Last updated on 8 May 2008
WELCOME TO THE HOMEPAGE OF THE JIM REEVES FAN CLUB
THIS WEB SITE WAS ENDORSED BY JIM'S LEAD GUITAR PLAYER THE LATE LEO JACKSON
Our objective is to promote the music of Jim Reeves and keep the memory of him alive. Also, we supply the members with a quarterly fan club magazine of 12 pages, full of interesting articles, album reviews, photos, etc.
The fan club was founded as THE NEW DUTCH JIM REEVES FAN CLUB by Arie den Dulk and Bert Bossink in 1975. For the first two years we catered only to Dutch speaking fans, but since the closure of the British Jim Reeves Fan Club in 1977, we have two editions of the club magazine, one in Dutch, the other in English. Some years ago we changed to our present name as for more than 2
5 years it has been the only Jim Reeves fan club.Our approximately 250 members live all over the world, but 80% are Europeans. We have members in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australasia, India and Japan.
On this website we'll put various information such as discographies, newspaper cuttings and photographs from my own and other collections. Any material from visitors to this site is welcome.
If you wish to join the fan club or would like to know more about it,
or have any questions, please write to: The Jim Reeves
Fan Club. Or you may send mail to our postal
address, which is:
Jim Reeves Fan Club
Postbus 66
2280 AB Ryswyk
The
Netherlands
8 MAY 2008
DICK CLARK WILL RECEIVE JIM REEVES INTERNATIONAL AWARD
On May 18, Dick Clark, the veteran television personality, will receive the Jim Reeves International award at the 43rd ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, to be broadcast live on CBS Television Network on May 18th. The award is presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music throughout the world.
Jim Reeves appeared on the Dick Clark Show on three occasions in 1958, and twice on Dick Clark's American Bandstand in 1960.
Click here to read more about the event
COUNTRY LEGEND EDDY ARNOLD DIED AT AGE 89
We learned that singer Eddy Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, almost two months after the death of his wife Sally. He would have celebrated his 90th Birthday next week,
Click here to read more about it.
7 MAY 2008
TRIBUTE TO
LEO JACKSONRonnie Light, a Nashville producer, wrote a tribute of his friend, Leo Jackson. In short it tells about the life and times of Leo.
Click here to read the article
THE LEO JACKSON MEMORIAL FUND
The Leo Jackson Memorial Fund has been established in his
honor to remember him in the way he would have appreciated most. His wife Nell,
his son Leo and his grandsons, Dallas and Jordan were his inspiration.
The Leo Jackson Memorial Fund has been established with SunTrust Bank. Donations
may be made at any branch or mailed directly to:
Peter Erickson
SunTrust Bank, Nashville
Mail Code TN-NA-1120
401 Commerce Street
Nashville, TN 37219
for more information e-mail write to Tracy Short (his niece)
at tshort@awbyrdco.com
6 MAY 2008
LEO JACKSON'S OBITUARY ' IN TODAY'S 'TENNESSEAN'
George Edward "Leo" Jackson JACKSON, George Edward "Leo" Age 73 of Goodlettsville. May 4, 2008. Mr. Jackson played lead guitar for the late Jim Reeves and was the first Blue Boy Band member hired by Jim Reeves. He also recorded with the group Alabama and George Strait, and many others. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Nell Walls Jackson and his son, Leo D. Jackson, both of Goodlettsville; 4 grandchildren also survive. His family will receive friends from 6 - 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Hendersonville Funeral Home and on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 from 2 - 4 and 6 - 8 p.m.. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008 from the Chapel of Hendersonville Funeral Home, with Rev. Jimmy Snow officiating. Honorary Pallbearers will include Jim Pierce, Arnie Benoni, Billy Hodges, Jimmy Pomonis and James Kirkland. Family members will serve as Active Pallbearers. Interment will be in Hendersonville Memory Gardens. HENDERSONVILLE FUNERAL HOME, 615-824-3855.Please note the revised funeral arrangements!
It is interesting to know that an error was made with the name of one of the pallbearers: Jimmy Pomonis should have read Johnny Pomonis, who was a friend of both Leo Jackson and Jim Reeves. It is fitting that one of the surviving members of the Blue Boys, James Kirkland, is pallbearer too.
DUNDALKFM RADIO PLAYED TRIBUTE TO LEO JACKSON
Jimmy Neary, from Ireland, called to inform that DundalkFM radio would do a Leo Jackson tribute this afternoon. I couldn't listen to it myself but have been informed by e-mail that an interview with Leo from the Jim Reeves tribute program transmitted on July 27 last year , has been transmitted again.
