James Travis Reeves was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well known as a practitioner of the Nashville sound. Known as "Gentleman Jim", his songs continued to chart for years after his death. Reeves died in the crash of his private airplane. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame.
Cindy Walker was an American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. As a songwriter Walker was responsible for many popular and enduring songs recorded by many different artists.
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1964.
"I Can't Stop Loving You" is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter, and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December 30, 1957, for RCA Victor Records. It was released in 1958 as the B-side of "Oh, Lonesome Me", becoming a double-sided country hit single. At the time of Gibson's death in 2003, the song had been recorded by more than 700 artists.
"Make the World Go Away'" is a country pop song composed by Hank Cochran. It has become a Top 40 popular success three times: for Timi Yuro, for Eddy Arnold (1965), and for the brother-sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond (1975). The original version of the song was recorded by Ray Price during 1963. It has remained a country crooner standard ever since.
"Room Full of Roses", written by Tim Spencer, is a song first recorded in 1949 by country music singer George Morgan. The original George Morgan version was released in the summer of 1949, and reached No. 4 on the Billboard country chart that August. A Sons of the Pioneers version reached #10 on the country charts in the same year. It was famously covered in 1974 by up-and-coming singer Mickey Gilley. The Gilley version was his first major hit and broke open his career.
"I Love You Because" is a song written and recorded by country music singer and songwriter Leon Payne in 1949. The song has been covered by several artists throughout the years, including hit cover versions by Al Martino in 1963 and Jim Reeves in 1964.
According to My Heart is an album by Jim Reeves originally released in 1960 on RCA Camden. It was the first of two number-one albums in the UK for American singer Jim Reeves. It spent four weeks at the top of the chart in 1969, five years after Reeves had died. In Billboard magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys, it was ranked No. 10 among the "Favorite C&W Albums" of 1960.
I Want to Go with You is a studio album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold released by RCA Victor in 1966. It reached #1 in the US country charts and #26 in the Billboard 200 charts. Released as a single in early 1966, the title track "I Want to Go with You" peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was more successful with country and adult contemporary audiences, reaching #1 on both the Billboard country chart for six weeks and the easy listening chart for three weeks.
He'll Have to Go is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1961 on the RCA Victor label. The album included two No. 1 hits: "He'll Have to Go" and "Billy Bayou". In Billboard magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys, it was ranked No. 4 among the "Favorite C&W Albums" of 1960.
The International Jim Reeves is a 1963 album by Jim Reeves RCA Victor – LSP-2704. "Auf wiederseh'n Sweetheart" and "Blue Canadian Rockies" were released as a single.
"Missing You" is a song written by Red Sovine and Dale Noe, which was originally released by Red Sovine in 1955, and was later a hit single for Webb Pierce in 1957, Ray Peterson in 1961, and was posthumously a hit for Jim Reeves in 1972. Sovine's version was the B-side of Red Sovine and Webb Pierce's hit single "Why Baby Why".
Cross Country is an album by Webb Pierce that was released in 1960 on the Decca label. AllMusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars.
Tall Tales and Short Tempers is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1961 on the RCA Victor label. Chet Atkins was the producer.
Bimbo is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released on the RCA Victor label. Released in 1957, it was his first album after signing with RCA Victor. Reeves described it as a collection of the records that "made him", including his early No. 1 hits "Bimbo" and "Mexican Joe."
Girls I Have Known is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1958 on the RCA Victor label. The album was produced by Chet Atkins. The cover photograph was by Ben Somoroff.
Moonlight and Roses is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1964 on the RCA Victor label. Chet Atkins was the producer. It was Reeves' first album to reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country albums chart.
Singing Down the Lane is an album recorded by country music singerJim Reeves. Released in June 1956, it was his first album for RCA Victor.
A Touch of Velvet is a studio album by country music singer Jim Reeves with backing from the Anita Kerr Singers. It was released in 1962 on the RCA Victor label. The album was produced by Chet Atkins. It included the No. 2 country single, "Welcome to My World".
The Song of Robbins is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1957 by Columbia Records.
