is a lower baritone like Johnny Cash's and they were also great friends! Listen to Jim's version of "Am I That Easy To Forget?". Ironically, this performance was just shortly before his death from a plane cash in which he was the pilot. The piano player, Dean Manuel, who was also Jim's road manager, also died in the crash. Jim's voice will never be duplicated. I grew up listening to Jim Reeves and Nat King Cole.

@playitagainsue

8 ай бұрын

Hi Oliver, Jim's voice is stunning! I love his smooth rich tones. I will check that song out. Thanks a bunch. 🤩💜

@oliverrobinson4128

8 ай бұрын

@@playitagainsue not a problem at all, I've added my subscription. Greetings from Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲

@jethro1963

3 ай бұрын

@@playitagainsue There's a neat video of Jim on the Jimmy Dean Show where he explains the origins of Four Walls and sings a bit of it with Jimmy Dean and talks to him as he is doing it. He is the GOAT of whatever name you want to put on that broad genre of music. He and Patsy Cline, none have done it better.

@playitagainsue

3 ай бұрын

@jethro1963 thank Jethro, I will see if I can find it. I love Patsy too...both are amazing 🥰

@jethro1963

3 ай бұрын

@@playitagainsue The video is called "Jim Reeves, Jimmy Dean--Four Walls, 1964 TV" The video is less than three minutes, he does a third of the song and tells a nice story to set it up. When Reeves said it was a hit, he meant number one and it also crossed over into the pop charts, a rarity. Of course, Jimmy Dean was famous for "Big Bad John"

I can see you love him as much as I do...'nuff said!!!

@playitagainsue

2 ай бұрын

Yes I do Nolan. Jim is phenomenal 🥰

@nolanjoseph1892

2 ай бұрын

@@playitagainsue ❤ I'll have to check out some more of your work. But it's my bedtime now so I'll tune back in. My first time "reacting" to you.

@playitagainsue

2 ай бұрын

@nolanjoseph1892 sweet dreams, Nolan. Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you come back another day 🤩

Hi Sue, Wow, I haven't heard this song for fifty or so years, my mum was in love with Jim Reeves and everything he did... not my cup of tea, but he does have a terrific voice, silky smooth. Another great voice back in the day was Nat King Cole... somebody else that my mum was in love with 😊

@playitagainsue

9 ай бұрын

Hey Steve, yes he does have a really nice voice and doesn't sound typically country. Oh yeah, Nat King Cole is another guy with a beautiful voice...lovely tone 😀

As you said Sue, the writer of this was Leon Payne .. The other song he is most known for writing is "Psycho", and you couldn't imagine two more totally opposite compositions .. "Psycho" is a dark country style song about a serial killer, and is a bonafide cult classic .. Many versions exist, but 2 of the best that I suggest you check out are by Beasts of Bourbon and Jack Kittel .. Creepy but great !

@playitagainsue

9 ай бұрын

Wow, ok how cool of a fact is that, Wayne! All right I am on it. I will check it out. I am very intrigued now 🤩❤️

Maybe a bit of overreach,is Glen Campbell in the same genre? Glen is in a slightly higher register but the clear diction and timbre is in the same style.

@playitagainsue

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark 🤗

Little old dime, He’ll have to go, I enjoyed as much of this I can stand.

@playitagainsue

8 ай бұрын

Hey Rodi, thanks for the suggestions. I will check them out 🙂