''Singing Down the Lane'' is an album recorded by

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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 ...

. Released in June 1956, it was his first album for

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History

In November 1957, ''

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'' magazine reported on its annual poll of country music disc jockeys. ''Singing Down the Lane'' ranked No. 10 among the "Favorite C&W Albums" of the preceding year. The liner notes on the album's back cover summed up the album: "There are no slow, strained moments in the long-playing tracks of this album. The title of the album was the keynote . . and the barometer was reading 'Spring' . . . and the handsome fellow from Texas was striding down the lane with an even dozen of his best vocals." Reeves' biographer Larry Jordan criticized the record company for the album's weak packaging—a black-and-white photograph of Reeves that had been "tinted a garish green" and that showed him "wearing a toupee that looked like some sort of an animal ready to leap off his head." Jordan also criticized Reeves' "full bore" and unrestrained delivery on several tracks, lacking the subtlety and mellowness that marked his later RCA Victor recordings. The Juke Box Rebel ranked it No. 13 among the albums released in 1956.

Track listing

Side A # " Roly Poly" # "

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" is a popular song written by Scotty Wiseman for the 1944 musical film, '' Sing, Neighbor, Sing'' and performed by Lulu Belle and Scotty. It was their greatest hit and one of the first country music songs ...

" # "Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me)" # "Waltzing on Top of the World" # "

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" (Guthrie) # "Love Me a Little Bit More" Side B # "Tweedle O'Twill" # "Each Time You Leave" # "Ichabod Crane" # "Your Old Love Letters" # "Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt" # "Highway to Nowhere"

References

{{Authority control 1956 albums Jim Reeves albums RCA Victor albums