I have received many letters with condolences for Leo Jackson's family which I will pass on to them.
Peter Atkinson from England sent us a tribute banner which we have put on the top of this web page.
5 MAY 2008
UPDATE ON LEO JACKSON DEATH
In today's edition of THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN appeared a report about the death of Leo Jackson. He apparently committed suicide by shooting himself while in bed. He was suffering from strong back pains he had suffered before. Although the prescribed strong pain killer might have lowered the threshold, he had told at least three of his closest friends, including myself, what he would do if that very painful back pain returned. I knew then that no one could change his mind about it. His son Leo, once nicknamed 'Little Leo', found his father wounded in bed 12:30 yesterday afternoon.
Click here to read the newspaper article
LETTER FROM JIM PIERCE
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I am writing to Leo’s friends to let them know of his passing. He died yesterday around 12:30 in the afternoon. As many of you know, Leo had suffered many health problems over the past several years. Along with surgeries and medication he continued to be up beat about his situation and was always ready to email a good joke to his friends.
Unfortunately, one of the health problems was with his back. I know he couldn’t bare the thought of undergoing the unspeakable agony from another attack. Obviously that attack happened for a second time yesterday.
I had spoken to him only a few minutes before 12:30 and he told me his back went out again. He did not tell me it was the same situation as the bad one from before. From time to time his back would give him problems but never as bad as the severe one. But Sunday would be the return of the horrendous pain and he could not go through it again. Subsequently, he ended his suffering the only way he could think of…he took his own life.
Leo was like a brother to me and I’ll miss him more than I can say.
Jim Pierce
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS (REVISED)
Visitation for Jackson will be held Tuesday from 6-8 p.m., and Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. On Thursday, visitation will begin at 8 a.m. until the funeral at 2 p.m. Both the visitations and the funeral will take place at Hendersonville Memory Gardens Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 353 Johnny Cash Blvd. Interment will be in Hendersonville Memory Gardens.
4 MAY 2008
LEO JACKSON IS DEAD
We received confirmation from Leo Jackson's family that Leo died a few hours ago at home. Yesterday, he had send an e-mail to his friends about his health condition and reported that he was on the mend and that it could take awhile before he could answer all the e-mails and he thanked all for the prayers.
Leo underwent minor surgery on Tuesday, returned home, and was taken back to the emergency room and spent Thursday night in hospital. His family took him back home on Friday. His wife Nell was very optimistic about his recovery when we talked to her yesterday. There for his death comes as quite a shock to all of his friends.
I know I spoke for all Jim Reeves fans when I passed on my condolences to Nell and the family when I spoke to her tonight. She was overwhelmed with grief and details about what has happened and funeral will be released later.
Our friendship has lasted for about 18 years, in those years our friendship grew with every letter, phone call, and e-mail. I had the pleasure of meeting him in Nashville a few times and had been invited to his home, which is very unusual, as Leo was a very private person.
Those who have seen Leo perform at the fan club meeting in Carthage in April 2003 and at concerts in Europe a couple of years ago, will agree that he had not lost his skills.
We all have the recordings of Jim Reeves and the Blue Boys as a memorial to Leo's guitar playing. Very few fans, if any, have realised the importance of Leo to the 'JIM REEVES SOUND'. Leo created it with his guitar, Jim liked it, and when Leo went into the Army, any guitar player who replaced Leo, had to listen to Jim's records and had to copy Leo's style and guitar licks.
For the last couple of years, we discussed a lot of subjects in at least two hundred phone calls, ranging from the beginning when he joined Jim Reeves to the the current fan scene.
We received his last contribution to the 'ASK LEO' section last week and delayed posting until Leo had replied to another one. It will be posted a week from now.
We will put up a special Leo Jackson tribute webpage later in the week. It will not have any 'world exclusive' or such claims, we consider that very inappropriate for such a very sad occasion.
Leo Jackson will be very much missed by all of us.
13 APRIL 2008
GEORGE H. CAMPBELL Jr. WHO WROTE THE MUSIC FOR 'FOUR WALLS', DIED AT AGE 89.
One of our Dutch members, Gerard v. d. Linden reported that the man who wrote the music for one of Jim's greatest hits, FOUR WALLS, died last Wednesday, April 10th. He was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Songwriter Marvin Moore wrote the lyrics of that song.
Click here to read an obituary on the website of the Star-Telegram newspaper.
21 MARCH 2008
WE WISH YOU A HAPPY EASTER!
