Jim Reeves discography explained

Artist:Jim Reeves
Studio:44
Compilation:14
Live:1
Singles:71
Option:13
Option Name:No. 1 singles

This is a detailed discography for American country pop artist Jim Reeves.

Albums

AlbumYearChart peaksCertifications
US CountryUSAUS
NOR
[1]
UK
[2]
Jim Reeves Sings1955
Singing Down the Lane1956
Bimbo
Jim Reeves1957
Girls I Have Known19582035
God Be with You410
Songs to Warm the Heart195918
According to My Heart1960161
The Intimate Jim Reeves108
He'll Have to Go181516
Tall Tales and Short Tempers1961
Talkin' to Your Heart
The Country Side of Jim Reeves1962812
A Touch of Velvet9788
We Thank Thee1217
Gentleman Jim196323
The International Jim Reeves18511
Good 'n' Country13710
Twelve Songs of Christmas1533
  • BPI: Silver
Kimberley Jim196411
Moonlight and Roses13022
The Best of Jim Reeves1913
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?5812
Jim Reeves' Golden Records <-- European release-->9
  • BPI: Gold
The Jim Reeves Way1965245516
Up Through the Years110
The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II41007
Distant Drums196612122
Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves315
Blue Side of Lonesome1967318515
My Cathedral3948
A Touch of Sadness1968315
Jim Reeves on Stage513
Jim Reeves—and Some Friends19691824
The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III12
Jim Reeves Writes You a Record19713447
Something Special13
Young & Country
My Friend19721832
Jim Reeves' Greatest34
Missing You9
The Best Of Jim Reeves Vol. 1<-- RCA UK release -->1972
  • BPI: Silver
Am I That Easy to Forget?197311
Great Moments with Jim Reeves32
I'd Fight the World197413
Welcome to My World<-- RCA UK release-->
  • BPI: Silver
The Jim Reeves Collection<-- RCA UK release-->
  • BPI: Gold
The Best of Jim Reeves Sacred Songs197537
Songs of Love34
40 Golden Greats1
  • BPI: Platinum
I Love You Because197624
A Legendary Performer25
It's Nothin' to Me197732
Jim Reeves197850
Nashville
The Best 41979
Don't Let Me Cross Over23
There's Always Me198056
The Country Gentleman<-- UK K-Tel release-->198053
Greatest Hits (with Patsy Cline)1981879
Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves198238
The Jim Reeves Medley198365
The Definitive Jim Reeves 1923–1964<-- Arcade release -->19929
Country Classics<-- Reader's Digest release -->1994
  • BPI: Gold
The Essential Jim Reeves1995
The Ultimate Collection19971217
  • BPI: Gold
All Time Gospel Favorites1998
Super Hits1999
Radio Days
Greatest Hits <-- Camden UK release -->2000
  • BPI: Gold
Gentleman Jim – The Definitive Jim Reeves Collection <-- European release -->200321
  • BPI: Gold
Gentleman Jim – Memories Are Made of This <-- UK BMG release -->200435
The Only Jim Reeves Album You Will Ever Need <-- UK BMG release -->96
The Collection <-- The Red Box release -->2007
  • BPI: Silver
Welcome to My World – The Best of Jim Reeves2009
  • BPI: Gold
The Very Best of Jim Reeves<-- UK 2009 Sony edition -->7
  • BPI: Platinum
The Real... The Ultimate Jim Reeves Collection <-- RCA/Sony European release -->2013
  • BPI: Silver
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or not released

