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"Distant Drums" is a song which provided US singer Jim Reeves with his only UK No. 1 hit – albeit posthumously – in the United Kingdom in 1966, some two years after his death in a plane crash on 31 July 1964. [1] The song remained in the UK Singles Chart for 25 weeks. The single also topped the US country chart for four weeks, becoming his ...
On the 15th anniversary of Reeves death, Mary told a country music magazine interviewer, "Jim Reeves my husband is gone; Jim Reeves the artist lives on." [25] During 1966, Reeves' record "Distant Drums" hit number one on the UK Singles Chart and remained there for five weeks. The song stayed in the UK chart for 25 weeks, and took number one on ...
Distant Drums: 1966 1 21 — 2 2 Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves: ... b/w "Give Me One More Kiss" (from Jim Reeves Sings) — — — The International Jim Reeves
The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III is a compilation album ... Track listing. Side A; No. Title Writer(s) Length; 1. "Distant Drums" Cindy Walker: 2:46: 2. "I'm Gonna ...
Distant Drums (1966) Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves (1966) Blue Side of Lonesome ... Jim Reeves is a studio album by Jim Reeves, released posthumously in 1966 on RCA ...
"Distant Drums" Jim Reeves: RCA Victor 10: 5 "Would You Hold It Against Me" Dottie West: RCA Victor 11: 2 "A Million and One" Billy Walker: Monument 12: 1 "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" Buck Owens: Capitol 13: 1 "I Want to Go with You" Eddy Arnold: Columbia 14: 1 "Blue Side of Lonesome" Jim Reeves: RCA Victor 15: 2 "Room in Your Heart" Sonny ...
Reeves recorded many of Walker's compositions; she often wrote specifically for him and offered him the right of first refusal of her tracks. "Distant Drums" was originally recorded by Reeves as a demo, simply because he loved the song. Chet Atkins felt the time was not right for an international release.
Distant Drums: Jim Reeves: 4 June 18 Take Good Care of Her: Sonny James: 2 July 2 Think of Me: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos 6 August 13 Almost Persuaded: David Houston: 9 , The longest-running Number One country song by a male artist until Lonestar's single, "Amazed" in 1999. October 15 Blue Side of Lonesome: Jim Reeves 1 October 22 Open Up ...