Death. On Friday, July 31, 1964, Reeves and his business partner and manager Dean Manuel (also the pianist of Reeves's backing group, the Blue Boys) left Batesville, Arkansas, en route to Nashville ina single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, N8972M, with Reeves at the controls. Who go...
From 1955 through 1969, Reeves was consistently in the country and pop charts - an amazing fact in light of his untimely death in an airplane accident in 1964.Not only was he a presence in the American charts, but he became country music's foremost international ambassador and, if anything...
Jim Reeves. Soundtrack: The Man Who Fell to Earth. Jim Reeves was one of the best of the "Nashville Sound" style country and western singers. His fame was widespread, not only in the USA, but also in Britain, India, Scandanavia and South Africa. Born in
Jim Reeves' mellow baritone voice was so universally appealing that his records continued to chart for 20 years after his death in a plane crash in 1964. The Texas native first hit the charts with the No. 1 country record "Mexican Joe" in 1953 and went on record such standards as "Billy...
After Jim’s tragic death in 1964, his band The Blue Boys used the bus on personal appearances. Jim’s wife Mary kept the band and the bus on the road entertaining Reeves fans.Around 1965, the bus was sold to Wilma Burgess and then to Nat Stuckey. It was later sold to Teddy and ...
A Tribute to Country Crooner Jim Reeves on the 50th Anniversary of His Deathskappes
Jim Beard, a keyboardist, producer and arranger who was playing for Steely Dan since 2008, has died due to complications from a sudden illness. He was 63. A rep for the musician confirmed Beard’s death to Variety in a statement issued on Wednesday. Beard died in a New York hospital ...