"Bimbo" is a popular song written in either 1948 or 1949 by Glenn O'Dell, but credited to Rodney (Rod) Morris or "Pee Wee" King. It was recorded in 1953 by
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 ...
on
Abbott 148. The song was later included in the 1965 album ''Up Through the Years'' on
RCA Victor
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. Reeves' version became his second No. 1 song on the ''
Billboard magazine
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''
country chart
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
in January 1954, and helped pave the way to his eventual superstardom. Like his previous No. 1 hit "
Mexican Joe Jose Barrera (1876 – 1949) became famous as Wild West showman "Mexican Joe". Barrera was reportedly born in Monterrey, Mexico in 1876.
In 1897, Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show was the first to hire Jose as a performer. Only fifteen years old at the ...
," "Bimbo" was more of a novelty hit for Reeves; as such, "Bimbo" differed greatly from the smooth,
Nashville sound
The Nashville Sound originated during the mid-1950s as a subgenre of American country music, replacing the chart dominance of the rough honky tonk music, which was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s, with "smooth strings and choruses", "sophist ...
ballads - "
Four Walls" and "
He'll Have to Go
"He'll Have to Go" is an American country and pop hit recorded on October 15, 1959, by Jim Reeves. The song, released in the fall of 1959, went on to become a hit in both genres early in 1960.
Background
The song is about a man who's talking by t ...
" - that he later recorded and made famous. Former NBA player
Vernell "Bimbo" Coles is nicknamed after this song.
Cover versions
* The song was recorded by
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning s ...
and originally released as a
78rpm
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single in 1954. It can also be found on the 1998 album, ''Always Your Pal, Gene Autry''. This is an album of singalong
cowboy
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music for children.
* A version sung by
Suzi Miller was played on the
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