A MYSTERY SOLVED
Finally the mystery about the identity of the person whose picture was used on the cover of the album 'SONGS OF LOVE' has been solved. We proudly publish proof of it.
Click here to read about it.
22 FEBRUARY 2008
LATEST UPDATE ABOUT LEO JACKSON HEALTH PROBLEMS
Leo Jackson reports: Hi Y’all, the doctor doesn’t think I have anything to worry about so I’m not. Thanks for all your prayers. I really do believe in them. As Always, Leo.
8 FEBRUARY 2008
LEO JACKSON UNDERWENT SAFETY CHECK FOR CHEST PAINS
Leo Jackson reports there’s not blockage enough to warrant a stent, all the arteries look fine. He'll be seeing his specialist again in a couple of weeks and hopefully they find the problem that's causing the pain in his chest.
Leo thanks you for remembering him in your prayers.
5 FEBRUARY 2008
LEO JACKSON WILL UNDERGO SAFETY CHECK FOR CHEST PAINS
Leo Jackson, who played lead guitar with Jim Reeves for over 10 years, reported he's checking into hospital for a safety check because his chest has been hurting.
He'll be going to have an angiogram on Thursday at 10 AM. Leo underwent a triple heart bypass 10 years ago. We wish Leo well and please remember him in your prayers.To read more about the procedure (which has been much improved and innovated since Leo underwent it ten years ago) please visit:
http://www.vascularweb.org
http://www.americanheart.org
2 FEBRUARY 2008
ARIE DEN DULK AND JIMMY NEARY WERE GUESTS ON DUNDALK FM RADIO PROGRAM
On Tuesday January 29th, there were two 'live' guests in Joe Duffy's program; Arie den Dulk and another Dundalk FM deejay and Jim Reeves fan, Jimmy Neary. Joe played some songs of Jim Reeves and Irish artist Oliver Barrett, who sounds very much like Jim Reeves. The interviews with Arie and Jimmy will be repeated in 'PICK OF THE WEEK' at 8 PM on both Saturday February 2 and Sunday February 3.
Click here to go to the website of Dundalk FM.
26 JANUARY 2008
FOUR
NEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTIONClick here to read about it
22 JANUARY 2008
COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND SLIM WHITMAN HAS NOT DIED!!
Click here to read about it
7 JANUARY 2008
FORMER CAPITOL A&R EXECUTIVE KEN NELSON DIED AT AGE 96
Click here to read about it
31 DECEMBER 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR MESSAGE AND NEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
Click here to read about it
25 DECEMBER 2007
Every year Dutch Radio 2 transmits a "Top 2000 favourite records" program.
Click here to read Bert Bossink's report about it
Klik hier voor het verslag door Bert Bossink
19 DECEMBER 2007
ANOTHER JIM REEVES TRIBUTE PROGRAM TO BE AIRED BY AN IRISH RADIO STATION ON DECEMBER 26
8 DECEMBER 2007
CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE HOME OF JIM AND MARY REEVES
Two pictures taken at Jim's home at Christmas time.
Please click here to view them.
11 November 2007
FLORAL TRIBUTE FOR MARY REEVES ON THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH
Click here to read about it
7 NOVEMBER 2007
HANK THOMPSON HAS PASSED AWAY
Country Music Hall of Famer Hank
Thompson passed away at his residence in Keller, Texas, on Tuesday, November 6.
"He was battling aggressive lung cancer," Thompson spokesman and Heart of Texas
Records President Tracy Pitcox said. "He remained conscious until the last
couple of hours and passed away peacefully at about 10:45 PM on Tuesday night
surrounded by his friends and family."
Click here
to read about it
2 NOVEMBER 2007
HANK THOMPSON RETIRES DUE TO ILLNESS
Click here to read about it
30 OCTOBER 2007
PORTER WAGONER HAS PASSED AWAY LAST SUNDAY
Click here to read about it
24 OCTOBER 2007
LEO JACKSON THANKS FANS FOR BIRTHDAY WISHES HE HAS RECEIVED
Click here to read about it
22 OCTOBER 2007
LEO JACKSON WILL CELEBRATE HIS 73RD BIRTHDAY TODAY!
Click here to read about it
18 OCTOBER 2007
BEAR FAMILY TO RELEASE A 4-DVD SET OF CLASSIC 'COUNTRY STYLE USA' SERIES
In November BEAR FAMILY will release a 4 DVD set of the classic 'COUNTRY STYLE USA' series, which have been transmitted on American television in the 50's.
