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Jim Reeves

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After Awhile 6 visits arrow_forward Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross 6 visits arrow_forward Am I That Easy To Forget 4 visits arrow_forward Adios Amigo 3 visits arrow_forward Am I Losing You? 3 visits arrow_forward I'd Rather Have Jesus 3 visits arrow_forward
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Jim Reeves, the smooth voice of country and gospel

A Texas-born singer whose low, gentle style defined hits like 'He'll Have To Go' and gospel standards.

For the full Reeves sound, put on 'He'll Have To Go' and 'Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross' back to back. They're two sides of the same calm, steady voice.

Reeves brought a quiet, almost conversational warmth to country music when a lot of it was still pretty twangy. You can hear it in 'He'll Have To Go,' where he sounds more like he's talking a problem through than belting a heartache. That same steady tone made his gospel recordings, like 'Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross,' feel grounded and sincere, not just Sunday-morning showpieces.

He started out on radio in Shreveport after the war, then landed his first hit with 'Mexican Joe' on Abbott Records in 1950. Moving to RCA Victor a few years later, he settled into that smooth vocal style on songs like 'Am I That Easy To Forget' and kept recording country and gospel material through the early sixties.

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Jim Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas in 1923. His father played fiddle and his mother sang, and he grew up hearing gospel and country music at home. He left at seventeen to play fiddle and sing backup with a traveling band, then served in the Army during World War II. After returning in 1945, he worked on radio station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana.

He signed with Abbott Records in 1950 and had his first hit with "Mexican Joe." Three years later he moved to RCA Victor, where he recorded songs like "Am I That Easy To Forget" and "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover." His voice was smooth and low, a style that became his signature.

In 1956 he got into a legal fight with his former manager Jim Denny over money. The dispute dragged on and hurt his standing for a while. Reeves kept recording through the late fifties and early sixties, putting out gospel numbers like "I'd Rather Have Jesus" and "Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross" alongside his country material.

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