Singles

1950s

YearSingle (A-side, B-side)
Both tracks from the same album except where indicated
Peak
positions
Album
US CountryUS
Cash Box Country
US
1953"What Were You Doing (Last Night)"
b/w "Wagon Load of Love" (Non-album track)
Bimbo
"Mexican Joe"
b/w "I Could Cry" (Non-album track)
1123Jim Reeves Sings
"Butterfly Love"
b/w "Let Me Love You Just a Little" (from Bimbo)
Non-album track
1954"Bimbo"
b/w "Gypsy Heart"
1226Bimbo
"I Love You" (with Ginny Wright)
B-side by Ginny Wright: I Want You Yes (You Want Me No) (Non-album track)
38Jim Reeves and Some Friends
"Then I'll Stop Loving You"
b/w "Echo Bonita"
15Bimbo
"Beatin' on the Ding Dong"
b/w "My Rambling Heart"
Jim Reeves Sings
"Padre of Old San Antone"
b/w "Mother Went A-Walking" (from Jim Reeves Sings)
Non-album track
1955"Penny Candy"
b/w "I'll Follow You"
5Jim Reeves Sings
"Where Does a Broken Heart Go?"
b/w "The Wilder Your Heart Beats the Sweeter You Love"
"Tahiti"
b/w "Give Me One More Kiss" (from Jim Reeves Sings)
The International Jim Reeves
"Drinking Tequila"
b/w "Red Eyed and Rowdy"
9Jim Reeves Sings
"Yonder Comes a Sucker" /49The Country Side of Jim Reeves
"I'm Hurtin' Inside" flipUp Through the Years
"Are You the One" (with Alvadean Coker)
b/w "How Many?" (from Bimbo)
Jim Reeves Sings
"Hillbilly Waltz"
b/w "Let Me Remember (The Things I Can't Forget)" (Non-album track)
Young and Country
1956"If You Were Mine"
b/w "That's a Sad Affair" (from Up Through the Years)
According To My Heart
"My Lips are Sealed"
b/w "Pickin' a Chicken" (from Just for You)
810The Country Side of Jim Reeves
"According to My Heart" /48According to My Heart
"The Mother of a Honky Tonk Girl" (with Carol Johnson)flip15Jim Reeves and Some Friends
1957"Am I Losing You" /35Songs to Warm the Heart
"Waitin' for a Train" flipThe Country Side of Jim Reeves
"Four Walls"
b/w "I Know and You Know" (Non-album track)
1212The Best of Jim Reeves
"Two Shadows on Your Window" /912Up Through the Years
"Young Hearts"1215
1958"Anna Marie"
b/w "Everywhere You Go" (from Jim Reeves)
3793Girls I Have Known
"Overnight" /1026Distant Drums
"I Love You More" 87He'll Have to Go
"Blue Boy" /2145The Best of Jim Reeves
"Theme of Love"35He'll Have to Go
"Billy Bayou" /1195He'll Have to Go
"I'd Like to Be"1813
1959"Home" /21
"If Heartache is the Fashion"31
"Partners" /53
"I'm Beginning to Forget You"1718
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1960s

YearSingle (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Peak positionsAlbum
US CountryUS
Cash Box Country
USUS
AC
CAN CountryCANUKNOR
IRL
1960"He'll Have to Go"[C] /1121
(CHUM)
121He'll Have to Go
"In a Mansion Stands My Love"28A Touch of Sadness
"I'm Gettin' Better" /32376The Intimate Jim Reeves
"I Know One"67826Blue Side of Lonesome
"I Missed Me" /32447Distant Drums
"Am I Losing You" (re-recording)87317The Best of Jim Reeves
1961"Whispering Hope"
b/w "I'd Like To Be" (from He'll Have To Go)
50God Be with You
"The Blizzard" /4262Tall Tales and Short Tempers
"Danny Boy"38
"What Would You Do?" /151073According to My Heart
"Stand at Your Window"169
"Losing Your Love" /228920Distant Drums
"(How Can I Write on Paper) What I Feel in My Heart"71392Something Special
1962"A Letter to My Heart" /2041Distant Drums
"Adios Amigo"2290152The Best of Jim Reeves
"I'm Gonna Change Everything" /219542Have I Told You Lately
That I Love You?
"Pride Goes Before a Fall"1831Up Through the Years
"You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)"
b/w "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight"
172The Intimate Jim Reeves
1963"Is This Me?" /32103The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II
"Missing Angel"10The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III
"Guilty" /3491296The International Jim Reeves
"Little Ole You" 1111Up Through the Years
"An Old Christmas Card"
b/w "Senor Santa Claus"
Twelve Songs of Christmas
1964"Welcome to My World" /22102631A Touch of Velvet
"Good Morning Self"4313Distant Drums
"Love Is No Excuse" (with Dottie West) /73115Jim Reeves and Some Friends
"Look Who's Talking" (with Dottie West)121
"I Guess I'm Crazy" /11821712The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II
"Not Until the Next Time"1366Distant Drums
"I Love You Because"
b/w "Anna Marie" (from Girls I Have Known)
511Gentleman Jim
"There's a Heartache Following Me"
b/w "Diamonds in the Sand" (from Kimberley Jim)
633Good 'N' Country
1965"I Won't Forget You"
b/w "Highway to Nowhere" (from Singing Down the Lane)
369315311The Country Side of Jim Reeves
"How Long Has it Been"
b/w "Suppertime"
459God Be With You
"This World is Not My Home"
b/w "Take My Hand Precious Lord"
22We Thank Thee
"This Is It"
b/w "There's That Smile Again" (from The Jim Reeves Way)
1188189Distant Drums
"Is It Really Over?" / 11791017
"Rosa Rio"3Moonlight and Roses
"It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)"
b/w "Wishful Thinking" (from He'll Have to Go)
8410The Jim Reeves Way
1966"Snowflake"[A]
b/w "Take My Hand Precious Lord" (from We Thank Thee)
21662Distant Drums
"Distant Drums" /114527123
"Old Tige"49Talkin' To Your Heart
"Blue Side of Lonesome"
b/w "It Hurts So Much (To See You Go" (from The Jim Reeves Way)
11591568Blue Side of Lonesome
1967"I Won't Come In While He's There"
b/w "Maureen" (from The Jim Reeves Way)
1311212711
"Trying to Forget" /33
"The Storm"1611The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III
"I Heard a Heart Break Last Night"
b/w "Golden Memories and Silver Tears" (from The International Jim Reeves)
99138The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. IV
1968"That's When I See the Blues (In Your Pretty Brown Eyes)"
b/w "I've Lived a Lot In My Time" (from According to My Heart)
910533The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III
"When You Are Gone"
b/w "(How Can I Write on Paper) What I Feel in My Heart" (from Something Special)
771A Touch of Sadness
1969"When Two Worlds Collide"
b/w "Could I Be Falling in Love?" (from Kimberley Jim)
67417Jim Reeves Writes You a Record
"But You Love Me, Daddy" (with Steve Moore)
b/w "Snow Flake" (from Distant Drums)
15Jim Reeves and Some Friends
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s and 1980s