7 OCTOBER 2007
JIM REEVES FAN CLUB MEETING 2007
On the 30th September 2007, Jim Reeves fans from The Netherlands, Belgium and the U.K gathered together in Hilversum to attend the Jim Reeves fan club meeting.
28 SEPTEMBER 2007
DE 25STE FANCLUBIJEENKOMST WORDT OP 30 SEPTEMBER IN HILVERSUM GEHOUDEN.
Op zondag 30 september houden we voor de 25ste keer weer een fanclubbijeenkomst . Henk Brederode en Eddie Punton zijn onze special gasten.
Klik hier om er meer over te lezen
21 SEPTEMBER 2007
SWEDISH FAN CLUB MEMBER BJORN HERLIN UPDATED THE WEBSITE OF HIS PRIVATE JIM REEVES MUSEUM
Bjorn Herlin, who has bought quite a number of Jim Reeves memorabilia, has put up a museum which he opened to the public this summer. The museum contains a number of pictures, documents, clothing, and a life like head of Jim Reeves, made by a Swedish sculptor. If you're in Sweden, it's worth visiting the museum which is located north of Stockholm.
Click here to visit his website
10 SEPTEMBER 2007
SOME NEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
Click here to read them
5 SEPTEMBER 2007
JANIS MARTIN, WHO TOURED EUROPE TOGETHER WITH JIM REEVES AND OTHER ARTISTS IN 1957 DIED LAST MONDAY.
Janis Martin, a rockabilly pioneer died of cancer at the age of 67 at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. last Monday.
Although she was a rockabilly pioneer, and once was called the female Elvis, she had joined a country music show with Hank Snow, and later toured with Faron Young, Porter Waggoner, Jim Edward, Maxine and Bonnie Brown, Johnny Cash, and other country music acts. In 1957 she joined Jim Reeves on a European tour to entertain the American Armed Forces. Bear Family released a CD album with recordings from this tour; '5000 MILES FROM HOME'.
After her return from Europe she was invited to perform on the 'Grand Ole Opry'. She retired from the show business in 1958, coming out of it until the late 70's. She was tremendously popular in Europe.
Bear Family will publish a book about American artists who visited Germany in the Post-war years, no doubt Janis Martin will be featured in it too.
3 SEPTEMBER 2007
VOTE FOR JIM REEVES TO GET HIM INTO THE "TOP 100 HITS OF THE FIFTIES" TRANSMITTED BY DUTCH RADIO 5 ON 28 SEPTEMBER.
One can vote for records to se selected for the "TOP 100 OF THE FIFTIES". It will be transmitted on 28th of September, from 10.00 to 16.00 hours CET. Three to Ten records can be selected by a voter and the votes can only be submitted by mail to Radio 5, t.a.v. Nicki Vet, Antwoordnummer 42, 1200 VB in Hilversum., The Netherlands.
Vanaf maandag: Stem op de Top 100 van de Jaren 50!
De Week van de jaren 50 komt er weer aan, en daarom kunt u vanaf maandag 3
september weer stemmen op de Top 100 van de Jaren 50. De lijst wordt uitgezonden
op 28 september tussen 10.00 - 16.00 uur.
Bekijk de lijst ook op Teletekst pagina 298. U stuurt vervolgens een
briefkaartje (postzegel niet nodig) met minimaal 3, maximaal 10 liedjes van uw
keuze naar Radio 5, t.a.v. Nicki Vet, Antwoordnummer 42, 1200 VB in Hilversum.
31 AUGUST 2007
JIM REEVES SELECTED AS "MUSICAL PERFORMER OF THE WEEK" BY DUTCH RADIO 5
A promotional webpage in Dutch can be viewed at
http://portal.omroep.nl/radio?nav=boqnmRsHdDoBdDUlDmO
This is the result of extensive promotion campaign by Eimbert van den
Oetelaar, Gerard van der Linden and Bert Bossink. they have sent Jim Reeves CD
albums and requests for Jim Reeves songs to radio 5.
20 AUGUST 2007
SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS FOR LANI ARNOLD AND FAMILY
We just received news that Lani Arnold's 9 day old
Granddaughter, Michaela Lynn Harris, died last Wednesday night in Pittsburgh,
PA. Camryn the other twin is in trouble and may not make it either. Lani ask for
all the prayers they can get.
