Biography jim reeve

Born James Travis Reeves, August 20, 1923, in Galloway, TX; died in a plane crash, July 31, 1964, near Nashville, TN; son of Tom and Beulah Reeves (farmers); married Mary Elizabeth White, 1947. Education: Attended University of Texas at Austin.

Professional baseball player. Disc jockey and news reader (and later co-owner of radio station), KGRI, Henderson, TX; sideman with Moon Mullican band, Beaumont, TX; singer and bandleader, Reo Palm Isle, Longview, TX; released four singles on Macy record label; announcer for Louisiana Hayride, KWKH, Shreveport, LA; signed contract with Abbott Records, 1952; joined Grand Ole Opry and signed contract with RCA, 1955; became host of daily television program, ABC, 1957; toured U.S.

and Europe; broke international attendance records on tour of South Africa, 1962.

Jim Reeves's death did not mean the end for one of the most popular voices in the history of country music; even more than 15 years after the 1964 plane crash that killed him, previo