YearSingle (A-side, B-side)
Both tracks from the same album except where indicated
Peak
positions
Album
US CountryUS
Cash Box Country
CAN CountryAUS[4]
1970"Nobody's Fool" /10114Jim Reeves Writes You a Record
"Why Do I Love You (Melody of Love)"flipTalkin' to Your Heart
"Angels Don't Lie"
b/w "You Kept Me Awake Last Night" (from Something Special)
4621Jim Reeves Writes You a Record
1971"Gypsy Feet"
b/w "He Will" (from My Cathedral)
161214My Friend
1972"The Writing's on the Wall"
b/w "You're Free to Go" (from I Love You Because)
151520
"Missing You"
b/w "The Tie That Binds"
871389Missing You
"Blue Christmas"
b/w "Snow Flake" (from The Velvet Memories of Jim Reeves)
Twelve Songs of Christmas
1973"Am I That Easy to Forget?"
b/w "Rosa Rio"
12109Am I That Easy To Forget?
1974"I'd Fight the World"
b/w "What's In It For Me?" (from Great Moments With Jim Reeves)
191943I'd Fight the World
1975"You Belong to Me"
b/w "Maureen" (from The Jim Reeves Way)
5450Songs of Love
"You'll Never Know"
b/w "There's That Smile Again" (from It's Nothin' To Me)
7159
1976"I Love You Because"
b/w "Is This Me?" (from The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II)
5453I Love You Because
1977"It's Nothin' to Me"
b/w "I Won't Forget You" (from Great Moments with Jim Reeves)
1418It's Nothin' to Me
"Little Ole Dime"
b/w "A Letter to My Heart" (from Distant Drums)
2327Nashville '78
1978"You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)"
b/w "When You Are Gone" (from A Touch of Sadness)
2928
1979"Don't Let Me Cross Over" (with Deborah Allen)
b/w "I've Enjoyed As Much of This As I Can Stand"
107Don't Let Me Cross Over
"Oh, How I Miss You Tonight"
b/w "The Talking Walls" (from Nashville '78)
6840
1980"Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" (with Deborah Allen)1015
1981"There's Always Me"3535There's Always Me
1982"Have You Ever Been Lonely?" (with Patsy Cline)57182Greatest Hits
"I Fall to Pieces" (with Patsy Cline)544341I Fall to Pieces
1983"The Jim Reeves Medley"4643The Jim Reeves Medley
1984"The Image of Me"7059Special Collection
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. From Distant Drums: Web site: Discography Jim Reeves. norwegiancharts.com. September 10, 2022.
  2. Web site: Jim Reeves full Official Chart History . . December 4, 2022.
  3. United Kingdom. Jim Reeves. December 4, 2022.
  4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 249.