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Jim Reeves discography
Studio albums44
Live albums1
Compilation albums14
Singles71
No. 1 singles13

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

Albums

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Album Year Chart peaks Certifications
US Country US AUS
[1] 		NOR
[2] 		UK
[3]
Jim Reeves Sings 1955 — — — — —
Singing Down the Lane 1956 — — — — —
Bimbo — — — — —
Jim Reeves 1957 — — — — —
Girls I Have Known 1958 — — — 20 35
God Be with You — — — 4 10
Songs to Warm the Heart 1959 — — — 18 —
According to My Heart 1960 — — — 16 1
The Intimate Jim Reeves — — — 10 8
He'll Have to Go — 18 — 15 16
Tall Tales and Short Tempers 1961 — — — — —
Talkin' to Your Heart — — — — —
The Country Side of Jim Reeves 1962 — — — 8 12
A Touch of Velvet — 97 — 8 8
We Thank Thee — — — 12 17
Gentleman Jim 1963 — — — 2 3
The International Jim Reeves 18 — — 5 11
Good 'n' Country 13 — — 7 10
Twelve Songs of Christmas — 15 — 3 3
Kimberley Jim 1964 — — — 11 —
Moonlight and Roses 1 30 — 2 2
The Best of Jim Reeves 1 9 — 1 3
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? 5 — — 8 12
Jim Reeves' Golden Records — — — — 9
The Jim Reeves Way 1965 2 45 — 5 16
Up Through the Years 1 — — 10 —
The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II 4 100 — 7 —
Distant Drums 1966 1 21 — 2 2
Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves 3 — — 15 —
Blue Side of Lonesome 1967 3 185 — 15 —
My Cathedral 39 — — — 48
A Touch of Sadness 1968 3 — — — 15
Jim Reeves on Stage 5 — — — 13
Jim Reeves—and Some Friends 1969 18 — — — 24
The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III 12 — — — —
Jim Reeves Writes You a Record 1971 34 — — — 47
Something Special 13 — — — —
Young & Country — — — — —
My Friend 1972 18 — — — 32
Jim Reeves' Greatest — — 34 — —
Missing You 9 — — — —
The Best Of Jim Reeves Vol. 1 1972 — — — — —
Am I That Easy to Forget? 1973 11 — — — —
Great Moments with Jim Reeves 32 — — — —
I'd Fight the World 1974 13 — — — —
Welcome to My World — — — — —
The Jim Reeves Collection — — — — —
The Best of Jim Reeves Sacred Songs 1975 37 — — — —
Songs of Love 34 — — — —
40 Golden Greats — — — — 1
  • BPI: Platinum[4]
I Love You Because 1976 24 — — — —
A Legendary Performer 25 — — — —
It's Nothin' to Me 1977 32 — — — —
Jim Reeves 1978 50 — — — —
Nashville — — — — —
The Best 4 1979 — — — — —
Don't Let Me Cross Over 23 — — — —
There's Always Me 1980 56 — — — —
The Country Gentleman 1980 — — — — 53
Greatest Hits (with Patsy Cline) 1981 8 — 79 — —
Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves 1982 — — 38 — —
The Jim Reeves Medley 1983 65 — — — —
The Definitive Jim Reeves 1923–1964 1992 — — — — 9
Country Classics 1994 — — — — —
The Essential Jim Reeves 1995 — — — — —
The Ultimate Collection 1997 — — 12 — 17
All Time Gospel Favorites 1998 — — — — —
Super Hits 1999 — — — — —
Radio Days — — — — —
Greatest Hits 2000 — — — — —
Gentleman Jim – The Definitive Jim Reeves Collection 2003 — — — — 21
Gentleman Jim – Memories Are Made of This 2004 — — — — 35
The Only Jim Reeves Album You Will Ever Need — — — — 96
The Collection 2007 — — — — —
Welcome to My World – The Best of Jim Reeves 2009 — — — — —
The Very Best of Jim Reeves — — — — 7
  • BPI: Platinum[4]
The Real... The Ultimate Jim Reeves Collection 2013 — — — — –
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or not released

