Moonlight and Roses (Jim Reeves album)

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Moonlight and Roses
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Studio album by
Released1964
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Producer Chet Atkins
Jim Reeves chronology
Kimberley Jim
(1964)
Moonlight and Roses
(1964)
The Best of Jim Reeves
(1964)

Moonlight and Roses is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1964 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. SF-7639). Chet Atkins was the producer. [1] [2] It was Reeves' first album to reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country albums chart. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Moonlight And Roses (Bring Mem'ries Of You)" (Black, Moret) [2:24]
  2. "Mexicali Rose" (Stone, Tenney) [2:26]
  3. "Carolina Moon" (Benny Davis, Joe Burke) [2:28]
  4. "Rosa Rio" (Cindy Walker) [2:53]
  5. "Oh What It Seemed To Be" (Benjamin, Carle, Weiss) [2:52]
  6. "What's In It For Me" (Cindy Walker) [2:26]

Side B

  1. "Roses" (Glenn Spencer, Tim Spencer) [2:28]
  2. "One Dozen Roses" (Jurgens, Washburn, Lewis, Donovan) [1:50]
  3. "Moon River" (Mancini, Mercer) [2:27]
  4. "There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder" (Davis, Blastic) [2:37]
  5. "It's Only A Paper Moon" (Rose, Harburg, Arlen) [2:21]
  6. "When I Lost You" (Irving Berlin) [2:29]

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References

  1. "Jim Reeves - Moonlight and Roses". Discogs. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  2. "Jim Reeves - Moonlight and Roses". Allmusic.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 145. ISBN   0898201241.