I believe I do speak on behalf of all Jim Reeves fans and offer our deepest
sympathy to Lani and her family at this time. - Arie den Dulk
18 AUGUST 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM REEVES!
On Monday 20 August 2007 Jim Reeves would have celebrated his
84th Birthday. To celebrate the occasion we have put up 8 rare
pictures and a 1961 live recording of I KNOW ONE . It was recorded for
inclusion in either US Airforce Country Music Time show #200 or
#207, but was not used.
Click here to view the Birthday tribute
16 AUGUST 2007
REPEAT OF JIM REEVES TRIBUTE ON IRISH RADIO ON AUGUST 18th, 2007
A repeat of the Joe Duffy Tribute to Jim Reeves programme,
transmitted on 27 July, is due for transmission on Saturday 18th August
at 11am Irish Time. This repeat is due to a huge response from our listeners and
e-mails from listeners all over the world.
Special guests on the show are John Rex Reeves who is a nephew
of Jim Reeves, , Leo Jackson, who was Jim's lead guitar player for just
over 10 years, Joyce Jackson, who was Jim's secretary, and Arie den Dulk.
For American and Canadian would like to tune in, there's a time difference of 5 hours with EDT.
Click here to go to the website of Dundalk FM.
13 AUGUST 2007
JIM REEVES RECEIVED STAR ON SHREVEPORT'S WALK OF STARS
On August 11, 2007, Jim Reeves received a star on a plaque in the 'WALK OF STARS' in Shreveport, LA. More details and pictures about the event will be published on this web site soon. On the SHREVEPORT TIMES website there's a picture gallery with 18 pictures of the event.
Click here to go the Shreveport Times gallery.
Louise England from Edmonton, Kentucky, took pictures at the ceremony and uploaded a short film of approximate 4 minutes on You Tube.
Click here to view a film clip
Click here to view the pictures
Click here to view more pictures of the event on the web site of John Rex Reeves
1 August 2007
(Updated 12 August 2007)
FLORAL TRIBUTES FOR JIM REEVES AND DEAN MANUEL ON 31 JULY 2007
Click here to read about it
31 July 2007
THIS IS THE WORLD OF JIM REEVES - AUGUST 1964 TRIBUTE TO JIM REEVES BY RAY WINKLER, CO-AUTHOR OF 'WELCOME TO MY WORLD
A tape recording of this tribute has been recently auctioned on Ebay and saved for posterity by three fans
Click here to read the text of the tribute.
29 July 2007
'THE BUCKS BRAUN SHOW' TO TRANSMIT THE 4TH ANNUAL JIM REEVES TRIBUTE SHOW ON JULY 31, 2007
On Tuesday, July 31, 2007, from 7 AM till 12 Noon EDT. the 4th annual Jim Reeves tribute show will transmitted by the "Bucks Braun show"on"Classic Country Radio"It will be heard around the world on the Internet. http://www.myclassiccountry.com .
This year Bucks will be hosting an all request show. Bucks has asked that you call him with your requests on Monday July 30 between the hours of 7 and 12 Noon EDT the Toll Free # from anywhere in the World is 1-888-740-9444 Extension 4, or send him an email Monday, his email address is
bucks@myclassiccountry.com
MESSAGE FROM LANI ARNOLD TO THE FANS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO JIM'S STAR
The induction for Uncle Jim's Star will be on August 11th at 1:00 p.m. Under the Texas Street Bridge. There was an article in the Shreveport Times newspaper on Saturday stating that the family and fans of Jim Reeves have made this possible. Please pass on a special thanks to all that contributed to the star. It will finally be a reality. Thanks again, Lani Arnold
Click here to go to the article of the Shreveport Times.
17 July 2007
JIM REEVES TRIBUTE ON IRISH RADIO ON JULY 27th, 2007
On Friday 27th of July, Jimmy Neary will pay tribute to the memory of Jim Reeves on the Joe Duffey Request show (2 to 4 pm). Jimmy Neary will also transmit a recent interview he did with Jim's former lead guitar player, Leo Jackson. Special guest will be Joyce Jackson, who was Jim's secretary, she'll be interviewed live on the air.
Dundalk FM also broadcasts on the internet and its programs attract many listeners from all the continents, mostly emigrated Irishmen. For American and Canadian would-be listeners, there's a time difference of 5 hours with EDT!
Send your request for the programme to info@dundalkfm.com
Click here to go to the website of Dundalk FM.
JULY 11, 2007
JIM REEVES TO HAVE STAR ON SHREVEPORT'S WALK OF STARS ON AUGUST 11, 2007!
On August 11, 2007, Jim Reeves will get his star on a plaque in the 'WALK OF STARS' in Shreveport, LA. More details about the event will be published on this web site soon, but it is known that John Rex Reeves, a nephew of Jim, will take part in performing on the event.
