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Moonlight And Roses (Jim Reeves Album)
''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. It was Reeves' first album to reach the No. 1 spot on the ''Billboard'' country albums chart. It was the last studio album released in his lifetime. Track listing Side A # "Moonlight And Roses (Bring Mem'ries Of You)" (Black, Moret) :24# "Mexicali Rose" (Stone, Tenney) :26# "Carolina Moon" (Benny Davis, Joe Burke) :28# "Rosa Rio" (Cindy Walker) :53# "Oh What It Seemed To Be" (Benjamin, Carle, Weiss) :52# "What's In It For Me" (Cindy Walker) :26 Side B # "Roses" (Glenn Spencer, Tim Spencer) :28# "One Dozen Roses" (Jurgens, Washburn, Lewis, Donovan) :50# "Moon River" (Mancini, Mercer) :27# "There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder" (Davis, Blastic) :37# "It's Only A Paper Moon" (Rose, Harburg, Arlen) :21# "When I Lost You" (Irving Berlin) :29 See also * Jim Reeves discography This is a detailed discography for American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Reeves
James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) 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 in a plane crash. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame. Biography Early life and education Reeves was born at home in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage. He was the youngest of eight children born to Mary Beulah Adams Reeves (1884-1980) and Thomas Middleton Reeves (1882-1924). He was known as Travis during his childhood years. Winning an athletic scholarship to the University of Texas, he enrolled to study speech and drama but quit after only six weeks to work in the shipyards in Houston. Soon he resumed baseball, playing in the semi-professional leagues before contracting with the St. Louis Cardinals "farm" team dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |