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The 30 track Jim Reeves collection WELCOME TO MY WORLD was issued by BMG in 1993.
Gentleman Jim Reeves was a pioneer of the Nashville Sound, a blend of old-style country and modern pop music. Although he perished in 1964 at age 40 in a plane crash, Jim's recordings continued to chart for two decades, thanks in large part to the efforts of his widow, Mary. She reworked old tracks, overdubbed unreleased material with new instrumentation and created a series of duets, including some with Patsy Cline, who died two years before Reeves, also from a small plane accident.
The first posthumous Reeves single was Distant Drum (#1, 1966); the last was The Image of Me (#70, 1984). In 2000, the SOUNDIES company issued a small collection of Jim's leftovers on a CD called
THE UNRELEASED HITS OF JIM REEVES
. This may be the last we'll see of new Gentleman Jim songs.
PROGRAM--
DISC ONE
My Heart's Like a Welcome Mat (Al Courtney, Macy Lela Henry, Jim Reeves) - (1949)
Mexican Joe (Mitchell Torok) - (#1, 1953)
My Rambling Heart (Jim Amadeo, Don Grashey) - (1954)
The Padre of Old San Antone (Tim Spencer) - (1954)
Where Does a Broken Heart Go? (Jim Reeves) - (1956)
Yonder Comes a Sucker (Jim Reeves) - (#4, 1955)
According to My Heart (Cindy Walker) - (#4, 1956)
Four Walls (George Campbell, Marvin Moore) - (#1, 1957)
Blue Boy (Boudleaux Bryant) - (#2, 1958)
Billy Bayou (Roger Miller) - (#1, 1958)
Am I Losing You? (Jim Reeves) - (#3, 1957)
Home (Roger Miller) - #2, 1959)
Partners (Danny Dill) - (#5, 1959)
Need Me (Jim Reeves) - (1957)
I Know One (Jack Clement) - (1961)
DISC TWO
He'll Have to Go (Joe Allison, Audrey Allison) - (#1, 1960)
In a Mansion Stands My Love (Johnny Russell) - (1959)
I Missed Me (Bill Anderson) - (#3, 1960)
A Railroad Bum (J.A. Balthrop) - (1961)
Welcome to My World (John Hathcock, Ray Winkler) - (#2, 1964)
I'm Gonna Change Everything (Alex Zanetis) - (#2, 1962)
Little Ole Dime (Burgess, Carroll, Reeves) - (#23, 1977)
Love is No Excuse w/Dottie West (Justin Tubb) - (#7, 1964)
Rosa Rio (Cindy Walker) - (1963)
I Won't Forget You (Harlan Howard) - (1962)
Maureen (Robert B. Sherman, Cindy Walker) - (1964)
Is it Really Over? (Jim Reeves) - (#1, 1964)
Missing You (Dale Noe, Red Sovine) - (#8, 1972 - recorded in '64)
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight w/Deborah Allen (Joe Burke, Benny Davis, Mark Fisher) (#6, 1980)
Have You Ever Been Lonely? w/Patsy Cline (George Brown, Peter DeRose) (#5, 1982)