Singles

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1950s

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Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both tracks from the same album except where indicated 		Peak
positions 		Album
US Country US
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) 		1 1 23 Jim Reeves Sings
"Butterfly Love"
b/w "Let Me Love You Just a Little" (from Bimbo) 		— — — Non-album track
1954 "Bimbo"
b/w "Gypsy Heart" 		1 2 26 Bimbo
"I Love You" (with Ginny Wright)
B-side by Ginny Wright: I Want You Yes (You Want Me No) (Non-album track) 		3 8 — Jim Reeves and Some Friends
"Then I'll Stop Loving You"
b/w "Echo Bonita" 		15 — — Bimbo
"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" 		5 — — Jim 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" 		9 — — Jim Reeves Sings
"Yonder Comes a Sucker" / 4 9 — The Country Side of Jim Reeves
"I'm Hurtin' Inside" flip — — Up 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) 		8 10 — The Country Side of Jim Reeves
"According to My Heart" / 4 8 — According to My Heart
"The Mother of a Honky Tonk Girl" (with Carol Johnson) flip 15 — Jim Reeves and Some Friends
1957 "Am I Losing You" / 3 5 — Songs to Warm the Heart
"Waitin' for a Train" flip — — The Country Side of Jim Reeves
"Four Walls"
b/w "I Know and You Know" (Non-album track) 		1 2 12 The Best of Jim Reeves
"Two Shadows on Your Window" / 9 12 — Up Through the Years
"Young Hearts" 12 15 —
1958 "Anna Marie"
b/w "Everywhere You Go" (from Jim Reeves) 		3 7 93 Girls I Have Known
"Overnight" / 10 26 — Distant Drums
"I Love You More" 8 7 — He'll Have to Go
"Blue Boy" / 2 1 45 The Best of Jim Reeves
"Theme of Love" — 35 — He'll Have to Go
"Billy Bayou" / 1 1 95 He'll Have to Go
"I'd Like to Be" 18 13 —
1959 "Home" / 2 1 —
"If Heartache is the Fashion" — 31 —
"Partners" / 5 3 —
"I'm Beginning to Forget You" 17 18 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1960s

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Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Peak positions Album
US Country US
Cash Box Country 		US US
AC 		CAN Country CAN UK NOR
[2] 		IRL
1960 "He'll Have to Go"[C] / 1 1 2 — — 1
(CHUM) 		12 1 — He'll Have to Go
"In a Mansion Stands My Love" — 28 — — — — — — — A Touch of Sadness
"I'm Gettin' Better" / 3 2 37 — — 6 — — — The Intimate Jim Reeves
"I Know One" 6 7 82 — — 6 — — — Blue Side of Lonesome
"I Missed Me" / 3 2 44 — — 7 — — — Distant Drums
"Am I Losing You" (re-recording) 8 7 31 — — 7 — — — The Best of Jim Reeves
1961 "Whispering Hope"
b/w "I'd Like To Be" (from He'll Have To Go) 		— — — — — — 50 — — God Be with You
"The Blizzard" / 4 2 62 — — — — — — Tall Tales and Short Tempers
"Danny Boy" — 38 — — — — — — —
"What Would You Do?" / 15 10 73 — — — — — — According to My Heart
"Stand at Your Window" 16 9 — — — — — — —
"Losing Your Love" / 2 2 89 20 — — — — — Distant Drums
"(How Can I Write on Paper) What I Feel in My Heart" 7 13 92 — — — — — — Something Special
1962 "A Letter to My Heart" / 20 41 — — — — — — — Distant Drums
"Adios Amigo" 2 2 90 — — 15 — 2 — The Best of Jim Reeves
"I'm Gonna Change Everything" / 2 1 95 — — — 42 — — Have I Told You Lately
That I Love You?
"Pride Goes Before a Fall" 18 31 — — — — — — — Up Through the Years
"You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)"
b/w "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" 		— — — — — — 17 2 — The Intimate Jim Reeves
1963 "Is This Me?" / 3 2 103 — — — — — — The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II
"Missing Angel" — 10 — — — — — — — The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III
"Guilty" / 3 4 91 — — — 29 — 6 The International Jim Reeves
"Little Ole You" 11 11 — — — — — — — Up Through the Years
"An Old Christmas Card"
b/w "Senor Santa Claus" 		— — — — — — — — — Twelve Songs of Christmas
1964 "Welcome to My World" / 2 2 102 — — — 6 3 1 A Touch of Velvet
"Good Morning Self" 43 13 — — — — — — — Distant Drums
"Love Is No Excuse" (with Dottie West) / 7 3 115 — — — — — — Jim Reeves and Some Friends
"Look Who's Talking" (with Dottie West) — — 121 — — — — — —
"I Guess I'm Crazy" / 1 1 82 17 1 — — 2 — The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II
"Not Until the Next Time" — — — — — — 13 6 6 Distant Drums
"I Love You Because"
b/w "Anna Marie" (from Girls I Have Known) 		— — — — — — 5 1 1 Gentleman Jim
"There's a Heartache Following Me"
b/w "Diamonds in the Sand" (from Kimberley Jim) 		— — — — — — 6 3 3 Good 'N' Country
1965 "I Won't Forget You"
b/w "Highway to Nowhere" (from Singing Down the Lane) 		3 6 93 15 — — 3 1 1 The Country Side of Jim Reeves
"How Long Has it Been"
b/w "Suppertime" 		— — — — — — 45 9 — God Be With You
"This World is Not My Home"
b/w "Take My Hand Precious Lord" 		— — — — — — 22 — — We Thank Thee
"This Is It"
b/w "There's That Smile Again" (from The Jim Reeves Way) 		1 1 88 18 — — — 9 — Distant Drums
"Is It Really Over?" / 1 1 79 10 — — 17 — —
"Rosa Rio" — — — — — — — 3 — Moonlight and Roses
"It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)"
b/w "Wishful Thinking" (from He'll Have to Go) 		— — — — — — 8 4 10 The Jim Reeves Way
1966 "Snowflake"[A]
b/w "Take My Hand Precious Lord" (from We Thank Thee) 		2 1 66 — — — — 2 — Distant Drums
"Distant Drums" / 1 1 45 — — 27 1 2 3
"Old Tige" — 49 — — — — — — — Talkin' To Your Heart
"Blue Side of Lonesome"
b/w "It Hurts So Much (To See You Go" (from The Jim Reeves Way) 		1 1 59 15 — 68 — — — Blue Side of Lonesome
1967 "I Won't Come In While He's There"
b/w "Maureen" (from The Jim Reeves Way) 		1 3 112 — — — 12 7 11
"Trying to Forget" / — — — — — — 33 — —
"The Storm" 16 11 — — — — — — — The 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) 		9 9 — — 1 — 38 — — The 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) 		9 10 — — 5 — 33 — — The 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) 		7 7 — — 1 — — — — A Touch of Sadness
1969 "When Two Worlds Collide"
b/w "Could I Be Falling in Love?" (from Kimberley Jim) 		6 7 — — 4 — 17 — — Jim Reeves Writes You a Record
"But You Love Me, Daddy" (with Steve Moore)
b/w "Snow Flake" (from Distant Drums) 		— — — — — — 15 — — Jim Reeves and Some Friends
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s and 1980s

