The Very Best of Jim Reeves

~ Release by Jim Reeves (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Four Walls
producer:
Chet Atkins
recording of:
Four Walls (on 1957-02-07)
composer:
George Campbell and Marvin Moore (songwriter, best known for “Four Walls” and “The Green Door”)
publisher:
SBK United Partnership Ltd.
2:52
2Mexican Joe
live recording of:
Mexican Joe (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
Mitchell Torok
recording of:
Mexican Joe
lyricist and composer:
Mitchell Torok
42:39
3My Happiness
cover recording of:
My Happiness
lyricist:
Borney Bergantine (in 1933) and Betty Peterson (in 1948)
composer:
Borney Bergantine (in 1933)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK) and Happiness Music Corp.
2:29
4I Guess I’m Crazy
recording of:
I Guess I’m Crazy
lyricist and composer:
Werly Fairburn
2:25
5Danny Boy
recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
2:57
6I Love You Because
engineer:
Bill Porter (engineer)
producer:
Chet Atkins and Anita Kerr
arranger:
Anita Kerr
recording of:
I Love You Because (on 1962-10-12)
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
32:45
7Adios Amigo
engineer:
Bill Porter (engineer)
producer:
Chet Atkins
recording of:
Adios Amigo (on 1961-11-21)
lyricist and composer:
Ralph Freed and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
2:32
8Home
recording of:
Home
lyricist and composer:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”)
2:00
9Maria Elena
cover recording of:
Maria Elena (English translated)
lyricist and composer:
Lorenzo Barcelata
translator:
S. K. Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
translated version of:
Maria Elena (Spanish original)
2:43
10Am I Losing You?
recording of:
Am I Losing You (in 1960)
composer:
Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)
publisher:
United Partnership Ltd.
2:40
11I Missed Me
recording of:
I Missed Me
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
Champion Music Corp. (on 1960-05-19) and Tree Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1960-05-19)
42:34
12This Is It
recording of:
This Is It
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)
3:08
13I Won’t Come in While He’s There
recording of:
I Won’t Come in While He’s There
writer:
Gene Davis
2:09
14The Hawaiian Wedding Song
cover recording of:
Hawaiian Wedding Song
composer:
Charles E. King (known as the composer of “Ke kali nei au”)
translator:
Al Hoffman (in 1958) and Dick Manning (American songwriter) (in 1958)
publisher:
Al Hoffman Songs Inc., Charles E. King Music Co., MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
translated version of:
Ke Kali Nei Au
2:06
15Have You Ever Been Lonely
cover recording of:
Have You Ever Been Lonely?
lyricist:
George Brown (aka Billy Hill) (US songwriter)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
recording of:
Have You Ever Been Lonely?
lyricist:
George Brown (aka Billy Hill) (US songwriter)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
2:35