JUNE 14, 2007
FLORAL TRIBUTES FOR JIM REEVES AND DEAN MANUEL ON JULY 31, 2007
Click here
to read about itNEW QUESTION AND ANSWER IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
Click here to read about it
May 26, 2007
HENK BREDERODE TO PERFORM ON THIS YEAR'S JIM REEVES FAN CLUB MEETING
On Sunday 30 September the fan club will celebrate it's twenty-fifths meeting in Hilversum, Holland. Special guest will be member Henk Brederode, at special request of our members. More details will be published soon.
April 21, 2007
TOM PERRYMAN HOSTS A COUNTRY MUSIC RADIO PROGRAM AT KKUS.
Click
here to read about it
April 8, 2007
BEAR FAMILY BOXED ALBUM OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR OF APRIL 1964 HAS BEEN RELEASED ON APRIL 2
Click
here to read about itLATEST UPDATE ON THE TRACKS OF THE BEAR FAMILY BOXED ALBUM OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR OF APRIL 1964
Click
here to read about it
26 March 2007
FILM CLIP OF JIM REEVES SINGING AT AMSTERDAM AIRPORT FOUND IN DUTCH AUDIO AND VISUAL ARCHIVES
Click here to read about it
5 March 2007
HISTORIC RCA STUDIO B CELEBRATES GOLDEN MILESTONE DATE
Click here to read about it
20 February 2007
UPDATE ON THE BEAR FAMILY BOXED ALBUM OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR OF APRIL 1964
Click here to read about it
NEW QUESTION AND ANSWER IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
Click here to read about it
18 February 2007
BERT BOSSINK WILL BE GUEST ON RADIO 227
On February 18 and 25, between 18.00 and 20.00 CET, fan club member Bert Bossink will be the guest of Dick Zuydwijk on Radio 227.
Bert also reported that on Friday 9 March, Dutch Radio5 will be playing the Top 100 of songs from the '50's . From February 19th, Dutch listeners can vote on Jim Reeves songs from that period, such as 'Mexican Joe', 'Bimbo', 'Billy Bayou', 'Blue Boy', etc,
http://www.portal.omroep.nl/radio5
17 February 2007
SONG WRITER RAY EVANS DIED
Song writer Ray Evans has died at the age of 92. He wrote the lyrics for songs 'Mona Lisa" and a Christmas Carol which was also one of the favorite songs of Jim, 'Silver Bells". Jim Reeves recorded both of these songs, Jay Livingstone composed the music. They both are also responsible for some other great classics, such as "Que sera, Sera" and the title songs of television series from the late fifties and sixties, such as "Bonanza" and "Mr. Ed (the talking horse), series well known to many of us.
10 February 2007
JIM REEVES FAN CLUB MAGAZINE No. 108
Issue No. 108 of the Jim Reeves fan club magazine has been nailed to most of the European membership. Printing and mailing of the magazine is in progress for Norwegian and American and Canadian members.
There are two main articles, one about the start of Jim Reeves' performances at the KWKH 'Louisiana Hayride' show. The other is about the first recording session with Jim Reeves of Leo Jackson. It reveals the date and the song, and Leo also talks about his memories for what he believes was his first live stage performance he played with Jim Reeves.
16 January 2007
SYMPATHY FOR LEO JACKSON AND FAMILY
We just learned that Leo Jackson’s mother in law Ms. Ruth Walls has died today. She was 86.
Also on behalf of the members of the fan club, our deepest sympathy goes to Leo and his family at this time,
Arie den Dulk
8 January 2007
Click here to read more about about the 'Walkway of Stars' and the efforts of Jim's niece Lani Arnold to have Jim Reeves elected into it too.
NEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
Click here to read about it
3 January 2007
Every year Dutch Radio 2 transmits a "Top 2000 favourite records" program.
Click here to read Bert Bossink's report about it
1 January 2007
We wish all Jim Reeves fans a Happy and Prosperous 2007!
25 December 2006
BBC television broadcasted a very special program on Christmas eve 2006. It took the concept of posthumous overdubbing one step further.
Click here to read about it
22 December 2006
2 NEW QUESTIONS , ANSWERS AND CHRISTMAS WISHES FROM LEO IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
Click here to read about it
28 November 2006
CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE HOME OF JIM AND MARY REEVES
Two pictures taken at Jim's home at Christmas have been posted in the Scrapbook section of the website.
Please click here to view them.
