Here - Jim Reeves

INDEX
Index ± Jim Reeves
The Untold Story
compiled by
Lyle Johnston
NFN: no first name found
NLN: no last name
Radio stations - found
under radio
Album titles found under
albums
Song titles found under
songs
TV stations under TV
A-Team 397-398, 434
Abelson, Jo 418
Abbott Records 1, 2, 80,
88, 90, 92, 107, 113-114,
115, 118, 128, 143, 144,
145, 147, 149, 157, 178,
190, 204, 645
Sid 80
Abbott String Music
Show 128
ABC-TV 175, 223, 247,
253, 295
ABC/Paramount
Records 230
ABC Radio network 295
see also American
Broadcasting below
Aberbach, Jean 114
Julian 114
Abhez, Eden 113
Abilene, TX 362
ABN radio network - see
American
Abraham, George 109
Academy of Country
Music 4
Acclaim Music 291, 568,
652
Ackerman, Willie 387,
395, 428, 434, 435, 439,
452, 516, 573
Acuff, Roy 87, 119, 191,
650
Acuff-Rose Publishing
Co. 191, 362-363
Adams, Addie 10
Arizona 9
Arminta 9
Arnold 360
Don 543
(Mary) Beulah
(see Reeves)
Charlie 237-238
Lorenzo 9, 10, 11
Rose 360
Wyatt 9
Adare, Ireland 490
Adkins, Halmond 585,
625, 631
Adlam, Basil 295
Adler, Buzz 295
Ahel, Nathan 411
Airplane, Jim's 604f
Beechcraft Debonair
crash report 636ff
see also Jim Reeves'
"flying"
Akron, NY 248
Akron, OH 209
Albany, GA 33, 42, 349
baseball club 39, 41
NY 171
Albums:
pirated 3
sales 3
"A Touch of Velvet"
372, 395, 437
"According to My
Heart" 298
Afrikaans 409, 439, 440
"Best of" (Vol. 1) 578
"Bimbo" 224
"Blue Side of
Lonesome" 228
"Country Side of Jim
Reeves, The" 437, 510
"Christmas with Jim
Reeves" 508-509,
526
"Elvis is Back" 538
"Elvis Presley: A Life
In Music: The
Complete Sessions"
538
1
albums, cont.:
"Famous Original Hits
by 25 Great Country
Music Artists" 529
"Girls I Have Known"
242, 251, 256, 261
"Gentleman Jim"
443, 510
cover 443
"God Be With You" 257
"Good 'n' Country" 519
"He'll Have to Go"
298-299
"Intimate Jim Reeves,
The" 300-301, 311
"International Jim
Reeves, The" 519
"Jim Reeves" 226
"Jim Reeves On Stage"
360-361, 646
"Jim Reeves and Some
Friends" 285
"Jim Reeves Sings"
157, 289
"Jim Reeves
Way, The" 5, 649
"Kimberley Jim"
515, 538
"Meet the Beatles" 538
"Memories are Made of
This" 3
"Merry Christmas From
Jim Reeves" 437
"Moonlight and Roses"
532, 573, 576, 578
"Nashville Stars on
Tour" 548
"Night Life" 519
"Singing Down the
Lane" 177
"Songs To Warm the
Heart" 279, 409, 527
"Talkin' to Your Heart"
347, 348, 510
"Tall Tales and Short
Tempers" 324, 325
"The Definitive
Collection" 3
2
Albums, cont.:
"There's Someone Who
Loves You" 361
"Twelve Songs of
Christmas" 432-437
"Unforgettable Jim
Reeves - Live" 200
"We Thank Thee"
386f, 437
"Yours Sincerely" 37,
460, 494
Albuquerque, NM
349, 382,
Alconbury, England 497
Aldrich, Charlie 248
Aldridge, Roy 524, 526
Alexander, A. L. 346
Arthur 12
Ken 360
Alexandria, LA
Daily Town Talk 55, 57
Aces 55, 57, 66
All Movie Guide 466
All Music Guide 527
Allan, David 546
Allen, Debra 652
Fred 436
Ralph 23, 28, 32
Rex 100, 165, 457, 589
Rex, Jr. 4
Steve 223, 231
Allentown, PA 46
Allison, Audrey 272
Joe 248, 272, 282, 284,
285, 289, 290, 329,
537-538
Allums, Corzette 30
Alpert, Herb 113
Alsup, Tommy 77
Amarillo, TX 118, 176,
346, 349, 365, 398, 521
America (1950s) 85, 159
(1960s) 343
American Ballet
Theater 375-376
American Bandstand
(TV show) 247, 319
American Broadcasting
Company 230
Network 229ff, 245,
363, 425, 433, 582
American Federation of
Musicians 286
American Heart
Association 169, 297
American Junior Rodeo
Association 123
American Music
publishers 107, 113
American Society of
Composers and
Publishers (ASCAP)
226ff
Ames, Brothers 283
Ed 4
Amos, Betty 96
Mary 602
Amphetamines 318
Amsterdam, Holland 556
Anderson, Bill 268, 309,
358-359, 362, 369,
452, 519, 568, 612
Herb 230, 231,
232, 238-239, 245
John 207
Roger 612
Rosalie 638
Angelica, NY 252, 257
Anger, Garrick 534
Anglin, Mrs. Jack 535
Angola, IN 260
Angola, NY 223
Anita Kerr Singers 175,
230, 232, 234, 241,
242, 254, 264, 302,
324, 336, 352, 387,
395, 403, 434, 435,
436, 437, 439, 516,
528, 530, 538, 546,
547, 550, 551, 553,
555, 561, 573, 589
Anka, Paul 300
Anthony, Ray 77
Antonito, CO 156
Apartheid 459-460
Applewhite, Charlie
224
Arbieiderbladet
(newspaper) 553
Archer, Marie 30
Archie Bunker's Place
(TV series) 431
Arkansas Fuel Oilers
(baseball) 44
Arklow, Ireland 485
Arlen, Harold 172
Armed Forces Radio
Network 83, 98, 248,
537, 546, 555
TV Network 268
Armstrong, Dean and the
Arizona Dance
Hands 104
Louis 128, 424
Arnheim, Gus
Orchestra 229
Arnold, Eddy 92, 152,
164, 205, 207, 283, 284,
303, 330, 393, 450, 530,
568, 628, 629, 635, 641,
643, 647, 648
Lani 23, 40, 42, 110,
184, 279, 445, 525, 531,
578, 652, 653, 654
Arthur, Dorothy 72
Artists Service Bureau
163, 164, 191
Aqua 3
Atkins, Chet 114, 153,
159, 168, 192, 193, 198,
201, 202, 203, 204, 222,
226, 239, 240, 242, 252,
264, 265, 267, 268, 277,
279, 289-290, 291, 301303, 305, 311, 315, 316,
317, 321, 324, 325, 325326, 327, 328, 330, 363,
370, 371, 372, 386, 387,
393, 400, 403, 405, 406,
408, 411, 412, 413, 415,
420, 421, 428, 433, 434,
435, 436, 437, 441, 442,
449, 450, 453, 509, 530,
538, 545, 546, 547, 548,
549, 550, 551, 555, 556,
557, 560, 561, 574, 575,
577, 578, 586, 588, 589,
Atkins, Chet, cont.:
622, 624, 627, 641, 646,
648-649, 657
on Jim 4, 577
Halmond 608, 609, 611,
614, 616
Jimmy 436
Lowell 168
Atlanta, GA 205, 246
Fort McPherson
hospital 246
Auburndale, FL 449
Audiophile Custom
Associates (recording
studio) Houston 68
Auge, Henry "Bud"
588, 589
August, Adelle 136
Augusta, GA 348
Aumock, Nellie
321-322, 639
Aurora, CO 398, 524
Austin, TX 27, 31, 150,
329, 330, 362, 398, 477,
542
Autry, Gene 100, 175,
436, 457, 551
Avalon, Frankie 247
Axton, Mae 140, 205
Ayres, Frank 131
Roy 226
Azores Islands - 136-137
-BBabcock, Joseph 428
Bach, Byron 373, 531
Bachelors, The 559, 648
Backstreet (movie) 368
Backus, Jim 231, 425
Bailes Brothers 87
Bailey, Alan 559
Cecil 233
Pearl 543
Baker, MT 363
Baker, K. 30, 32
LaVern 246
Ray 348, 394, 443-444,
452, 453, 456, 471,
483, 485, 515, 517,
Baker, Ray, cont.:
520, 523, 530, 532,
541, 560, 561, 568,
569, 572, 575, 577,
586, 587, 588, 594,
612, 619, 623, 635,
643, 645, 647
Bakersfield, CA 124
Blackboard 125
Pumpkin Center Barn
Dance 104, 113
Baldwin Park, CA 124
Ballymena, Ireland 505
Ballou, Bud 546
Baloney, Linzo 28, 39
Baltimore, MD 105
Baltimore Sun 319
Bandera, TX 196, 314,
355, 391, 398, 581
Bankhead, Tallulah 295
Banks, Brenton
301, 373, 573
Baptist Missionary
Fellowship 49
Barber, Miller 476
Bare, Bobby 317, 440,
538, 546, 547, 548,
549, 550, 551, 555,
556, 557, 561
Barker, Bob 332
Barksdale Air Base 44,
88
Barlow, Jack 589
Barnard, Blanche
287, 364
William 364
Barnes, Dave 500
Barnett, Mandy 4
NFN 34
Red 28
Baron, Shep 55
Barr, Sammy 504, 505,
506,
Barry, Jim 355, 382, 638
Dorothy 638
Kevin 505
Bart, Teddy 641
Barter, Frieda 22, 23
Bartlet, Ray 85
3
Barton, Billy 80
NFN 624
Bash, Mr/Mrs.
