Top tomb hit Oct 15, 2009
Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves ... It's by country singers Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves. (BBC News -- UK)
LETTER: Top Bagelfest bands should be country Aug 7, 2009
62463 wrote on Aug 4, 2009 11:01 PM:" Today's "country" music is not your old Jim Reeves or Ray Price music. What is supposed to be country music today sounds a lot like the music I listened to on WLS over forty years ago. ". kamfong wrote on Aug 5, 2009 6:25 AM:" HP,Slim Witman? hell no. lol ". (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Letters for Tuesday, July 14, 2009 (1258) Jul 16, 2009
In closing, although I feel for the state workers pain I m reminded of that classic country song composed by Jim Reeves entitled, Welcome To My World. Michele Davis, Kilauea. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Black Eyed Peas blast onto chart May 18, 2009
Other new entries in the album countdown include Maximo Park, who land at number six with Quicken The Heart, and crooner Jim Reeves, whose latest best of collection enters at nine. Duke Pandemonium, the second release by Scottish rock duo Marmaduke Duke, enters at 14, while Blur guitarist Graham Coxon sees his seventh solo record, The Spinning Top, debut at 36. (BBC News)
Will Chesney Maintain Reign At ACMs? Apr 4, 2009
Dolly Parton, who has been chosen to receive the Jim Reeves International Award, which is presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music throughout the world. Jerry Reed, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, and Hank Williams Jr. have been been chosen to receive the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award honoring individuals who are pioneers in the country music genre, among others. (CBS News)
Hank Locklin Mar 11, 2009
Locklin helped usher in the famous 1950s-60s Nashville Sound, which also featured the likes of fellow performers Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline and The Browns. His legacy grew overseas helping to spread country music popularity to Japan, Germany and especially to Ireland, where fans took to his clear, crisp tenor voice and claimed Locklin as an adopted son. (Brewton Standard, AL)
Meeting Zimbabwe's 'Uncle Bob' Feb 25, 2009
Sometimes we would sing along to Pat Boone and Jim Reeves and so on. He does have a funny side. (BBC News -- Africa)