10 November 2006
FLORAL TRIBUTE FOR MARY REEVES ON THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH
Click here to read about it
9 November 2006
3 NEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
Click here to read about it
4 November 2006
JIM REEVES NOT (YET) IN GREATER SHREVEPORT WALK OF STARS
Lani Arnold who is a niece of Jim Reeves, is working to have a star of Jim Reeves placed in the Walkway.
2 November 2006
BUDDY KILLEN DIED OF CANCER
Buddy Killen died November 1 at his home. He was 73, and
suffering from cancer of the liver and pancreas. He is survived by his wife
Carolyn, step-son Darrell Nelson; two daughters, Robin Killen and Linda
Richardson. His first wife was June Webb, who can be seen performing in episodes
of Gannaway's 'Classic Country' television shows from the fifties, released
on video tape and DVD.
Buddy started his career as bass player, and worked for and later owned the Tree
Publishing company. He played bass occasionally in Jim's band, The Wagonmasters
and played bass for Jim at the Carnegie Hall concert on November 29th, 1961.
He was a close friend of Jim Reeves and wrote about his friendship with Jim in
his book "By the seats of my pants", published in 1993. It showed a side of Jim
which before never was revealed in print. In the book there's a picture of Jim
and the Wagonmasters, taken in November 1955 when Jim first moved to
Nashville, just before he called Leo Jackson up from Gladewater,Tx. to come live
with him in Tennessee. Left to right..."Big" Red Hayes-Floyd Cramer-Buddy
Killen-Jim-Jimmy Day- Kenny Hill- unknown.
31
October 2006JIM REEVES - 'IN HIS FOOTSTEPS' AND 'SONGBIBLE 2006'
Member Bill Marks, from Birmingham, England, has been working on 2 projects for about 15 months.
Click HERE to read about it.
28 October 2006
REPORT ON FAN CLUB MEETING HELD IN HILVERSUM, HOLLAND ON 22 OCTOBER 2006
Click HERE to read about it
27 October 2006
(updated 31 October 2006)
PANOLA COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB TO BROADCAST FROM NEAR JIM'S GRAVE ON 28 OCTOBER 2006
Click HERE to read about it
22 October 2006
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEO JACKSON!
Click HERE to read about it
8 October 2006
BUDDY KILLEN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER
Leo Jackson reported the sad news that Buddy Killen has stage IV Pancreatic Cancer, which has already spread to his liver and lungs. This was detected last week through testing at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. Stage IV is inoperable, and is usually treated with chemo and radiation. Buddy will start having chemo immediately.
Please remember Buddy in your prayers.
3 October 2006
THE 'DISTANT DRUMS DAY' CELEBRATION
David Bussey reports on THE DISTANT DRUMS CELEBRATION DAY, held in Harrogate, UK, on 22 September, 2006.
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9 September 2006
(updated 18 September 2006)
BEAR FAMILY PLANS TO RELEASE AN ALBUM ABOUT THE EUROPEAN TOUR OF APRIL 1964
Bear Family is looking for everything relating to this tour, Tickets/Posters/Photos/tour programmes, newspaper clippings, etc, on all of the artists; Jim Reeves, Chet Atkins, Bobby Bare, and The Anita Kerr Singers.
Please write to Richard Weize
Bear Family Records, The Label,
Achtern Dahl 4, 27729 Vollersode ,Germany
Tel.: 49-4794-930011
Fax: 49-4794-930033
email: weize@bear-family.de
Contrast to rumours on the web, this will be no CD release, but a DVD one. It is believed it will contain the OSLO NRK TV show with perhaps additional material if it can be located. I've located a Dutch news film sequence of the arrival of the group in Amsterdam and Jim singing "I Love You Because" in the press conference room at the airport. This project won't be a Jim Reeves only release.
25 August 2006
3 NEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
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18 August 2006
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM REEVES!
On Sunday 20th of August Jim Reeves would
have celebrated his 83rd Birthday. To celebrate the occasion we have
put up two never before published pictures from the collection of Frank C.
Anderson.
Click here to view the Birthday tribute.
14 August 2006
(Updated 19 August 2006)
JIM REEVES TRIBUTE ON IRISH RADIO ON AUGUST 18th
On Friday 18th of August, from 15.00 hours to 15:30 hours GMT, Irish radio station Dundalk fm will broadcast a TRIBUTE TO JIM REEVES tribute program on the JOE DUFFY REQUEST SHOW, this tribute will be on the eve of Jim's 83rd Birthday. Jim Neary intends to be a guest on the show.