Murray 207
Bassey, Shirley 499
Bates, Helen 25, 44, 45,
Marcus 25, 26, 32, 44,
45
Shirley 80, 81, 89, 124,
125, 126, 127, 128, 129
Batesville, AR 591, 597f,
611, 624
Guard (newspaper) 599
Battle of Vicksburg 9
Baumberger, Peter 567
Baylor University 57
Baytown, TX 301
BBC radio 217, 493
Bea Sez, Del Sez
(newsletter) 115
Bear Family Records 285
Bearden, Tom 74, 90, 91,
96, 103
Beatles, The 3, 133, 168,
481, 493, 538, 553, 559,
560, 590, 648
Beaumont, TX 40, 267
Mecca Club 423
"Beautiful People"
(movie) 410
Beck, Jim 74
recording studio
74, 81, 156
Beerling, Johnny 494
Beeville, TX 390
Bel Aires 135
Belafonte, Harry
278, 283, 437
Belfast, Ireland 481, 489
Belle Meade Country
Club, Nashville 328
Bellingham, WA 479
Ben Hunter TV Show 196
Benett, Carol 232
Bendig, Betty 658
Bennett, Boyd 226
and his Rockets
Tony 246, 424, 478, 657
4
Benny, Jack 377, 450
Benson, George 364
Bergen, Edgar 332
Polly 424
Bergmann, Ted 431
Berlin, Germany 550, 589
Sportpalast auditorium
Berlin, Irving 242, 374
Berlin, NJ 223
Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra 261
Bermner, Johnny 506
Berrein Springs, MI 257
Berry, Bob 382
Chuck 40, 388
Bethany, LA 46
Beyonce 3
Biederbecke, Bix 281
Big D Jamboree, Dallas
67, 74, 84, 95, 97, 143,
265, 527
Big River (musical) 268
Big Spring, TX 27
Big Dreams & Broken
Hearts - The Dottie West
Story (movie) 441
Big State Jamboree 362
Bigley, T. C. 566
Billboard (magazine)
2, 3, 69, 84, 92, 99, 103,
111, 115, 118, 125, 128,
132, 145, 146, 149, 150,
157, 159, 165, 176, 185,
187, 188, 191, 197, 226,
264, 269, 272, 278, 279,
311, 320, 327, 375, 379,
395, 445, 519, 527, 546,
573, 589, 647, 650
Billings, MT 184, 362,
363, 394
Birmingham AL 347
England 559
Bishop, Tommy 89
Bixby, Bill 332
Black Aces (band) 489
Black Americans
159, 347-348
Black, Bill 133
Cilla 559
music 1
Michael 494-496
Blackboard Cafe,
Bakersfield, CA 144
Blake, Amanda 332
Don 96, 144
Katharine 489
Blakely, Art 172
Blanc, Mel 332
Blarney Stone 490
Block, Martin 297-298
Bloemfontein, South
Africa 411, 412
Blondell, Joan 332
Blue, Arkey 580
Blue Boys 178-179,
224, 261 - first called;
262, 263, 312-335, 337,
345, 346, 347, 348,
349, 350, 351, 351-352,
353, 355-356, 364, 365,
368, 370, 372, 379,
381, 382, 390, 392,
396, 401, 403, 405,
409, 411, 412, 414,
415, 420, 423, 424,
429, 444, 445, 448,
449, 452, 456, 459,
460, 461, 463, 468,
472, 473, 475, 477-479,
481, 483, 485, 488,
491-491, 493, 496, 499,
502, 505, 506, 508,
516, 520, 522, 523,
524, 525, 527, 539,
542, 544, 547, 552,
(implied 557), 560,
566, 569, 589, 599,
611, 644, 646
BMI - see Broadcast
Bolin, John 64
Bond, Johnny 97, 154,
295, 324, 639
Borchert, Gunter 548
Borge, Victor 353
Boston, MA 171-172,
228
Bounds, Buddy 28
George 28
Henry 28, 30
Bowes, Margie 348
Boy Scouts 169
Boyer, Cloyd 46
Bradley, Chuckie 136
Harold 263, 435, 508,
530, 531, 532, 573
O. Hinton 649
Owen 160, 180, 228,
230, 232, 235, 236, 241,
243, 245, 263, 264, 330,
363, 375, 652
Studio 180, 224, 263
Bradshaw, Carolyn 104,
106, 115, 115-116,
Braese, Evelyn 454
William 454, 455
Braga Sisters 279
Bragg, Ray 110
Braille Bible 531
Brangwag (magazine)
409, 410
Brasfield, Rod 175
Brazeal, Lucky 625
Breakfast Club 230, 438
Breast, Winifred 373,
395, 400, 428, 436, 439,
440
Breen, John 489
Bremerton, WA 479
Brennan, Sandra 466
Brewer, Dean 456
Teresa 426
Bridgewater, NS
Canada 275
Bristol, TN 348
British Lions (rugby)
404, 411, 412
Broadcast Music
Incorporated (BMI)
226ff, 237-238, 328,
329
Broadcasting
(magazine) 285
Brooks Brothers 140
Brooks, Garth 4
Brower, Cecil 264, 301,
373, 378, 531, 573
Brown, Augusta 52
Billy 272, 277, 282
Browns, The 94, 118,
148, 208, 209, 212, 214,
285-286, 365, 380, 569,
573, 587, 588, 647
Bonnie 118, 209, 212,
214, 216, 365, 380, 587
Jim Ed 118, 124, 125,
127, 127-128, 131, 132,
148, 149, 150, 151, 208,
209, 212, 214, 286, 359
365, 380, 587, 648, 653
Loretta 333
Maxine 118, 124, 125,
127, 128, 129, 131,
132, 148, 149, 150,
151, 208, 211, 212,
214, 215, 216, 218,
359, 365, 380, 587
Brownwood, TX 94, 107
Brundage, Bill 196
Bruner, Doug 594
Brussels, Belgium 557
Bryant, Boudleaux
242-243, 265
Felice 242-243
Buddy Dean Show 319
Buchmann, Karl 546
Buck, Louis 306
Buckley, Louis 640
Buick, (1932) 190
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
418, 419, 420
Bullock, Bull 405
Sam 65
"Bundle of Joy"
(musical) 172
Bundy, Dick 592
Bunratty Castle 506
Bunyan, Fred 526, 577,
594, 597, 619, 620, 622,
625, 629, 636
Burgess, Dave 190
Jack 405
Sonny 600
Burgess, Wilma 645, 647,
650, 652
Burke, Mildred 179, 348
Ross 179, 348
Burks, Billy 433, 434
Bubba 598
Ethel 599
John 598
Josie 598, 599
Laura 598
Burley, ID 128
Burlington, NC 389
Burma Shave signs 342
Burnett, Smiley 189,
562
Burns, George 177
Robert 38
Burton, Bob 237, 639
Gary 317
James 313
Buttery, Kenny 530, 532
547, 556
Buttram, Pat 100
"By the Seat of My Pants
- My Life In Country
Music" (book) 618
Bynam, Hal 193, 194
Byrd, Billy 319, 364
Byrdland guitar 364
Bryne, Gay 559
Byrnes, Jimmie 41, 42
Byron, Lord 446
-CCadenhead, Leonard 17
Caine, Michael 562
Caldwell, Jack 131, 189
Caesar, Sid 319
Calavier Films 467
Cal's Corral (TV/radio
program) 295
Calgary, Alberta 184,
364, 517
Call, Jack 454
Callas, Maria 142
Campbell, Archie 289,
347, 353, 429
George 20
Mary 526
Campbell, Pat 497-498,
557, 558, 559, 567,
584, 588, 638
Canby, MN 349
5
Cannon, Ace 647
Henry 176, 245,
377, 526
Sarah see Minnie Pearl
Cantwell, John 489
Capetown, South
Africa 412, 414-415
Cape Times (Capetown
newspaper) 415
Capitol Records 74, 136,
239, 311
Capri Enlisted Men Club,
Friedberg, Germany 548
Caram, G. 639
Cardwell, Jack 561
Carlisle, Bill 87, 168,
185, 187, 194, 568
Ken "Thumbs" 319, 373,
381
Carlsbad, NM 157
Carmichael, Hoagy 543
Carnegie Hall 2, 376
Carolina Cloggers 181
Carousel Club,
Nashville 317
Carpenter, Howard
373, 573
William 599, 649
Carr, Wynona 395
Caribbean (Islands) 3
Carroll, Alvie 13
Diahann 169, 170, 172
Carruthers, Hugh
467, 468
Carson, Jenny 63, 64
Johnny 223, 231, 648
Martha 191, 595
Carstens, Nico 460, 461,
Carter, Anita 193, 224,
639
Family 477, 639, 647
June 181, 262, 278,
279, 291, 320, 639
Carter, Maybelle 638, 641
6
Carthage, TX 8, 10, 25,
30, 39, 41, 59, 134, 641
658
high school 24, 27, 28,
29, 30, 244, 255, 642
bulldogs 27, 30, 33
Jim's Memorial
641, 658
Cartwright, Ann 35
Cary, Renwicke 119, 520
Cash, Johnny 95, 100,
110, 142, 168, 193, 194,
198, 273, 360, 434, 539,
551, 584, 651
June 539
Cashbox (magazine) 95,
165, 264, 289, 299, 330,
348, 394, 449, 474, 538,
545, 557
Casper, Billy 425
Casper, WY 200, 272
Castleberry, Mattie 76
Castro Sisters 127
Cathedral of Notre-Dame
at Reims 137, 138
Cavazos, Bobby 334
Nancy 334
CBC TV 248
CBS Radio 82, 83, 160
TV 196, 224
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Danceland 167, 250,
251, 271, 301
Gazette 261, 578
Cedarwood Publishing
Co. 191
Central Songs (music
publisher) 113
Cerebral Palsy 169
Chadwick, Jennie 28
Chambersburg, PA 220
Chance, "Lightnin'" 263
Chaney, Fred 643
Charities 170f
Charlemagne 210
Charles, Ray 211, 489
Charleston, SC 184, 518,
Charlotte, NC 518
Chase, Les 270
Chattel mortgages 13
Chaumont, France 137
Chavez, Alice 140
Benny 140
Chawkins, Curly 381
Checker, Chubby
490, 501
Cher 100
Cherokee Cowboys 123
Cherry Creek Tavern
Kerrville, TX 104
Cheyenne (dog) 247,
255, 296, 309, 471,
473, 483, 518, 519,
545, 580, 586, 627,
649
Cheyenne, WY 349
Chicago, IL 173
Daily News 393
Hotel Sherman 230
Childre, Lew 181, 253
Chinnery, Derek 493,
494
Chino, CA 148
Christmas (1957) 241
"Christmas Tribute to the
Late and Great Hank
Williams" 444
Chudd, Lew 73, 74, 75
Churches:
Baptist, Henderson 67
Central Baptist 17,
641
First Baptist 34
First Methodist 17
Methodist, Carthage
27, 59
of Saint-JeanBaptiste 137
Cincinnati, OH 173
Reds 45
Circle O Ranch Boys 90
Circus Krone 549
Ciudad Acuna, Mexico
110-111
Civil War 7, 9
Clabaugh, David 35,
255
Clampett, Jed 285
Clapton, Eric 100
Clark, Buddy (Samuel
Goldberg) 79, 229, 295,
Dick 247, 250, 259260, 401,
Peter 485
Ray 474
Roy 475, 477
Truman 625
Clay, Henry 94
Clement, Frank 208, 217,
221, 255, 521, 541
Frank, Jr. 208, 653
Jack 309
Robert (Bob) 521, 654
Clements, Zeke 593
Cleveland, OH 171-172
Clevenger, "Little Auggie"
233
Cleaver, Troy 601
Cliatt, Emily 349
Cline, Arnold 447
Patsy 95, 109, 223,
225, 232, 278, 317, 320,
363, 364, 374, 375, 376,
378, 379, 389, 442, 454456, 475, 508, 574, 587,
622, 635, 652
Clinton, Bill 654
Clooney, Rosemary
153, 267
Cloquet, MN 185
Clovis, NM 349
Cluskey, Con 481
Dec 481, 483, 484,
Coasters 227
Cobb, David 221, 230,
234, 236, 306
Coburn, Cy 152-153, 199
Cochran, Eddie 260
Hank 374, 428, 442,
573-574, 595, 601
Cockrell, Edith Grace
24, 26, 35, 44, 46, 47,
48, 58
Coffeen, Selby 203, 204,
208
Cohen, Paul 143
Cohn, Nudie 100
Coke Time with Eddie
Fisher (TV program)
172
Coker, Arvadena 124,
125, 127, 144
Sandy 124, 125, 126,
127, 128
Colbert, Bill 606, 608,
609, 611, 613, 618
Claudette 177
Colburn, John 9, 10
Cole, Marie 649
Nat King 5, 64, 97,
113, 242, 263, 295, 347,
395, 526, 649
Coleraine Chronicle
(newspaper) 505
Colley, Mark 4
Collins, Bryant 46
Chris 568
Jud 560
Colona, Jerry 43
Colorado Springs, CO
522, 523
Columbia Records 92,
272, 277, 330
Columbia, SC 205, 444,
518,
Columbo, Russ 79
Columbus, GA 347
Commercials 233
Como, Perry 5, 79, 153,
165, 169, 220, 229, 230,
233, 267, 281, 283, 303,
474, 657
Computicket 403
Congress, U.S. 227, 438
Connelly, G. G. 639
Conner, David 86
Continental Airlines 158
Coogan, Francis 135
Cooke, Sam 172
Cook's Hoedown,
Houston 68
Cooper, Bob 377
Gary 135, 368
George, Jr. 233, 235
Stoney 535
Copa Club,
Secaucus, NJ 142
Copas, Cowboy 95, 175,
199, 291, 453-456,
475, 508 (inferred)
Mary 458, 535
Copenhagen, Denmark
550-551, 589
Core, W. J. 633
Cork, Ireland 483, 486,
488
Cornehl, Adolph 134
Corpus Christi, TX
Hoedown Hall 160
Town Hall Auditorium
423
Corral Wranglers 68
Corunna, MI 257
Corsey, Farris 233
Cortez, CO 151, 156
Cotton 13
Coucy-le-ChateauAuffrique, France 138
Coursey, Farris 242
Courtney, Al "Rusty" 21,
63, 68, 74, 75, 107,
113, 428
Farris 373
Mitchell 21, 63-64
Country America
(TV show) 248, 281
Country Hoedown
(TV show) 248
College series 262
Country Music
Association 165, 225,
264, 528
Disc Jockey
Convention
see below "disc"
Foundation 99, 225
Hall of Fame 529, 650
Week 438-439
Country music changed
from hillbilly music
253
Country Music Festival
329, 372, 519
Country music in New
York City 376
7
"Country & Western
Music Unifies Musical
Heritage" (article)
589-590
Country Music Jubilee
Springfield (TV show)
223, 248, 253, 267, 307
Country Music Time
(radio show) 263
Country Song Roundup
(magazine) 281, 439, 590
Country Style U.S.A
(radio show) 224, 263
Coursey, Farris 226
Cousin Emmy 87
Jody 175, 181
Coventry, Great
Britain 480
Cowles Brothers 118
Cowtown Jamboree (TV
