The Jim Reeves Way

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The Jim Reeves Way
The Jim Reeves Way cover.jpg
Studio album by
Jim Reeves
Released1965
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Producer Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson
Jim Reeves chronology
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
(1964)		The Jim Reeves Way
(1965)		 Up Through the Years
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Jim Reeves Way is a studio album by Jim Reeves, [3] released posthumously in 1965 on RCA Victor. It was produced by Chet Atkins and Bob Ferguson.

Contents

The album included 12 tracks, among which "Make the World Go Away" and "Maureen". [4]

The album opens with a cover of Hank Cochran's song "Make the World Go Away", recorded by Reeves at his last recording session in July 1964.

"I Can't Stop Loving You" is another song from that session[ citation needed ] and is in fact the last song Reeves ever recorded:
When the session ended with some time remaining on the schedule, Reeves suggested that he should record one more song. And he taped "I Can't Stop Loving You". [5] [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Make the World Go Away"Hank Cochran 
2."In the Misty Moonlight"Cindy Walker 
3."You'll Never Know"Mack Gordon / Harry Warren 
4."There's That Smile Again"Benny Davis / Jim Reeves 
5."Bolandse nooientjie"Jim Reeves 
6."It Hurts So Much to See You Go"Bob Moore / Jim Reeves / Harry Warren 
7."I Can't Stop Loving You"Don Gibson 
8."A Nickel Piece of Candy"Alex Zanetis 
9."Where Do I Go to Throw a Picture Away"Carl Belew / Jim Reeves 
10."Maureen"Robert B. Sherman 
11."Ek verlang na jou"  
12."Somewhere Along the Line"Jim Reeves / Jimmy Tipton 

Charts

Chart (1964–1965)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 45
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] 2

Awards and nominations

AwardYear [lower-alpha 1] CategoryResultRef.
Billboard Country Music Awards1965Favorite Album (1964–'65)Nominated [9] [10]
Grammy Awards 1966 Best Country & Western Album Nominated [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Indicates the year of ceremony.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Jim Reeves Way - Jim Reeves". AllMusic . Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  2. ↑ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (15 May 1965). "Jim Reeves: The Jim Reeves Way" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 218. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 Colin Larkin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music. Virgin. p. 354. ISBN   9780753502365 . Retrieved 2022-05-06. The Jim Reeves Way (RCA Victor 1965) ***
  4. ↑ "Billboard 12 February 1965". 13 February 1965.
  5. ↑ "This day in 1964: Jim Reeves' final RCA Victor sessions | KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country". Kboeradio.com. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ Jordan, Larry (December 24, 2018). Jim Reeves: His Untold Story. Page Turner Books International. p. 574. ISBN   978-0615524306.
  7. ↑ "Jim Reeves Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Jim Reeves Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Billboard". 23 October 1965.
  10. ↑ "Billboard". 16 October 1965.
  11. ↑ "8th Annual GRAMMY Awards | 1965". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
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