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Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both tracks from the same album except where indicated 		Peak
positions 		Album
US Country US
Cash Box Country 		CAN Country AUS[1]
1970 "Nobody's Fool" / 10 11 4 — Jim Reeves Writes You a Record
"Why Do I Love You (Melody of Love)" flip — — — Talkin' to Your Heart
"Angels Don't Lie"
b/w "You Kept Me Awake Last Night" (from Something Special) 		4 6 21 — Jim Reeves Writes You a Record
1971 "Gypsy Feet"
b/w "He Will" (from My Cathedral) 		16 12 14 — My Friend
1972 "The Writing's on the Wall"
b/w "You're Free to Go" (from I Love You Because) 		15 15 20 —
"Missing You"
b/w "The Tie That Binds" 		8 7 13 89 Missing 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" 		12 10 9 — Am 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) 		19 19 43 — I'd Fight the World
1975 "You Belong to Me"
b/w "Maureen" (from The Jim Reeves Way) 		54 50 — — Songs of Love
"You'll Never Know"
b/w "There's That Smile Again" (from It's Nothin' To Me) 		71 59 — —
1976 "I Love You Because"
b/w "Is This Me?" (from The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II) 		54 53 — — I Love You Because
1977 "It's Nothin' to Me"
b/w "I Won't Forget You" (from Great Moments with Jim Reeves) 		14 18 — — It's Nothin' to Me
"Little Ole Dime"
b/w "A Letter to My Heart" (from Distant Drums) 		23 27 — — Nashville '78
1978 "You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)"
b/w "When You Are Gone" (from A Touch of Sadness) 		29 28 — —
1979 "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (with Deborah Allen)
b/w "I've Enjoyed As Much of This As I Can Stand" 		10 7 — — Don't Let Me Cross Over
"Oh, How I Miss You Tonight"
b/w "The Talking Walls" (from Nashville '78) 		6 8 40 —
1980 "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" (with Deborah Allen) 10 15 — —
1981 "There's Always Me" 35 35 — — There's Always Me
1982 "Have You Ever Been Lonely?" (with Patsy Cline) 5 7 1 82 Greatest Hits
"I Fall to Pieces" (with Patsy Cline) 54 43 41 — I Fall to Pieces
1983 "The Jim Reeves Medley" 46 43 — — The Jim Reeves Medley
1984 "The Image of Me" 70 59 — — Special Collection
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes

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  • A^ "Snowflake" also peaked at number 9 on the RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in Canada.
  • B^ "Adios Amigo" also peaked at #23 in the UK.
  • C^ "He'll Have To Go" also made the US R&B charts at position #13.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 249. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ a b From Distant Drums: "Discography Jim Reeves". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Jim Reeves | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "British certifications – Jim Reeves". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 4, 2022. Type Jim Reeves in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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