show) Fort Worth 566
Cox, Jim 278
Wally 223
Craig, Frances 160
Cramer, Floyd 81, 89,
90, 107, 148, 156, 180,
181, 186, 187, 199, 222,
226, 242, 267, 275, 289,
296, 317, 327, 336, 352,
362, 370, 374, 395, 400,
403, 405, 406, 408, 411,
412, 415, 420, 421, 428,
434, 435, 436, 437, 439,
452, 516, 589, 599, 641
Crampton, Bruce 476
Crawford, Cliff 60, 62
Croce, Jim 566
Crocker, Geneva 8
Cromwell, Alton 28
Crook, Anna 244
Crosby, Bing 4, 5, 79,
136, 197, 199, 223, 229,
284, 295, 426, 436, 479,
656
Cross. Sylvester 113
Crozier, Bill 555
Csida, Joe 207
8
Cugat, Xavier 119
Cunningham, Larry
488, 490
Marietta 510
Curran, Gary 488, 489,
490
Curtis Artists Productions
287, 447, 448, 507,
518, 538
Cutrer, T. Tommy 101102, 165, 195, 204, 278,
320, 339, 370, 377, 429,
519, 610, 611, 614, 618,
619
Vicki 102
-DDacus, Smokey 562, 563
Daffen, Ted 191
Dailey, Frank 281
Dale, Jeff 62
Dallas, TX 30, 42, 73,
365, 398
Adamson baseball 34
Longhorn Ranch
314, 476
Daltrey, Roger 4
Daly, Bill 205
Edward 501, 502, 503
Damone, Vic - 295, 657
Dana, Bill 222
Dance halls 65, 262, 272,
Dandridge, Dorothy 347
Danville, MO 349
VA 184, 452
Danza, Ted 431
Darin, Bobby 300
Darlene, Donna 273
Darnell, Mildred 103, 151
Davenport, IA 449
Davies, David 403, 407,
408, 410, 411, 412, 413,
414, 416, 418, 419, 420
Davis, Ames 654
Bette 177
Bob 26, 68
Davis, cont.:
Clive 118
Don 89, 148, 149
Gene 561
Jimmie 347
Lucky Brazeal 108,
109-110, 150
Miles 172, 267
Monroe 365
Skeeter 339, 374, 441,
452, 641, 656
W. Terry 650, 651,
652, 653, 654, 655
Dawson Creek, British
Columbia 364
Dawson, Neville 457
Day, Doris 295
Jimmy 81, 90, 107,
148, 180, 181, 182,
189, 200, 252, 258,
262, 263, 319, 561
Deadwood, TX 10
Dean, Dixie 308
Jimmy 224, 225, 317,
365, 543, 544, 545,
580, 649
Deane, Buddy 319
Deaton, Billy 380, 476,
568, 581
DeBerry, TX 20, 25, 27,
32, 35, 39, 43, 130,
134, 380, 578-579, 641
school 23
Decca Records 143, 311,
330, 447
British 497, 498-499,
Dedmon, Tommy 497
Dee, Billy 118
Deejay (magazine)
205, 262
Deen, Dixie 112
Deets, Jimmy 124
DeHavilland, Olivia 368
Del Rio, TX 110, 111,
349
Delano, CA 124
DeLacey, Ruth 627
DeLaval, Ralph
(aka Jack Miller) 535
Dell, Frank 592-593
DeMille, Cecil 196
Dempsey, Jack 436
DePaul, Art 328
den Dulk, Arie
130, 515, 586
Denning, Mark 354
Sisters 354
Denny, Jim 163, 164,
191, 207, 221, 224, 449
Denver, John 566
Devitt, Dermot 506
Deputies (band) 378
Derek, Jon 490, 491, 496,
497
Derry, Northern
Ireland 501-502, 503,
Derry (Northern Ireland)
Journal (newspaper) 501
Des Moines, IA 118
KRNT Theater 118
Register and Tribune
(newspaper) 118
Det Nye (magazine) 554
Detroit, MI 105, 173
Roosevelt
Lounge 105
Devens, Mindy 387
Devine, Ott 347, 376, 377
Devol, Frank 97
Devore, Sy 539
DeVos, NFN 418
DeWitt, Jack (John)
191, 207, 208, 230
Dexter, MO 180
Diamond, F. 538
Dick, Charlie 109, 232,
318, 454, 458
Dick Clark Beechnut
Show 259-260, 319
Dickens, Charles 232
Jimmie 120, 224, 270,
349, 589
Diddley, Bo 401
Diekman, Diane 390
Dillard, Dottie 234, 235,
285, 324, 336, 393, 573
DiMaggio, Joe 30
Dion and the
Belmonts 319
Disc Jockey Convention,
Nashville (1954) 134
(other years) 197, 165,
237, 264, 288, 328-329,
(see Country Music
Festival)
Disch, Billy 34
Disney, Walt 485
Doerhoff, Lena 599
Doherty, Shirley 59, 66,
67, 82, 93, 112, 131,
133, 143, 144, 149, 178,
204, 385, 392-393
Dollarhide, William 8
Dolores and The Bluebonnet Boys 68
Donegal, Ireland 488
Doonican, Van 501
Dorris, CA. 86
Dorsey, Jimmy 75, 141,
239, 281, 479
Tommy 75, 119, 141,
204, 479
Dot Records 207
Double Payola 69
Downbeat (magazine)
135, 178
Downs, Hugh 450
Dr. Kildare
(TV show) 544
Drake, Jack 333, 444
Pete 264, 370, 392,
395, 452, 453
Draper, Rusty 363
Drummond, Steve
174, 185, 587
Dreyer, W. 412
Drumkeen, Ireland 482
Drusky, Roy 589
Dub Poston and his Down
Town Playboys 68
Dublin, Ireland 481, 485,
488
Dubuque, IA 272
Dude Ranch
Jamboree 182
Duff, Mary 506
Duke Ellington
Orchestra 79
Duluth, MN 323
Duncan, Peter 217
Dundalk, Ireland 500
Dunn, Leo 222
Louie 209, 212,
217, 222, 378
Durango, CO 156
Durante, Jimmy 295,
424
Durban, South Africa
416
Durham, Hal 621-622
Dvorak, Ann 143, 144
Dyersburg, TN 606-607,
636
Dyson, Bobby 327,
381, 392, 396, 428,
429, 456, 461, 472,
473, 475, 478, 496,
507, 511, 566, 629
-EEarhart, Amelia 612
East Dubuque, IL
Moonlight Garden
200, 262
East Texas Baptist
College 55
Easter Seals 169
Eastern Province Herald
(South Africa
newspaper) 404
Eastman, Robert 230
Eberlobato Dancers 424
Echols, Robert 525
Eckstein, Billy 2, 169,
172
Edenton, Ray 263, 275,
336, 428
Edge, James 28
Leroy 28
Edgin, Dolores 573
Edmonton, Alberta 158,
184, 322, 364, 516,
Edmonton Journal
(newspaper) 516
Eide, Gunnar 553, 555
Eisenhower, Dwight 85,
159, 217, 261, 342
Mamie 261
9
Eivind, NFN 553, 554
El Cajon, CA 112
El Paso, TX 119, 156,
349
Jubilee 123
Elk Mountain WY 156
(near Rawlins)
Elko, NV 275
Elliott, Louis 6, 10, 11,
14, 337
Mary 6, 9, 10, 11, 14,
337
Ellis, George 353
Emerson, Lee 194, 286
Emery, Ralph 290, 306307, 320, 324, 628
Eminem 3
Emmons, Buddy 319
Encino, NM 158
England 3
Enid, OK 366
Ennis, Ireland 482
Erwin, Micheal 138
Escott, Colin 26, 83, 144
Eshliman, Billie
(see Williams/Horton)
Espey, Mae 630, 647
Essen, Germany 549-550
Eugene, OR 128
Eureka, CA 148, 150
Europe (1957) 210f
eastern 3
(1964) 547-559, 589590, 590
Evangeline 54
Eveleth, MN 185
Evans, Dale see Rogers
Johnny 390
Evergreen Place (Jim
Reeves Museum)
652, 655
Everly, Don 183, 232,
243, 262, 319, 363, 489
Phil 183, 232, 243,
262, 319, 363, 489
10
-FFabian 247, 330
Fabulous Las Vegas
(magazine) 424
Fairbanks, Douglas 96
Fairfax, VA? 398
Fairfield, IL 180
Faith, Perry 300
Fan club 151, 183, 184,
185, 186, 336, 650
Farm animals
geese 15
mules 19
Farmer, James, Jr. 51
Farmington, NM 156,
382, 477
Farris, Bob 265
Father of Country
Music 15
Faulk, Bib 34
Faye, Rita 181
Feille, Jerry 58
Feller, Bob 47
Fender Guitars 337
Ferguson, Bob 622
Leo 60
Fernando, Leo 657
Majella 657
Ferris, Bob 270
Fiedler, Arthur 278
Fielding, Myrtle 323
Finch, Robert 32, 33
Fine, Bob 271
Finkley, Bill 233
Finley, Larry 248
Fisher, Eddie 2, 119,
147-148, 169, 172, 173,
261
Fitzgerald, Ella 172, 388
F. Scott 170
Zelda 170
Flaherty, Jim 311
Flapper girl 6
Flat Earth Society 135
Flatt, Lester 334, 348,
528 with
Scruggs, Earl 334,
348, 528
and Foggy Mountain
Boys
Fletcher, J. D. 562, 563
564, 585,
Flint, Marie 375
Florence, SC 184
Flying Saucers 494
Flying W Ranch TV
Show Cincinnati 119
Foggo, Jane 639
Foley, Red 110, 180,
189, 223, 233, 248,
253-254, 257, 267, 279,
330, 349, 641, 643
Betty 189
Fontana, D. J. 131, 148
Wayne and the
Mindbenders 559
Food, 1930's 17-18
Foray, June 135, 136
Ford, Ernie 115, 353,
438
Judy 123, 124, 131,
276-277, 362, 386,
395, 520, 534, 536537, 541, 564-567,
575, 580, 594, 627,
643, 656-657
Libby 510
Tommy 213, 214, 215,
217, 218, 259
Fordyce, Keith 558
Fort Worth TX 362, 566
Majestic Theater 301
Panther Hall 566, 591
Foshee, Nevelyn 17,
17-18, 19, 22, 327,
Foster, Stephen 400
Fott, Solie 373, 573
Fountainhead
(movie) 368
Four Lads 246
4-Star Records 74
Four Deacons 87
45 singles 225
Frank, Rosa 457
Frankfurt, Germany 555
Rhein-Main Air Base 557
Franklin, Aretha
142, 395
H. Wayne 355
Franks, Tillman 40, 79,
82, 94, 100, 116, 322,
323, 329-330
Fred Rockett studio 281
Frederick, MD 319
The Post
Fredericksburg, TX 370
Free Starters (South
Africa band) 412
Freed, Alan 298
Freedom Rides 347
Freeman, Darrell 625
Ernie 97, 302
French, Andrew 42
Fresno, CA: The Barn
268
Fort Washington Club
104, 124
Friday Night Frolic
see Grand Ole Opry
Friedman, [Herb] 406,
409, 417, 420
Frizzell, Lefty 74, 156,
444
"From Here to Eternity"
(movie) 239, 457
Fuller, Bill 448
Robert 562
-GGable, Clark 217
Dorothy 174
Gaines, Harry 123-124
Gale, Jack 105
Red 275, 276
Gallagher, John 355
Galloway, TX 6, 17, 19
Galveston, TX 70
Galveston (TX) Daily
News 38
Galway, Ireland 482-483
Games, childhood 14-15,
18-19, 19, 27
Gannaway, Al 180, 184
Garber, Jan 76
Gardo, Greta 391
Gardner, Walter 355
Garland, Billy 363
Evelyn 363
Hank 152, 193, 198,
243, 265, 267, 296-297,
317, 319, 324, 336, 363,
364, 430
Judy 223
Garlow, Clarence 69
Garrett, Bobby 70-71,
74, 151, 153, 159, 164,
209, 212, 213, 222, 275,
352,
Garroway, Dave 220
Garson, Greer 295
Gary, TX 27
Gastonia (NC) Gazette
(newspaper) 518
Gath, Cheryl 540
Doris 224, 235, 236237, 255-256, 260, 287,
288, 296, 298, 314, 323,
333, 336, 439, 540, 589,
639, 644, 649
Eldon 256, 323
Elmer 237, 255-256,
260, 288, 296, 298, 439,
540, 589, 639, 644
Jimmie 323
Gaunt, Hunter 375
Gavin, John 368
Karl 516, 532
Gay, Connie 225
Gaynor, Mitzi 388
George Hamilton IV
Show (radio) 263
Georgia Gibbs and Her
Million Record Show 223
Germany 211, 219
Germon, Robin 412-413,
414
Giacotto, Luciano 405
Gibbs, Georgia 223
"Pappy" 356
Gibson, Don 326, 329,
363, 364, 539
Earl 380
Gilbert 399-400, 410,
422, 458, 459, 460,
461, 462, 463, 465,
467, 469, 470, 471,
518, 639, 645
Yvonne 467, 639
Gilbert, Martin 529
Gill, Vince 4
Gillespie, Dizzy 172
Ric 536, 612,
Gimble, Johnny 74
Glacier National
Park, MT 158
Gladewater, TX 69, 80,
124, 150
Glasgow, MT 322
Glaser, Brothers 639
Tompall 639
Glenn, E. V. 212
John 609
Gobel, George 424
God 179
Godrey, Arthur 101,
165, 172, 230, 245
Godsey, Julie 279
Goethe 210
Gold, Marty 301, 302
Golden West Cowboys
119
Goldwater, Barry 227
Goldwin, Larry 480, 482
Goodland, KS 398
Goodman, Benny 97,
141, 169, 479
Gordon, Dexter 172
Dutch 233
Mack 574
Gordona, Maria 247
William 247
Gordy, John 152, 233,
235
Gore, Al, Sr. 227
Gorme, Eydie 543, 544,
545
Gospel Music
Association 165
Goulet, Robert 388
11
Graham, Billy 85, 223
Grammar, Billy 339
Mrs. NFN 641
Grammy Awards 372
Gramophone 4
Granata, Charles 270
Grand Forks, ND 541
Grand Junction, CO 151,
156, 157, 160, 252
Grand Ole Opry 1, 2, 60,
72, 82, 83, 87, 98-99,
119, 147, 154, 160-164,
165, 166, 173, 175, 176,
178, 180 - in color, 185,
191, 192, 193, 200, 205,
207, 208, 221, 235, 238,
240, 253, 257, 263, 278,
279, 288, 305, 313, 318,
333, 339, 348, 364, 372,
375-376, 376-377, 379,
381, 386, 391, 392, 393,
398, 429, 430, 438-439,
443, 444, 477, 511, 518519, 529, 586, 622, 628,
656
Friday Night Frolic 251,
278, 279, 288, 305, 320,
328, 329, 331, 394, 398,
430, 443
Grand Prairie, TX 541
Grand Prize Beer 38
Grand Rapids, MI 265,
324, 389
Grant, Al 506
Gary 332
Gogi 261
Kathryn 136, 141
Graves, June 28, 30, 32,
33, 34, 37, 39, 46
Gray, Claude 346, 349,
391
Glen 76
Joyce Gray-see Jackson
Mark 290
Pete 45
Great Depression 17
Great Falls, MT 365
Greco, Jose 142
12
Greeley, CO 261
Green, Ben 207, 208
Cecil 72
Douglas 57
Greenberg, Hank 47
Greene, Loren 567
Gregory, Ed 652, 653-654
Vonna 654
Grey, Claude see Gray
Griff, Ray 517
Griffin, Clyde 570, 585,
600, 623
Merv 231
Griffith, Paul 28
Grint, Irene 492
Groom, Dewey 448, 476,
522, 643
H. L. 34
Gubernay, NFN 47