Dundalk fm also broadcasts on the internet and its programs attract many listeners from all the continents, mostly emigrated Irishmen. For American and Canadian would-be listeners, there's a time difference of 5 hours with EDT!
Click here to listen to Dundalk fm.
(Updated 19 August 2006)
Instead of the intended 30 minutes, the program ran for a full hour. Guests on the show were Jim Neary, John Rex Reeves and myself. Because the extension had been arranged at short noticed, unfortunately Leo Jackson couldn't be interviewed as he was getting ready for a visit to a friend, and Joyce Jackson couldn't be contacted as she was travelling to friends in Louisiana.
It was a fine tribute, a number of records played, Jim Neary talked a bit about Jim's 1963 tour in Ireland. John Rex Reeves talked about his uncle, and Jim's favourite poem was spoken by a female guest, and I talked about the fan club.
Dundalk FM had kindly put up a link to the fan club web site on their web site.
Since the program was also been broadcasted over the internet in broadband quality, many fans worldwide listened to it, as indicated by the numerous reactions received by me.
1 August 2006
RARE ACETATE OF LOUISIANA HAYRIDE JULY 1951 PERFORMANCE AUCTIONED ON EBAY
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31 July 2006
(updated September 9, 2006)
FLORAL TRIBUTES FOR JIM REEVES AND DEAN MANUEL ON JULY 31, 2006.
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42nd ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE
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28 July 2006
FAN CLUB MAGAZINE ISSUE #106 MAILED YESTERDAY
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RARE ACETATE OF LOUISIANA HAYRIDE JULY 1951 PERFORMANCE NEW ON EBAY
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13 July 2006
NEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE 'ASK LEO JACKSON' SECTION
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10 July 2006
DISTANT DRUMS - 2006. AN ANNIVERSARY GET-TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE 40 YEARS SINCE JIM'S SONG HIT NUMBER 1
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4 July 2006
HAPPY JULY 4 GREETINGS TO ALL JIM REEVES FANS
We wish all the American Jim Reeves fans a happy July 4th celebration.
JIM REEVES' TRIVIA
Which singer, born in Panola County, Texas, sang the song 'MEXICAN JOE' on the 'Louisiana Hayride Show' and received 2 encores, on Saturday February 21, 1953?
Was it
TEX RITTER
or
JIM REEVES?
The first person who'll send the correct answer to adendulk@wanadoo.nl, will receive a copy of a recently released SONY/BMG 2 CD Jim Reeves Album ; 'THE ESSENTIAL JIM REEVES'.
The first person to send the correct answer was Scott Reeves from Humble, Texas. Congratulations and the album will be mailed to you tomorrow.
Yes it was Jim Reeves, contrary to what many stories about Jim Reeves tell you, that was not Jim's first appearance at the Louisiana Hayride.
Fifty-five years ago, in the summer of 1951, Jim performed three songs at the 'Hayride', among these, a Hank Williams song.
According to former 'Hayride' presenter Frank Page, Sleepy LaBeef who was scheduled to appear at the 'Hayride' on January 24, 1953. On his way to Shreveport, he got a flat tyre and missed the performance. Jim was asked to fill his slot and he performed a few songs he had recorded in the Jim Beck studio in Dallas some weeks before, Jim sang 'Wagonload of Love', 'What Were You Doing Last Night', and 'How Many'.
Mitchell Torok wrote 'Mexican Joe' in the first week of January, 1953. Jim recorded that song and 'Butterfly Love', also penned by Mitchell Torok, in the KWKH studio after the station went of air, on January 18th. Billy Walker, and a few other artists who appeared on the 'Hayride', sang 'Mexican Joe' before Jim was allowed to sing it. That was not an usual practice in those days. Billy Walker recorded 'Mexican Joe' for the Columbia label on March 8, 1953, but his cover never could come close to the success of Jim's record which became 'The Best Country and Western record of 1953'!
MORE NEWS ITEMS
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IN MEMORIAM
MARY REEVES
20 January 1929 - 11 November 1999
Please click HERE for our tribute
Click on the camera for links to a collection of photographs of Jim Reeves.
Scrapbook (updated
30 March 2004)List of radio shows issued on transcription records (updated 7 December 2001)
The opening of the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame.
Pictures of the Jim Reeves Memorial in Carthage.
Pictures of the former Jim Reeves "EVERGREEN" Museum in Madison
Pictures of the mausoleum where Mary Reeves has been put to rest
Please click HERE for
links to other sites
Copyright: Arie den Dulk
( 2006)