Guest Star (radio) 295
Gulf Brewing Co. 38
Gurnee, Hal 543
Gustafson, Cliff 34
Guthrie, Jack 175
Woody 175
Guttenberg, IA 251
-HHadley Harriet band 272
Hagerman, ID: Midwest
Dance Pavilion
Hale, Joe 641
Haley, Bill and the
Comets 260
Halifax, NS Canada 274
Hall, Buddy 230, 235,
236, 245
Charley 207, 217
Dan 45
Emma 45
Ivan 467, 468
Jackie 195
James Travis 45
Wayne 194, 195
Hamblin, Stuart 154
Hamburg, Germany 547
Hamilton, George IV
225, 252, 262, 450
Hamilton, Ontario 41
Hammond, IN 539
Hampton, Lionel 97
Hancock, Emory 28
Hanie, A. J. 7, 8
Hanna, Joe 164-165
Hanna, WY 156, 157
Hanover, Germany 549
Kuppelsaal auditorium
Harasen, Lorne 310,
320, 321
Hardin, Betty 510
Robbie 622
Trio 622
Harlan, Billy 200, 201,
205, 206, 209, 212,
213, 215, 216, 217,
218, 222, 252, 261,
267, 269, 273, 275,
338, 381
Harlingen, TX 391
Harlow, Jean 177
Harman, Buddy 152, 242
265, 267, 275, 296-297,
336, 370, 531
Harmony Recorders,
Los Angeles 113, 114
Harmony Shop
El Paso, TX 123
Harrington, Pat 222
Harris, Bill 652
Burton 80, 81
Curley 353
Emmylou 4
Phil 165
Tom 99
Harrison, AR 366
Harrison, George 168
Tom 229, 230
Hart, Freddie 272, 561
Hartford, CT 273, 311
Hastings, Bill 321
Hathcock, John 522,
527, 528
Havighurst, Craig 162
Hawkins, Hawkshaw
194, 207, 224, 253, 307,
320, 324, 454-456, 475,
508 inferred
Hoyt 228
Hawn, Goldie 233
Red 233
Hayes, Bill 524
Joe 70, 74
Kenneth "Little Red"
70, 74, 75, 84, 90, 99,
100, 102, 104, 123,
127, 150, 175, 180,
181, 189, 190, 193
Haymes, Dick 229
Hayward, Susan 368
Hayworth, Rita 177
Headley, R. E. 483
Heath, Jimmy 99
Hecht, David 224
Heckman, Walter
610, 613
Heidt, Horace
Orchesta 295
Heifez, Jascha 278
Heldelberger Schloss
Castle 557
Helena, MT 158
Helms, Don 175
Hendon, R. D. 93
Henderson, Skitch
223, 231
Henderson, KY 180
Henderson, TX 27, 60,
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 380
Oilers (baseball team)
57, 58, 60, 64
Hendricks, Joe 524-525
Henry, Charles 67
Macy 67
Hensley, Harold 114
Henson, C. D. 65
Jim 544
Herman, Woody 141
Herring, Clifford 527
Studio 79, 527
Herston, Kelso 622, 626,
630
Hessler, David 605-606,
609-610, 610, 611, 620,
623
Hettish, John 585, 605,
607, 608, 610, 612, 614,
615, 616, 619, 619-620,
621
Heyerdahl, Eric 554
"Hidden Persuaders"
(book) 227
Highspots 90
Hilbaugh, Horace 319
Hilditch, David 489
Hill & Range Music
82, 114
Hill, Goldie 105, 118,
175, 224
Kenny 180, 189
Tommy 180, 186, 189,
198, 204, 209, 210, 212,
215, 216, 217, 219, 268,
269, 273, 275, 315, 442,
541, 595, 601
Hillbilly
Homecoming 223
Hillbilly music changed to
country music 253
Hillwilliam music 191
Hines, Earl "Fatha" 97
Hit Parade (magazine) 512
Hitchcock, Alfred 624
Hitler, Adolph 215
Hobbs, N.M. Club
Morrice 104, 126
Hodges, Charlie 28
Hodson, NFN 415
Hoffman, Margaret 616
Holden, William 217
Holford, Bill 68
Holiday, Judy 281
Holiff, Saul 272-273, 380
Holland 3
Holland, Mary 30
Hollar, Jackie 151, 183,
185
Holly, Buddy 77, 193,
349, 554
Hollywood, CA 135,
196, 332, 431
Holm, Yngvar 554
Holma, (LA) Indians
(baseball team) 55
Holmes, Oliver 29
Salty 185
Holt, Bob 243
Culley 302
Lewis 49
Home Depot 655
Homer & Jethro 223,
475
Hometown Jubilee
(TV show) 115
Honky-tonk music 40
Honolulu, HA 363
"Hooper" (movie) 435
Hooper, Ruth 404, 406
Hope, Bob 43, 217, 295,
350, 495
Jack - 350
Horace Heidt Show
(traveling show) 90
Hornaday, John 508,
629, 635, 636
Horne, Lena 220, 295
Horowitz, NFN 278
Horton, Johnny 79ff.,
90, 93-94, 100, 107,
133, 134, 168, 189,
198, 322, 329, 329330, 332
Billie 94, 107, 329,
330
Vaughn 265, 435
Hot Springs, SD 321
H.O.T.S. (movie) 651
"House of Flowers"
(musical) 172
Houston, TX 68, 150,
151, 297, 332, 398,
541, 542, 564
Buffalos
(baseball team) 38
Houston, David 168,
313
Howard, Don 97, 351,
388-389, 651
Eddie 374
Harlan 198, 222, 317,
324, 362, 371, 442,
586
13
Howard, cont.:
Jan 316, 317, 353, 647
Paul and his Cotton
Pickers 87
Van 148
Howard Miller Show
(TV show) 240-241
Hubbard, Priscilla 395
Hudson, Rock 332
Hughes, Howard 38
Kathy 455
Marvin 183-184, 233,
263, 284, 336, 387, 395,
428, 451
Randy 318, 454-456,
475, 508, 622
Tool Co. 38
Hull, NFN 512
Humperdinck,
Engelbert 490, 558
Hunt, Jack 101, 104, 109
Joe 101, 104, 107-108,
108, 109, 119
Lillian 373, 573
Paul "Kenny" 109
Hunter, Ben 196
Tommy 248, 272, 516,
517, 545
Huntley, Gordon 491
Huntsville, AL 288, 390
Hurley, NFN 482
Huskey, Junior
387, 395, 516
Husky, Ferlin 95, 193,
194, 208, 232, 262, 295,
320, 322, 322-323, 334,
360, 516, 542, 641
Hutchins, Opal 13
Hutchinson, Robert
542, 546
-II Can't Help It If I'm Still
in Love with You (movie)
193
I Love Lucy (TV show)
85, 368
14
Ice Follies - 142
Iceland - 140
Idaho Falls, ID
Rigby Armory 131
Imperial Record Co.
73, 74, 92, 225
In the Heat of the Night
(TV series) 431
In Town Tonight (radio
Show) London 217
Independence, IA
261, 272
India 3
Indiana, PA 321
Ink Spots 128
Inman, Vernon 598, 601
Ipwich, England 493
Ireland tour 477, 479493, 500-506
Irish Showbands 481
Ironwood, MI 185
Irvine, Rom 558
J
Jacinto, TX:
Danceland 279
Jackson, Elouise 120
Jesse 51
Joyce 243, 248, 277,
284, 286, 296, 300, 317,
325, 331, 348, 356, 357,
363, 364, 383, 385, 386,
392, 399-400, 409, 430,
438, 441, 442, 445, 450,
456, 471, 483, 485,
510-511, 511, 518, 520,
530, 531, 535, 543, 569,
570, 572, 575, 576, 586,
588, 591, 594-595, 619,
623, 625, 635, 638, 640,
641, 648, 649, 653, 654,
657
"Leo" 79 Perryman
story of Fabor Robinson; 119ff life story;
122 picture with Jim;
125, 127 touring;
Jackson, Leo, cont.:
130 record session with
Jim; 133 onstage with
Elvis; 135 with Mary in
Texas; 140 on Jim's
suits; 149 1955 photo;
151 Jim's love of
historical sites; 152
Jim writing "Yonder Comes a Sucker"
and other songs; 159
recording above songs;
164 some band members staying in Texas;
165 on T. Tommy
Cutrer; 179 Jim's
lewdness; 182 on tour;
192 Jim's broadening
country music; 193
first Opry appearance;
198 on Jim's sessions,
199-200 rock -n- rock
songs, 209 Wagonmasters - 1957, 212
picture; 215 buying
German guitar; 217
BBC radio; 222
touring; 241 on Jim
Reeves Show; 255 sees
Ozark Jubilee; 261
Blue Boy; 264 on
radio shows; 277
Army discharge;
282-283 telling Jim
about "He'll Have to
Go;" 284 recording
"He'll Have to Go;
278 Grand Ole Opry
thoughts; 279 touring;
294 Jim's singing
live; 300 Jim's
dissatisfactions with
RCA; 301 on
musicians Jim liked;
303 on Jim's voice;
309 home sitter;
310 working with Jim;
311 Jim's frugality;
312; 313; 314; 315,
316, recording at
Jackson, Leo, cont.:
Starday; 317, 372 on
Pill popping; 318
Getting apartment, boat;
319 on Mel Rogers;
323 on Volkswagen
bus; 327 on Blue Boys
on sessions; on Chet
Atkins producing; 333
bus dies; 337 picture;
338 Rickenbacker
guitar; 339 Jim's hair;
341, 342, 343 about
"Big Blue" and travel;
354-355 social disease
stories; 358 Jim
recording at home; 360
"On Stage" concert;
364 Jim's long
distance phone calls;
365 enjoyed Pacific
Northwest tour; 365
366 in Arkansas; 369
on Jim's religious
calling by God; 379
at Carnegie Hall; 381
tells about Bobby Dyson; 384 with Nell;
guitar/singing session
with Jim and Bobe Wes
386 Jim's religion;
387 on Willie Ackerman; 388 Vancouver
BC; 390 drag racing
home; on Faron Young;
391 in Beeville, TX;
392 Opry picture;
395 recording session;
396 rehearses with Jim;
sings on "Stand at Your
Window;" 401 on Bo
Diddley; 415, 418 on
stage South Africa; 416
South Africa airplane
landing; 423 woman
in Jim's room; 425 on
Vegas' dry air; 426
golf game; 427, 439,
440 record session;
429-431 Jim and Gail
Jackson, Leo, cont.:
Talley; 438 Jim's
health; 445 Christmas
Michael ; 451-452 at
recording sessions;
453 last Reeves' session; 456 - on Jim's reaction to Cline plane
crash; 456-475 to South
Africa and filming
Kimberley Jim; 459
"From a Jack to a King"
song; 461 co-stars
hopefuls; 466 "I Grew
Up" song; 472 in Ross
letter; 473 in movie
final scene; 475 on tour;
482 on Clodagh
Rodgers; 483-484 Irish
places and smell tour;
488 Jim's Irish piano
disapprove; knowing
Jim's music; 490 kissing
Blarney Stone; 493
meeting the Beatles;
496 traffic accident;
499 non-union band;
506 at Bunratty Castle;
511 on hiring Bud
Logan; 515 on Jim's
relationship with Alex
Zanetis; 520 1963
Dallas tour; 521 on
President Kennedy
assassination; 524
new members of band;
525 free shows; 526
'63 Blue Boys picture;
541 Starday recording
sessions; 542 on plane
to Austin, TX; 544 in
New York for Jimmy
Dean Show; buys Jim's
Martin guitar; 547 with
Jim 1964 European trip;
548 Jim's bad Germany
audience; 549 philandering; 550 Jim's
German girl; 556 in
Amsterdam; 557 in
Jackson, Leo, cont.:
England; 569 as Jim's
band; 593 baseball
game and invite to go
to Batesville; 612
where he was when
Jim's plane crashed;
624, 625 Leo visits
with Barbara Manuel;
644 Mary's overture;
647 Memphis bus trip;
649 Jim's book plans
Nell 289, 365-366, 383384, 384, 390, 625,
647
Stonewall 561, 568,
627
Tommy 152, 264, 378,
394
Wanda 566
Jackson, MS 347
Jacksonville, FL 205,
400, 449
Jacksonville NC 184
Jacksonville TX Jax
(baseball) 58
Jacob, Ian 217
James, Sonny 205
Jamestown, [NY]
baseball team 42
Jamie Uys see Uys
Janes, Emily 151
Japanese fans 372
Jarrett, Hugh 228, 324,
336
Jasenna City TX 297
Jay, Bill 635
Luther 9
Naomi 9
Robert 9
Jean, Norma 253, 346,
450, 542
Jefferson, OH 257
Jefferson City, MO 398
Jeffries, Herb 79
Jeffus, George 61, 70
Stan - 61, 64, 70
Jenkins, Chuck 317
Harry 560, 570-571
Lou 570-571
15
Jenkins, Philip 317-318
Jennings, Waylon 539
Jerome, ID 150
Jeter, James 23
Jim Crow laws 347
Jim Reeves Enterprises
243, 439, 443, 641
Jim Reeves International
Award 4
Jim Reeves Museum 652
Jim Reeves Show
230ff, 243
Jimmy and Johnny
189, 194
Jimmy Dean TV Show
see The Jimmy Dean
Jimmie Rodgers: The Life
and Times of America's
Yodeler (book) 340
John, Elton 4, 100
Johannesburg, South
Africa 406, 411, 418,
421, 457 passim
Johnny and Jack
87, 291, 349
Johnny Horton Your
Singing Fisherman 80
Johnson City, TN 46
Johnson, Billy 613-614
Carol 188, 190
Derek 559, 648
Loudilla 523
Loretta 522
Lyndon 225, 522
Kay 522
Micheal 566
Myrtle 23
Red 588, 589
Torry 655
Van 469
Johnston & Murphy
shoes 176
Jokes 214-215, 253
Jolson, Al 69
Jones, Al 561
Chuck 136
George 87, 168, 199,
291, 519, 520, 566, 592
16
Jones, cont.:
Grandpa 181, 308-309
378, 379
Haze 507-508, 518
Jack 543
Okie 123, 431, 622, 634
Peter 499, 500, 560
Ramona 181
Tom 4, 284, 435, 499,
558
Wanda 275
Will 539-540
Jonny & The Hayriders
(band) 490
Jordanaires 183, 202, 204,
208, 222, 226, 228, 240,
253, 264, 267, 275, 296297, 320, 324, 375, 378,
397, 439, 440, 647
Jordon, Louis 436
Jorgensen, Ernest 538
Jubiliee U.S.A. (TV show)
Springfield, MO
279, 291
Jukebox sales 225
July 31, 1964 601-626
"Just the Ticket"
(book) 403
Justis, Bill 434, 532
-KKaempfert, Bert 526
Kalispell, MT 158
Kallinger, Anna Marie 110
Paul 110-111
Kane, John 632
Kansas City, KS 185,
270, 291, 346
MO 244, 246
Kansas City Times
(newspaper) 185
Karlsruhe, Germany 557
Karraffa, Elaine 378
Kathan, Martin 573
Kay, Sammy 128
Kaye, Danny 223
Keane, Sean 506
Keels, Bunky 401, 522,
525, 526
Keiden, Bill 658
Keith, Mildred 454
Kelchner, "Pop" 46
Kelleher, Pat 311, 405,
450
Keller, Charlie 47
Kelly, Dean 527
Grace 142
Lovell 641
Kemp, Bill 231
Glenn 287, 288, 427,
508, 510, 542, 611,
619, 620, 643
Kennedy, Caroline 546
Jerry 435, 561
John 227, 261, 281,
347, 356, 432-433,
506, 520, 520-521,
522, 526, 546
Robert 236
Kenny, Chris 657
Nick 234
Kent, Joey 83, 168
Kenton, Stan 97
Kentwood, Nova Scotia
Canada 274
Kenya 3
Kerr, Anita 232, 233,
236, 245, 284, 300,
301, 302, 303, 327,
336, 348, 362, 373,
393, 395, 428, 451,
549, 557, 561, 574,
575
Kershaw, Doug 87, 251,
523
Nelson "Pee Wee" 251252, 258-259, 261,
262, 263
Rusty 87, 251, 523
Kettleson, Johnny 250
Keys, Jimmy 440, 447,
448, 449, 476, 479-480,
Khrushchev, Nikita 432
Kibbe, Chris 387
Kikillus, Taffy 460, 461
Kilgallen, Dorothy 220,
376, 380
Kilgore, Carol 653
Merle 94
Kilgore, TX 71
Kilkenny, Ireland 489
Killen, Buddy 153, 200,
207, 268, 324, 332, 336,
362, 369, 378, 386, 428,
531, 594, 618-619, 652,
657
June 207
Kimberley Jim (movie)
456-475, 499, 517-518,
520
profits 464
reviews 466
soundtrack 515-516
Kimsey, Bob 3
King, Alan 423
B. B. 68
Claude 568
Martin 51
Pee Wee 97, 115, 119,
131, 145, 161-162, 223
Sherri 601
Teddi 169, 170, 171
King Ranch,
Kingsville, TX 334
Kingsmill, Carolyn
305-306
Kingston Trio 267
Kinsey, Alfred 218
Kirby, Tom 658
Kirkham, Doug 228, 395
Mildred 227, 228, 428
Kirkland, Faye 80
James 313, 315, 317,
323, 325-326, 333, 335,
337, 338, 341, 344, 345,
346, 349-350, 350, 352353, 354, 356, 360, 361,
364, 365, 369, 370, 371,
372, 378, 427, 431
Kirkpatrick, Walter
"D" 79, 207, 233
Klerkdrop, South
Africa 411
Knapp, Frank 629
Knotts, Don 222
Knoxville (TN) Journal
(newspaper) 165
Kokomo, IN 395
Korean War 139
Krall, Diane 3
Kruger National Park,
South Africa 416, 417,
418, 419
Krupa, Gene 76
Kryml, Betsy 331
Ku Klux Klan 347
Kuykendall, Bill 566
Corky 566
Jim 566
-LLabunski, Steve 230
LaCrosse, WI 184
La Rosa, Julius 169, 172
LaBeef, Sleepy 83
Lackland AF Base,
TX see San Antonio
LaCrosse, WI 538
LaGrone, Leila 29, 31
Laine, Frankie 165, 657
Lake Cherokee 70
Lakeheath, England 498
Lakehurst, NJ 361
Lamb, Charlie 165, 165166, 166, 176, 207, 286,
409, 568, 630
Lancaster, Elsa 332
Landmark Jubilee,
(TV show)
Cleveland, OH 441
Lane, Red 574
Langford, Frances 217
Lanham, Roy 114
Lansing, MI 267
Lantz, Walter 136
Lanza, Mario 278
Laon, France 137
Larkin, Don 223, 281
Larson, Bill 210, 216,
452, 475, 477, 478, 479,
508, 526, 591, 596, 597,
605, 607, 608, 609, 611,
612-613, 613, 614, 615,
616, 617, 617-618, 619,
Larson, Bill, cont.:
621, 623, 625, 626,
629
Las Vegas, NM 355
Las Vegas NV 4, 268269, 423-426, 477
Mint Club 423
Latex, TX 26
Latham, Jimmy 130
Law, Don 92, 330
Lawless, Betty 29
Jean 28
"Bonie" 46, 47
Lawrence, Iris 521
Jack 229
NFN 9
Lawrence, KS 272
Lawrence Welk Show
(TV show) 438
Lawton, OK 346, 362
Leatherneck Jamboree
(radio show) 263
LeBlanc, Joe 83
LeCroy, Beverly 233,
235
Ledbetter, Frank 62, 100
Jeff 70
Lee, Brenda 165, 252,
267, 346, 363, 515,
Carole 390
Helen 130-131, 310,
345, 349, 352, 448,
581
John 130-131, 310,
345, 349, 352, 445,
448, 581, 643
Michelle 441
Peggy 153, 295, 388,
395
Legion Fields, TX 27
Lemke, Millie 401
Lemont, PA 360
Mountainside Park
Lennon, John 559
Lester, George 220-221
Lethbridge, Alberta
Canada 323, 517
Letterman, David 141
Leverett, Les 377, 518
LeVine, Michael 80
17
Lewis, Jerry Lee 213,
363, 431, 434, 600, 647
Marlo 142
Myra 431
Ted 76
Liberace 100
Liberti-Kennedy, Gail
see Gail Talley
Life in the 1960s 383
Lifford, Ireland 488, 489,
Light, Judith 431
Lightfoot, Gordon 516
Lightning killing 21-22
Lincoln, NE 185, 291,
346, 475
Linebaugh's Restaurant,
Nashville 392, 430,
431
Lindsay, Red 286
Little Richard 40, 68
Little Rock, AR 95
Little Silver NJ 360
Litton, Sherwin 539
"Live Fast, Love Hard:
the Faron Young Story"
(book) 390
Living Strings 526
Livingstone, Billy
501, 502, 503, 505
John 606, 610, 613, 615,
618
Locklin, Hank 158, 184,
209, 212, 214, 215, 216,
217, 219, 270, 289, 291,
477, 483, 573, 627, 639
Locks, Cathy 658
Lodi, CA 124
Logan, Bud 511, 516,
521, 522, 524, 541, 542,
544, 566, 566-567, 569,
593-594, 619, 644-645,
650
Horace 74, 75, 81, 82,
84, 88, 92, 95-96, 96,
98, 108, 116, 124, 142,
367, 643, 647
Jack 596, 645
Logan, TX 6
18
Logansport, LA 13, 16,
LaGrone, NFN family 580
Lombardo, Guy 284, 301
Lon, Alice 250
London, England
217, 218, 493ff
London, Howard 172
Jack 348
Londonderry, Ireland
480, 501
Long Beach, CA 295
Independent 305
Long, Hubert 182
Rufus 373, 530, 576
Virginia 30
Longfellow, Henry 54
Longhorn Ranch
see Dallas TX above
Longview, TX 35, 65,
71, 73, 151, 265, 333,
335
Longwood, FL 449
Lonn-Arnesen, Vidar 552
Lonzo and Oscar
334, 639
"Looking Back to See"
(book) 129, 211
Lord, Bobby 198
Los Angeles, CA 154,
196, 295, 382
Palomino club 295, 349
Loudermilk, John 199,
267, 324, 392, 434, 627,
631, 634
Louisiana Hayride
radio program,
Shreveport, LA 1, 2,
63-64, 74, 81, 81, 82,
83, 87, 88, 90, 91, 96,
98, 101, 103, 106, 107,
108, 116, 121, 124, 129,
131, 133, 134,143, 150,
151, 156, 158, 160, 168,
220, 265, 312, 367
payment from Hayride
to Jim 83
Jamboree 64
Lourenco Marques,
South Africa 403, 407,
418
Louvin, Charlie 182183, 228, 263, 273,
452, 508, 539, 586
Ira 182-183, 228, 263,
273, 452, 539
Lovell, Jim 604
Lowe, Ed 636
Jim 207
Lubbock, TX 104, 193,
349, 362, 365
Luby's cafeterias 131
San Antonio and other
TX locations
Lucan, ON Canada 272
Lucas, Ron 658
Lucky Strike cigarettes
88
Ludwigsburg,
Germany 139
Lufkin, TX 58
Luman, Bob 133, 312,
313, 639
Lump Lump Boys - 314
Lund, Vidar 552-553
Luray, VA 423
Lymon, Frankie 246, 319
Lynchburg, VA 389
Cardinals (baseball
team) 43, 45, 46, 47,
389
Daily Advance
(newspaper) 46, 47
Lynn, Loretta 317, 431,
452, 475
Moonie 431
Patricia 135
Lynwood, WA
Cabaret (ballroom) 388
-MMablinberg, Don 382
Mack, Bill 65, 66, 162,
367, 542, 566
Mackinaw Dells, IL 301
Macon, Dave 162
Macy Records 2, 68, 71,
95, 189
Maddox, Brothers 87, 100
Dan 239
Rose 87, 100
Maddox, Sam 47
Madison, Betty 260
Madison, TN 186
Madison, WI 449, 538
Magram, Lew shirts 176,
378, 544
Mahaffey, John 254
Malden, Karl 332
Malone, NY 359
Mallow, Ireland 483, 484
Maltby, Richard 169, 170
Manaker, Sid 435
Manchester, NH 227
Manchester, England
480, 559
Mancini, Henry 567
Mann, Sandra 598, 624
Manone, Wingy 479
Manuel, Barbara ('Bobbi")
312-313, 365-366, 383,
390, 593, 596, 602, 622,
624, 637, 641, 647,
647-648, 648, 649
daughters 641
Dean 214, 289, 312-313,
314, 315, 316, 326-327,
331, 332, 333, 337, 343,
344, 345, 352, 353, 354,
379, 383, 387, 390, 391,
394, 396, 417, 418, 423,
427, 428, 456, 461, 472,
473, 475, 479, 480, 485,
490, 510, 511, 524, 526,
542, 544, 547, 556, 566,
569, 570, 582, 586-587,
593, 594, 596, 597-603,
611, 614, 615, 616, 618,
620, 621, 631, 633, 637,
639, 641, 647
Etta 597
Ken 569
Laura see Silva
Orlan 597
Maphis, Rose 154
Marcucci, Bob 247
March of Dimes RCA
Victor Starliner
169-173
Ma'ree Music 652
Marek, George - 264, 405
Mareno, Pat - 424
Marie, Rose - 281, 332
Marion, OH. - 46
Marksmen (band) 491
Marshall, TX 20, 43,
44, 51, 55, 57, 107
Comets 57
News-Messenger 60
Martin, Dean 229, 290,
424, 426, 435, 568, 657
Grady 198, 211, 263, 317
Janis 209, 212, 213,
214, 220, 259, 261
Jimmy 450
Kay and her
Bodyguards 275
Mary 295
Q. M. 24, 25, 27, 28,
29, 33
Steve "Dude" - 196
Martino, Al 97, 551, 584,
657
Marvin, Lee 562
Marysfield, KY 179
Maryville, TN 223
Mason, Jana 135
Masonic Lodge 117-118,
131
Mathes, Joe 41, 43
Matthews, Neal 202, 228
397
Wid 38
May, Billy 302
Max Factor toupees 177
Maxwell, Billy 425, 426,
477, 586, 643
Dick 207
McAuliff, Leon 288, 528,
562, 566, 569,
McBride, Ron 47
McCarthy, Joseph 159
McCartney, Kevin 332
Linda 229
Paul 229
McCluskey, Bob 99, 146
McCordsville, IN 191
McCuen, Brad 192, 201,
203, 210, 211, 284,
289, 304, 474, 530,
618, 647
McDaniel, Luke 222,
561, 562
Maisie 481
McDonald, Michael 3
McDuff, Eddie 521, 527,
528
Glenda 527, 527-528,
528
McDuffee, Bill 598, 602,
624
Leora 598, 624
McGowan, Charlie 506
Paddy 501
McGranaghan, Chris
489, 490
McGrath, A. D. "Joe"
403
Gerald 404, 413, 417,
421, 458, 567, 639
Liz 413, 414, 420, 639
NFN 406, 409
McGuire Sisters 543
McGurk, Ireland
489, 490
McGurk, John 488, 501,
502, 503, 504
McIntyre, Kevin 488,
489, 490
McKee, V. L. 642
McKenna, Wallace 43
McKenzie, Doug 499
McKinnon, Jim 46
McLemore, Ed 643
McLeod, Ian 468
McLernon, Chris 506
McManes, Lowell 82
McMillin, E. R. 374,
395
McNeill, Don 230, 231,
438
McNeese, Obe 35, 279
McQueen, Steve 100
McShane, Peggy 500
Meadville, PA 227
19
Medford, OR. 128, 131,
478
Rogue Valley
Ballroom 128, 148
Medford, OR, cont.:
The Topics 131
Medicine Hat, Alberta
516
Melis, Ennio 405
Mercury Records 79,
165, 225, 239, 271
Meridian, MS 99, 119,
122, 151, 221
Meriwether, Elmo 508
Merman, Ethel 281
Merrill, Robert 295
Mesquite, TX 34
Methodist Television,
Radio & Film
Commission studio 239
Meyer, Tommie 467, 518
MGM Records 66, 96
Miami, FL 205
Michener, James 142
Micky and Sylvia 226
Microphones 188, 204
Middlesex, England 491
Midnight Jamboree
(radio program)
Nashville 186, 398
Mighty Avons (band) 488
Miller, Andy 254
Bernie 172, 474
Carl 28
Dick 301
Frankie 119
and the Drifting Texans
Glenn 76, 217, 479
Jack (Ralph DeLava) 535
Jeff 152, 203
Mitch 270, 271
Ned 300, 458, 459, 628
Roger 267, 268, 317,
319, 371, 378, 390-391,
442
Mills Brothers 284
Millsap, Ronnie 4, 651
Miltenburg, Bill 239
20
Milwaukee, WI 173, 539
Mims, Clara 613
Puryear 613, 617, 629
Minneapolis, MN 190,
400, 539
Flame night club
108, 539
Star-Tribune
(newspaper) 539
Minot, ND 184
Mint Club,
Gladewater, TX 80
Mitch Miller Sing-Along
Show TV show) 438
Mitchell, Bill ("Fat Boy")
113
Guy 142
Mitchum, Jim 598
Robert 4
Moab, UT 151, 156
Mobile, AL 348
Modern Romances
TV soap opera 207
Modesto, CA 113, 124
Moffett, Jackie 267, 273,
275
Molinski, Marilyn 557
Mombeck, Gene 114
Monaghan, Tom 481
Monitor (radio
program) 291
Monroe, Bill 133, 199,
207, 334, 379
Matt 5
Vaughn 2, 169, 170,
172, 173
Monte, Lou 169, 170,
246
Montgomery, AL - 205
Montrose, CO 156, 160
Moore, Ann 600, 623
Bob 153, 242, 265, 275,
284, 296-297, 318, 336,
370, 373, 435, 452, 531,
605
Frances 30
Gary 223
Harrianne 207
Moore, cont.:
Marvin 201
Robert 655
Scotty 133
Steve 224, 285
Tom 205
Moran, John 626
"More Memories"
(book) 628
Morewood, Steve 522,
527, 602
Morgan, George 191,
224, 568
Harry 332
Jaye P. 169, 170, 171,
172-173
Royce 252, 262, 263
Russ 97
Mormon Tabernacle
Choir 526
Morris, NY 355
Morris, Bill 68, 151,
153,
Morrison, Billy 109
E. B. 27, 28, 29, 31,
32, 34, 39, 255
Mosely, Eula 520, 641
Moss, Herbert 295
Wayne 516, 561
Mr. Dee Jay USA radio
program 278, 320, 324
Mullins, Cameron 516
Gene 516, 573
Muller, Bill 414, 418,
418-419
Fay 418
Werner and orchestra
547-548
Mulligan, Hugh 283,
348
"Moon" 40, 64, 175,
Mumment, George 455,
508, 614
Munn, Tom 632
Munsell, Patrice 141
Murphy, Audie 533
Murch, Edvard 554
Murray, Anne 4
Musée des Beaux Arts
Marseille 139
Music business 445
Music City News 308
(newspaper)
Music clubs,
Nashville 317
Music Business 517
(magazine)
Music Publishers'
Association 651
Music Reporter 165, 525,
529, 568, 583, 630
Musicians Union,
England 499
Muskegon, MI 389
Muslims 3
My Three Sons
(TV show) 544
Myers, Bobby 189
Myles, Meg 223
Myrtle Beach, SC
186-187
-NNacogdoches, TX 7
Nance, William 355
Napa, CA 352
Nashua, NH 227
Nashville Association of
Musicians 184
Nashville Banner
(newspaper) 191,
208, 244, 626
Tennessean see in T's
Nashville Nites (radio)
390
"Nashville Numbers"
(recording charts) 397
"Nashville Sound" 5,
239-240, 528
Nashville Symphony
Orchestra 300, 301,
357, 372, 548
Nashville, TN 357
Natchez, MS 54, 220
National Association of
Broadcast Employees
and Technicians 270
National Cornpickers
Contest 261
National Foundation of
Infantile Paralysis 169
National Life and
Accident Insurance
Co. 70-71, 191
building 234, 243
National Musicians
Aid Society 377, 379
Navarro, Fats 172
NBC radio 99, 160, 288,
291
TV Network 220, 223,
590-591
Neal, Bob 538
Nederland, TX 564
Neely, Hal 601
Neethling, June 469, 470
Nelson, Ken 74
Ozzie 76
Ricky 247, 313
Willie 390-391, 442,
534, 566
Ness, Elliot 368
Neuville, TX 49
New Braunfels, TX
398, 477,
New Britain, CT 220
New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia Canada 273, 274
New England's Hometown
Jamboree
radio program 171
New Iberia, LA 54
New Musical Express
303, 492-493, 555, 559,
588, 648
New Orleans, LA 13
New York City 141, 170,
303
Giants baseball team 30
Metropolitan
Orchestra 142
Pops Orchestra 231
Newark, NJ 220, 281
Terrace Room 281
Frontier Ranch 320
Newberry, James 140,
308, 468-469
Newburg, NJ 220, 281
Newgaard, Gene 658
Newman, Jimmy 87,
150, 179, 246-247,
300, 354, 542
Paul 332
Newport Jazz Festival
301
Newton, Bob 611, 622,
629, 630, 635-636, 636
Niagara Falls, NY
181, 182
Nicklaus, Jack 477
Nichols, Red 97
Nigberg, Nat 281
Nigeria 3
Nightclubs 65
Nistri, Carlo 405
Nixhall, Joe 45
Nixon, Joe 92
NLN, Ronny 548
Stan 405
No Depression music
magazine 466
Noe, Dale 362, 440, 561
Nofal, Emil 458, 461,
464, 465, 469, 470,
471, 473, 639
Norfolk, VA. 179
Norman, OK 43
North Attleboro, MA 182
North Dartmouth, MA
189
North Hollywood, CA
Palomino Club 295,
349
North Platte NB 272
North Sydney, Nova
Scotia Canada 274
North to Alaska
(movie) 330, 332
Northern Constitution
(newspaper) 504, 505
Nudies' Clothing
100, 177, 209
Nunley, Louis 304, 309,
324, 451, 547, 555
Nye, Louis 222
-OOakland, John 4
21
Oakley, Frank 81
O'Brian, Dermot 481
Hugh 97, 562
O'Brien family 533
O'Connell, Carroll 431
Helen 239
Nelius 483
O'Daniel, Shirley
208, 243
O'Doherty, Don 501,
502, 503
O'Donnell, Daniel 4, 506
Red - 244, 404, 409, 449,
640-641, 651
O'Gwinn, James 349
O'Rourke, Jack 483, 484
O'Shaughnessy, Dick
135, 140, 141, 142, 209
212, 215, 261, 262, 269,
295, 311, 319, 331, 332,
350, 381, 388, 403, 405,
411, 414, 415, 416, 417,
418, 419, 443, 448, 456,
464, 470, 471, 477, 485,
502, 643
Odem, Harvey 355
Odessa, TX 176, 316,
349, 298, 398
Oil 14, 44
Oklahoma City, OK 185,
275, 279, 287-288, 288,
296, 348-349, 362, 398,
Tinker Air Base 296
Old Dominion Barn
Dance, Richmond
VA 209
Oldsmobile Presents . . .
Patti Page TV show 223
Olesker, Michael 319
Olsen, Paul 658
Olympia, WA 131, 478,
561
Omagh, Ireland 506
Omaha, NE 185, 291
"One World for Hits"
(Europe tour) 207f
Open Road Music 286,
291, 443, 447, 568, 652
22
Opry Star Spotlight
(radio program) 306
Orbison, Roy 363, 434,
501, 576
Orlando, FL 370, 381
Orleans, France 138
Orphanidis, Georgios 638
Orr, Jimmy 544, 569,
Oshawa, Ontario 181, 206
Oslo, Norway 552, 589
Oswald,
Bashful Brother 161
Lee 521
Owens, Buck 125, 144,
539
Don 238
Tom Orchestra 250
Oxfordshire, England 490
Ozark Jubilee Springfield,
MO 180, 209, 247
Ozzie Nelson band 295
-PPace, Hershel 129
Pacers, the 600
Packard, Vance 227
Paducah, KY 179
Page, Frank 81, 82, 83,
87, 90, 92, 106
Patti 165, 169, 223,
261, 319, 363, 372-373
Willis 357, 358
Page Five 223
Paine, Milton 31
Palmer, Arnold 476
Pamone, Johnny 122
Pamper Music Co. 287
Panama City, FL 354
Panola County, TX 7, 9,
11, 49, 57
Panola Watchman
(newspaper)
Carthage, TX 11, 12,
21, 27, 32, 33, 34, 104,
138, 205, 233, 255,
265, 335
Panorama Pacific (TV
show) 196
Paris, France 138
Parish, Helen 196
Parker, Charlie 172, 364
Frances 426
Lana 521
James 121
Tom 114, 143, 165,
225, 253, 257, 297,
530, 567
Parkhill, George 299,
405
Parks, Bert 160
Emilee 597, 599,
600, 601, 602
Ethel 599, 600, 601
George 569, 570, 598599, 600, 601
home picture 602
Parman, Cliff 300
Parnell, Clive 467, 468,
473
Parton, Dolly 4, 652
Pastore, John 227
Pattersen, John 347
Patterson, Margaret 349
Robe 570
Payne, Leon 222, 369,
371
Marlin 322, 516
Pearl Harbor 51, 63
Pearl, Minnie 175, 176,
193, 244-245, 267, 268,
348, 377, 378, 379,
526, 627
Pearson, Johnny 231
Pecos Valley Hank 104
Pedicin, Mike 169
Peebles, Hap 185, 270,
291
Pekin, IL 207
Pensacola, FL 353
Perito, Nick 303
Perkins, Carl 40, 159,
539
Perry Mason
(TV show) 544
Perryman, Billie 69, 6970, 73, 75, 82, 94, 123,
177, 195, 276, 339, 365,
447, 532, 580, 620, 652,
653
Tom 62, 69, 73, 75, 77,
78, 79, 81, 82, 94, 123,
177, 179, 186, 195, 265,
276, 287, 306, 335, 339,
355, 365, 382, 386,
446-447, 519, 532, 580,
640, 641, 643, 651, 653
655
Peters, Bill 148
Phelan, Art 54, 55, 57
Phelps, Earl 436
Norman 436
Willie 436
Phil Harris band 295
Philadelphia, PA 173
Phillip Morris Tobacco
Co. 191
Caravan 209
Country Music Show 221
Phillips, Bill 349
Charlie 521, 522, 527
Sam 133, 159, 435
Phoenix, AZ 115, 349
Pickford, Mary 97
Pictures
Abbott picture of
Jim 130
airplane crash scenes
632, 633, 635, 637
tree where Alton Reeves
died 22
Arnold, Eddy 635
Atkins, Chet 555
Baker, Ray 642
Bare, Bobby 555
Barry, Jim with Jim
showing instrument 287
Beechcraft Debonair
airplane 605
cockpit 606
see airplane above
Beulah, Jim, Joe Max
Reeves 48
Bill Larson 621
Pictures, cont.:
Blue Boys and Jim
337, 396, 430
Browns, The 212
Bonnie 212
Jim Ed 149, 212
Maxine 212, 216
Cars 53 Buick 102, 111
Buick, 1932 190
Carroll, Diahann 170
Carthage High School
baseball team 28
Chet Atkins and
Bill Porter 271
Chet, Floyd, Jim
buying souvenirs 421
recording session 453
Cheyenne and Jim 518
clock, South
African 422
Coffen, Shelby 203
college entrance
certificate 36
Day, Jimmy 189
D. J. Fontana 149
Dido Rowley 149
Don Davis 149
Dunn, Louie 212
Europe (1957) 212
(1964) 555
Fletcher Motel 563
Ford, Judy 565
Galveston, TX 71
Garrett, Bobby 212
Glenn, E.V. 212
Grant Turner 331
Hall, Wayne and Jim 195
Harlan, Billy 212
Hawkins, Hoyt 228
Hayes, Red 189
Hill, Kenny 189
Tommy 189, 212, 216,
268-269
home, Jim's first 72
second 186
Hornaday, John 635
Jackie Hollar 151, 183
James Kirkland 326
Jarrett, Hugh - 228
Pictures, cont.:
Jim, and:
Al Courtney and
Frank Ledbetter - 63
Anita Kerr 574
Singers 532
and Chet Atkins 574
band and Wisconsin
State Fair 258
Bea Terry 382
Bill Justis 434, 432
Billy Burks 433
Blue Boys 441, 456,
495, 526
Brian Matthew 559
Buddy Hall and
Delores Watson 235
Chet and Anita
Kerr 574
Chet and Floyd
421, 453
at Altec mic 263
at RCA mic 202, 326,
451
Dean Manuel,
Alex Zanetis 394
at Decca Records
party 499
Diane Berry and
Wendy Richards 493
dressing room
singing 491
Dottie West 442
1964 European
tour 555
Emil Nofal 464
fan mail 167
favorite photo, a 582
fishing 394
Floyd Cramer 405
food 465
Grant Turner and
Del Wood 331
Keith Fordyce 558
Lily Reynolds and
Peggy McShane 500
Jim honored in
Henderson, TX 380
gravesite 642
23
Pictures, cont.:
Jim:
in Brussels TV station
557
in Copenhagen 550
in kitchen 543
in plane 534
in office 299
hanging "He'll Have to
Go" award 306
in hotel window 410
in home office
music booth 359
in San Antonio 224
in RCA studio
228, 316, 326, 434
as tourist 419
Jeff Dale and Frank
Ledbetter 62
last picture 603
leaning against tree 595
Leo, etc. 127, 246,
392, 430
see also Leo below
looking at land 581, 582
Mary, Jim on golf
cart 571
Mary, John and
Helen Lee 366
Mary, Mr/Mrs, Don
Thompson 563
Millie Lemke 401
Patsy Cline and
Grandpa Jones 377
Ray Baker, Joyce
Jackson 444
signing autographs in
England 500
singing in London 495
at the Flamingo
in Europe 551, 552
Ballymena, Ireland 505
(Jim) Travis and Edith
Cockrell 26
(Jim) Travis and
DeBerry
classmates 21
24
Pictures, cont.:
Jim 1940
graduation 35
Mary wedding 59
and Mary 100, 373
Gail Talley 430
Gath children and
Volkswagen bus 323
golf picture,
Las Vegas 425
Wendy Richards and
Diane Berry 493
Jim's ring 311
Jim serenades a fan 259
Jim in stage attire 251
in white tux 523
Jim in record store
signing autographs
360
South African cab
driver 413
3 girl fans 305
Winnie Breast 400
without toupee 149
Kerr, Anita 555
Kimberley Jim female
co-star hopefuls 461
female co-stars 468
Blue Boys and Jim 461
final picture 474
Jim in nightgown 469
Jim and June
Neethling 470
King, Teddi 170
Kirkham, Mildred 228
Lee, John 642
Leo Jackson 149, 212
auditions for Jim 122
Letter to Mary 274
Letter to Judy Ford 575
Lincoln, 1942 car 567
Locklin, Hank 212, 216
Logan, Bud 644
Loudermilk, John 635
Lucky Brazeal Christmas
party 109
Maltby, Lou 170
Pictures, cont.:
March of Dimes train
group 170, 171
Rhythmettes 171
Marion IA Jim 167
Marshall Comets 57
Martin, Janis 212
Mary Reeves 149
Mary in Mesa 133
in Shreveport 117
Mary diary meeting
Jim 53
chiding Jim 56
Mary in November
1964 647
Mary with Cadillac
309
Mary with Jim and
"Star of Year" Award
529
Mary with Roy Acuff
Jim's "Forever a Star"
Award 650
Matthews, Neal 228
Maxine Brown 149
1955 California
Redwoods 149
McDuff, Eddie 527
Memorial park 649
Monte, Lou 170
Monroe, Vaughn 170
Nashville Tennessean
front page Aug. 1
638
National Life and
Accident Insurance
building 234
Nofal, Emil and Jim
464
O'Shaughessy, Dick
212, 456
Parks, George home
602
Price, Linda 623
postcard 488
recording sessions
451, 453
Pictures, cont.:
Reeves:
birthplace 12
family reunion 280
Beulah 183, 280
Buford 280
Hulan 280
Ivy 280
Jim 280
Louie 280
O. D. 183
Vergie 280
Report card 24
Rhythmettes 170, 171
Robison, Fabor 89
Rodgers, Jimmie 16
Riverside Rancho 155
Jim, Wade and Grace
Ray, Carl and wife
Taft
[Russell], Tom 216
Schuler, Herb 190
Kathleen 216
Shreveport Municipal
Auditorium 88
song lyrics 64
Sonny Trammel 149
Stoker, Gordon 228
Sunset and Vine, Los
Angeles 114
Terry, Bea 98, 282
Thompson, Mr/Mrs
Don 563
Travis, Tony 170
Tucker, Forrest, Jim,
Mary 136
Vergie, James, O. D.
Reeves 15
Wagonmasters 219, 252
Walker, Cindy and her
mother 513
White family
Buster, W.D., Mary
[Elizabeth], Belle,
Bruce, John 50
Fred, Mary Lou,
Phillip (Buster),
Adele, Mary
(Reeves) 183
Williams, Hank 98
Wood, Del 212, 216,
331
WSM radio tower 162
Pierce, Don 314-315, 601
Jim 131
Webb 108, 110, 142,
156, 184, 188, 189,
191, 199, 258, 318, 353,
354, 520
Pike, Robert 138
"Pill popping" 200-201,
317-318
Pine Bluff, AR 365
Pineland, TX 14
Pinkston, Frank 14
Piper, William 455
Pitts, Carey 30
Pittsburgh, PA 173
Plainsmen Quartet
87, 475
Platt, Bobby 504, 505
Platters, The 300, 434
Plooy, Johann du 467
Pocatello, ID. 131
Poe, Edgar 5, 348
"Poems That Touch the
Heart" 346-347
Poff, Haskell 598, 602
Poleg, Dov 639
Politiken
(newspaper) 550
Pomare, Carl 657
Poncio, Steve 68
Poni Tails (band) 260
Pop Deejay Convention
& Seminar 246
Pop Inn (TV show) 493
Pope John XXIII 485
Poplar Bluff, MO 179
Port Arthur, TX 44
Port Elizabeth, South
Africa 415
Port Elizabeth Express
newspaper 415
Port Stewart, Ireland
480, 502, 504, 505
Portadown (Ireland)
Times (newspaper) 500
Porter, Bill 270, 271,
302, 324-325, 509
Porterfield, Nolan 340
Portland, OR 364, 478,
561
Portugal 3
Post, Leon 149
Wiley 21
Post-Crescent,
newspaper
Appleton, WI 300
Poston, Tom 222
Potlatch, ID 262
Potts, Annie 562
Powell, Dick 431
Max 515
Powers, Vincent 483,
484
Preez, Nola du 468
Presley, Elvis 1, 5, 80,
83, 94, 100, 107, 110,
124, 133, 143, 150,
151, 156, 157, 159,
165, 168, 186, 199,
205, 222, 238, 248,
253, 257, 258, 278,
283, 284, 290, 297,
303, 331, 332, 363,
391, 403, 404, 426,
431, 529, 538, 551,
553, 567, 573, 584,
597, 600
Preston, Bill 624
E. J. 329
Frances 328-329
Pretoria, South Africa
417
Price, Bill 16, 20
Kenny 46
Linda 623-624, 625,
626, 629
Ray 123, 131, 154, 207,
224, 262, 267, 268,
287, 398, 519, 542,
596, 611, 619, 623624, 643
Prima, Louis 281, 657
Prince 172
25
Prince Albert Show
(radio program)
160, 253
Prince George, British
Columbia 364
Printer's Alley, (aka "The
Men's District")
Nashville 316-317
Providence, RI 181
Pueblo, CO 118, 150, 398
Pulley, Ray 123
Pursell, Bill 352, 434,
561, 576, 622, 624
Put Your Sweet Lips
(play) 506
Putnam, Bill 96
Pyle, Robie 23
-QQueens, NY 220, 281
Quesnel, British
Columbia 364
-RR. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Co. 191
Radio Luxembourg Book
of Record Stars 584
Radio stations: 300
Armed Forces see above
AM frequency 86
Caroline 545-546
Eireann 480, 482
KEBE, Jacksonville 69
KELK, Elko, NV 275
KEMB,
Roswell, NM 104
KENS, San Antonio 366
KFI, Los Angeles 97
KGRI, Henderson, TX
276, 446-447
KLTI, Longview 73,
74, 151
KMAC,
San Antonio 581
KMJ, San Jose 104
26
Radio stations, cont.:
KRLD, Dallas 72, 95
KRMD, Shreveport
21, 40
KGRI, Henderson, TX
60ff., 66, 67, 70, 71,
73, 187, 365, 519, 652
KOCA, Kilgore 74-75
KSIJ, Gladewater 69,
75, 79, 80, 82, 265
KSKY, Dallas 73
KSTL, St. Louis 186
KTHS, Little Rock
82, 95
KVEL, Vernal, UT 195
KWCX, Willcox,
AZ 205
KWKH, Shreveport
74, 81, 83, 84, 85,
86, 88, 94, 95, 96, 101,
106, 110, 130
KWTO, Springfield,
MO 253
KXLA, Los Angeles 92
KZIP, Amarillo,
TX 521, 527
Lourenco Marques
403, 407, 418
RIAS, Berlin, Germany
547
Springbok 402
390 Pirate station
England 546
2 Pirate station
England 546
WGOO, Georgetown,
SC 391
WHO, Des Moines, IA
651
WENO, Madison, TN
256, 288, 588
WJAR, Providence
RI - 182
WLAC, Nashville - 315
WLW, Cincinnati - 119
WMAK, Nashville 443
WNBC, New York 207
WNOX, Knoxville 168
Radio stations, cont.:
WSM, Nashville 154,
160-163, 180, 184,
191, 195, 208, 209,
221, 229, 230, 234,
264, 279, 290, 306307, 320, 324, [328],
377, 378, 379, 394,
398, 449, 519, 560,
621, 622
WVOM, Boston 171
XERF, Mexico 110111
Rael, Jack Orchestra
223
Ragsdale, Betsy 610
James 610
Rainbow Ridge radio
show 182
Rainbow Room,
Nashville 317
Rains, Fred 254
Rainwater, Marvin
253, 270
Raleigh, NC 184
Ram, Buck 434
Ramblin' Lou 248
Ramsey, Myra 608
Randolph, Boots
317, 374, 530
Raney, Wayne 600-601
Zyndal 601
Rapid City SD 250
Rautenberg, Jans 464,
469, 470,
Rawlins, WY 157
Ray, Wade 115, 154
RCA Victor Records 1 Jim's first year on
RCA; 2 letting "Am I
Losing You" sit on
shelf; 15 Jimmie
Rodgers; 74 Jim
not wanted; 99 Steve
Sholes and Bob McClusky attending Jimmie
Rodgers event; 113
studio in Hollywood;
114 picture of above;
115 Del Roy as em-
RCA Victor, cont.:
ployee; 146 Bob McClusky; 150 Steve Sholes;
160 releasing "I've Lived
A Lot in My Time;" 173
March of Dimes tour;
178 sporadic Reeves'
promotion; 183 19551956 sessions; 184 royalty check; 187 mention
of microphone; 191-192
1957 tour; 198 Leo
Jackson's first session
Jim; 207ff "Four Walls"
release, 1957 European
tour; 222 May 1957
recording session; 225
45-RPM single price
hike; 226 "Two Shadows
on the Window release;
228 Jim in McGavock
studio; 239 new studio;
244 "I Love You More"
release 263 replicating
Jim's arrangements; 264
producer; 265 stereo
recording; 270-271 new
engineer/engineering;
275 1959 singles session; 278 "New Golden
Age" campaign; 283
picking songs; 284286 "He'll Have to Go"
and other songs; The
Browns "The Three
Bells;" 291 promotion;
299-300 lousy distribution; 560 lack of
support for Reeves;
393 Jim with strings;
301 arrangers; 303 New
York studio; 330 in
newspaper article about
Jim; 347 let Jim record
"Talkin' to Your Heart"
album; 367 on RCA
via Fabor; 371, 452
Camden album songs;
375 1961 songs; 395
"Adios Amigo," "Stand
RCA Victor, cont.:
at Your Window;" 403
South Africa subsidiary;
442 signs Dottie West;
447 getting Jim into
Ireland; 474 Cashbox
award; 529 Kimberley
Jim premiere; 529
declining record sales;
Country Caravan of
Stars - 146; European
"Sound of Tomorrow"
tour 546ff.; picking
singles - 557; 560 lack
of support for Reeves;
569 Jim's Europe tour;
567 International; 1964
albums 578; 588 feud;
591 Music Row addition; 639 subsidiaries
offer condolences; 645647, 649 - Jim's posthumous releases; 648 Eddy Arnold records
Reader's Digest 3
Reagan, Nancy 244
Ronald 244
Rebounds, The 559
Record Mirror 499
Recording techniques
270-272, 397-398,
451
Red Foley Show 291
Red Dear, Alberta
364, 517
Red River Roundup
(radio show) 86, 87,
90, 110,
Redding, CA 148, 351,
478
Reed, Bobby 466
Reeh, Douglas 69, 75
Reese, Della 543
Reeves, family 246
Addie 32
Alton 21, 22, 614
Asa 7, 8
(Mary) Beulah (mother)
6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22,
Reeves, cont.:
Mary 23, 24, 39, 45,
47-48, 133-134, 134,
183, 205, 246, 251,
269, 279, 280, 288,
327, 333, 337, 352,
355, 445, 513, 532,
533, 579, 614, 643
Buford see George
Catherine 10, 280
Charlie 639
Del 4, 313, 582
Edie 7, 8
Eleanor 7-8
genealogy 7
Glenn 449
George "Buford" 10,
11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 23,
134, 279, 280, 648
Gregory 395
Harriet 7
Henrietta 7
Hulan 11, 13, 20, 72,
134, 262, 279, 280,
310, 316, 327
Ivy 279, 280, 337, 445,
643
J. B. 7
J. C. "Charlie" 10, 11,
25, 32
Jacob 7
James Columbus 7
Jim "Travis":
Abbott Records
release 145-146,
189
ABN radio network
230ff
acting 351, 457-475,
529
Afrikaans songs 399,
459
anger 351, 374, 406
appearance 126, 251,
254, 268, 327-328,
338-339, 472, 497,
552, 553-554, 572
Armed Forces
radio 263-264
TV 268
27
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
autos 154, 190, 256,
269, 307-309, 389,
399, 566, 567
auto salesman
awards 262, 288-289,
333, 380, 459, 529,
553, 559, 649, 650
band, in a 26-27
baseball see sports
big break 83
birth 6, 11
birthday, 39th 411
40th 512-513
blind girl, helping 531
Blue Boys see above
book plans 649
booze, favorite 344
drinking on tour
350, 369, 372
whiskey love of 201
burial place 641
business thoughts
281-282, 367
California living 295
see also Bea Terry and
Los Angeles
at Carnegie Hall 376f
cars see autos
categorize 5
character of 104, 154155, 192, 235-236,
252-253, 258, 259,
260, 282, 297, 300,
304, 321, 322, 325326, 343-344, 351,
369, 373-374, 377,
392, 399, 440, 444,
445, 449, 453, 458460, 463, 464, 465,
469, 472, 491-492,
494-495, 497-498,
503, 504, 531, 539,
548, 553, 554, 557,
577, 578-579, 580,
582, 588, 600, 609,
656, 657
28
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
Chet Atkins, on 202203, 302-303, 531
charity MC 546
childhood 12, 14-15,
19, 20ff
children 26, 389, 395,
449, 489, 567-568
around 579
tried to adopt
132, 348
contributed to
children causes 473
Christmas (1957) 241
(1960) 333, 334
(1963) 532-533
claustrophobic 569;
clothing 100, 176,
177, 251, 539
college 36-37 (see
University of Texas)
compared to Eddy
Arnold and Jim Ed
Brown 648
composer 21, 173, 199
see songwriter
correspondence 174,
450, 458
on country music 5,
367, 367-368, 583585, 589-590
critics 67, 226
dances, playing 398
dating see girls
death 4, 616
premonitions of
572f., 592-593, 640
determination 31
diamond ring 407, 635
Dottie West 441-442
see also West
draft status 36, 39,
41-42, 43
earnings, tour 450, 538
Irish 507
see also royalties
education 17, 20-21,
22ff, 29, 30, 31
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
graduation 34-35
report card 24, 25
estate 644
settles with Barbara
Manuel 649
ethics 297
Fabor Robison - see
fan club 151, 183,
184, 185, 186, 236,
314, 356, 364, 587,
650
fan letters 583
fleeced 535
flying 108, 150, 536f
541, 555-556, 557,
571, 577, 579, 580,
582, 585, 591, 596f,
597, 604ff, 636
656 what if?
crash 614f
premonition 640
report 636ff
scene 630f
see tour 411-422;
427, 439, 525-526;
596-597, 603-613
pilot license 508;
509-510, 623
Christmas '63 533
food, favorite
367, 523, 578
during filming
Kimberley Jim
465-466
funeral 641-645
future 566, 567, 568,
588, 640
might be 656f
"Gentleman Jim"
154-155, 364
girls, with 23-24, 28,
48, 52-53, 115-116,
147, 154-155, 331
Edith Grace Cockrell
24, 26, 35, 44, 46,
47, 48, 58
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
Mary White see
wife below
engaged to 58
married 59
God's calling on 369
gold records 409, 459
golf see sports
Grand Ole Opry 9899, 160-164, 278
Great Britain, tour 447f
record sales 650
guitar, first 16; others
26, 31, 177, 544
playing on sessions
452
Rickenbacker
337, 338
strap 81
gum chewing 328
hairpiece see toupee
health 327, 404, 417,
437-438, 507, 537,
542, 552, 585
singing 305
"He'll Have to Go"
see songs below
gold record, describes
popularity of 306
high school
reunion 255
hires Joyce Jackson
243; leaves 287
hits, number of 2
Hollywood, in 196;
see also Bea Terry
home, first 72, 176, 186
second 85, 233
third (400 Westchester
Dr.) 265-266, 309310, 438, 542-543
home recording
358-359, 438
honesty 503
humor 30
hunting 443, 446
impulse buyer 366
violin lamps
income 445
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
influential people
with 225
insurance agent 71
Jim Reeves Museum
652
Jim Reeves Show
230ff, 243
Kimberley Jim movie
456-475, 529
album 538
salary 463
acting during 467
premiere 529
land prospects 569-570
597, 599f
Las Vegas 423-426
last picture 603
last will, first 245-246
life story 494
marriage:
almost breakup 75
honeymoons 449
wanting to divorce
Mary 351
Marty Robbins,
on 353
memorial park 649
men group 331
mental messages 206
meeting the
Beatles 493
"Mexican Joe" 88-97,
102, 112, 157
No. 1 95
royalties 92-93, 107
Mexico, taking Mary
to 448-449
mood swings 282, 369
370
see also character
morals thoughts 178
movies, actors,
actresses, on 368
music scholarship 246
musical interest 367f
first 15-16, 23, 28
Nashville, move to 163
Nashville Symphony
orchestra 357-358
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
nightclubs 65, 75, 78
274, 275, 349, 401
1964 future plan 2-3
offices 287
overseas 304
Ozark Jubilee 253257
paparazzo 491-492
perfectionism/nonperfectionism 343
personality - see
character
philandering 116,
178-179, 200, 259,
289, 332, 333, 354,
361-362, 362, 365366, 384-385, 401,
409, 411, 429, 430,
431, 449, 470, 478,
479, 510, 512, 517,
550
phonograph record,
first 15, 68
pill popping 317
pilot - see flying
police raid 318
pop music 77, 303304
popularity of 638ff
premonitions
see flying
see Mary
public speaking 29
publishing companies
291 (see also Jim
Reeves Enterprises)
privacy 356
radio 21, 60ff.,
229-241, 291, 296
buying KGRI 276
profit 446-447
see radio stations
RCA Victor 145ff
album cover, not
liking 348
boycotting sessions
530, 546, 560
Camden label
371, 645
29
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
lack of support 299,
450, 474, 529-530,
557, 560
signing with 150
resigning from 279
record sales 128, 159,
184, 299, 422, 439,
458, 529, 546, 554,
557, 587, 650
recording sessions
68, 151, 153, 158159, 183, 202-204,
222, 225, 227, 228,
240, 257, 260, 265,
267, 275, 283-284,
293, 299, 301-304,
309, 320, 321, 324,
325, 325-326, 327,
336, 347, 348, 353,
362, 370-371, 373,
374, 386-388, 395396, 400, 417, 426,
428, 432, 433-437,
439, 440, 450-451,
451, 452,-453, 462463, 508-509, 515516, 530, 530-531532, 541, 561, 573574, 575
Shreveport 107
with Johnny
Horton 79ff
with Dottie West
530
records as insurance
policy 359, 560,
645-647
religious 179, 257,
260, 386
rock 'n' rock 199, 201
royalty checks 107,
184, 439
sharing 289-291
Shannon Records 506
shoulder, broke 25-26
Silver award 553
30
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
singing style 462, 548,
574
skirt chaser - see
philandering above
smoking, quit - 244
songwriter 64, 113,
187, 193, 219-220,
289-290, 396, 453,
573
favorites 369
sons, twin 524-525
speeding 519
sports 27, 30, 31ff,
43, 44-47, 53-55, 57,
59, 190-191, 201, 304,
345-346, 346, 348,
352, 352-353, 366,
424-426, 438, 443,
445, 446, 476, 477,
510, 519, 539, 562564, 579, 586, 587,
stage fright 63
show variation 398
English audience 492
steel plate in head
rumor 469
sterile 116-117, 567
Sinatra, dislike of 227
South Africa 402-422
tardiness 343
Teal records album
disappearance 417
television, on 368, 543
television presence
254-257, 368, 370,
559
television venture 355
Terry, Bea see Terry
tonsillectomy 45
toupee 134, 154, 166,
167, 177, 239, 295,
327-328, 338-339,
339, 428, 452, 472,
500, 549, 565, 573
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
tours 102ff, 126-127,
129-132, 134, 156157, 158, 185, 200,
223-224, 225, 228,
250-251, 252-253,
261-262, 268-269,
272ff, 279, 281, 287,
291, 294-295, 297,
301, 304-305, 316,
320, 321, 321-322,
323, 333, 335, 340,
344-345, 347, 348349, 350, 351-352,
353-356, 359-360,
361, 362, 364-365,
365, 366, 368, 369,
370, 374, 388, 389,
389-390, 390-391,
394-395, 398, 400401, 410-422, 423426, 444, 445, 447,
448-449, 452, 475,
476, 477, 478, 515516, 519-520, 524525, 538-539, 541542, 546, 557, 558,
560-561, 565-566,
568, 569, (591
future tour)
Europe (1964)
546ff, 589-590, 590
sound systems 549
Irish 476-493, 500506
USO 134-135, 207f
earnings 184, 486,
488, 560
tour payments 345
see also royalties
transportation:
Corvair van 333
Flexbus "Big Blue"
333-334, 339-345,
352, 354-355, 366,
389, 476, 521, 565
flying with Bill
Larson 477-478
Volkswagen bus
323, 333
Reeves, Jim, cont.:
vacation 307-308
voice change 27, 187
singing voice,
early 1, 20, 28, 65,
70, 78, 101, 113,
168, 177, 187, 202,
later 3-4, 168, 203,
204, 205, 225, 252,
303, 305, 321, 345,
358, 371, 374, 375,
425, 428, 462-463,
560
Wagonmasters, cost of
clothing 209
water, afraid of 569
weather, fright of
254-255
whiskey love of
see booze
whooping cough 27
wristwatch 592
Joe 9, 10, 22, 23, 117
Joe Lynn 280
Joe Max 48
John Rex 10, 11, 13, 21,
279, 297, 327, 398-399,
438, 579, 648
Laura 7
Louie 11, 13, 13-14, 14,
21, 35, 279, 280, 297,
337
Mary (see Elliott)
Mary White (wife) - 1
Jim' booster; 2 Mary's
releasing Jim's music;
4 Jim's heart; 8 genealogy; 48 mention
of; 49-59 family;
60ff. marries; Jim on
radio; 66-67 on Ross';
69 meets Billie Perryman; 70 character;
71 Macy record sales;
72, 284 Jim's singing;
73 Mary's Texas jobs;
75-76, 78 on nightclubs; 79 on Tom
Perryman; 81 record
release; radio jobs; 86
Reeves, Mary, cont.:
in Shreveport; 92 Jim's
voice described by
Horace Logan;
94 Charlie Stokley and
Jim's tour without her;
95 hearing Jim's excitment of "Mexican Joe"
being No. 1; 100 picture - Jim and Mary at
Texas event; 102
friendship with T.
Tommy Cutrer; 103
Tom Bearden's comment on Mary's and
Jim's love for each
other; 108 on song
"Bimbo;" 112 1953
tours; 113 Jim's song
writing; 114-115 letter
to Ross' on California;
117-118 1954 picture;
cannot have children;
118 Jim's Masonic
membership; 122 on
Leo Jackson's guitar
playing; 123 Leo's
education; 125 Mary
living with Robisons;
126 Jim's interaction
with other women;
127 attitude toward
other young women;
130 1954 DeBerry TX
visit; 132 running out
gas in Oregon; 133
Mary in Mesa, AZ;
135 Leo and Mary;
136 Jim, Mary and
Forrest Tucker picture;
142, 146 Jim getting
out of contract with
Fabor Robison; 143 on
Tom Parker managing
Jim; 147 Jim joining
RCA; 148 selling
pictures on 1955 tour;
149 1955 photo; 150151 to Nashville for
first RCA recording
Reeves, Mary, cont.:
session; 152 on "Yonder Comes a Sucker;"
154 never going to
California; 156 1955
schedule; 157 Jim's
letter; 158 writing
mother; 159 Elvis;
160 Jim's Opry
membership; 163f
describes Nashville;
166 in Nashville
(1955); 174
answering mail; 175
promoter, 175-176
tour letter; 176 1st
Nashville home; 176
Jim's clothing
change; 177 cooking;
184 furniture to
Nashville; 180 Jim's
health; family visit;
188 didn't like
"According to My
Heart;" 189 song
selection; 191
on baseball; 199 rock
-n- roll songs; 200
business head; 201
202 "Four Walls";
205 other singer's
singing; 207f
Europe; 225 Jim's
voice; 228 on
"Seabreeze;" "Blue
without My Baby;"
237 Mary's
cooking; 243 office
help; 246 Jim's last
will and legacy; 247,
296 Cheyenne collie;
250 watching Lawrence Welk Show;
251 supper with Bealah Reeves; 256-257
at Ozark Jubilee;
258-259 Wisconsin
State Fair; 262 Texas
visit; 265 cooking
steaks; Madison home
31
Reeves, Mary, cont.:
266; runs off stalker;
269 in Las Vegas
273, 274, 276 Jim's
letters to her; 278
Grand Ole Opry
thoughts; 279 Texas
visit; 287 warns
against hiring Barry;
288 DJ convention;
291 Christmas; 296
on home and office
life; 303 on Jim's
singing; 305 on
"He'll Have to Go"
award; 308 cars
owned by Reeves';
320 on "Am I Losing
You"; 325 on "The
Tie That Binds" and
"The Letter Edged in
Black"; 326 on Jim's
and Chet's relations;
327 attends Hulan
Reeves' funeral; 333
Texas Christmas; 338
band's clothes; 339
Jim's hair; 342 sending Jim and Boys off;
343 tardiness; 345
in San Antonio with
Jim, playing golf; 346
driving the bus; 346
golf tournament; 347
adopting children; 348
on "Talkin' to Your
Heart"; 349, 352 on
Texas tour, stayed with
Lee's; 351 married
to Mary; 352-353
playing golf; 355, 445
in Texas; 359 Jim's
home records as insurance policy; 364
fan club president
letter; with Jim in
Vancouver, BC.; 365
366 in Arkansas,
32
Reeves, Mary, cont.:
and socializing; 366
367 San Antonio
golf; 373 awards
show with Jim; 383,
384 life of leisure;
know about Jim's
philandering; 386
unformal religious;
389 Virginia and
North Carolina tour;
393 country>city
social group; 395
at Jim's recording
sessions, not knowledgable about music;
396 songwriter; 405
sent Jim to South
Africa; 408-409 letter
from Jim; 410 mentioned in Brangwag
magazine; 412 international incident with
Blacks by Jim; 418
wedding anniversary;
427 on "Just Out of
Reach," "I Love You
Because," "Memories
Are Made of This;"
427 Jim's pilot training; 432 Cuban
missile crisis; 437
438 Jim's health;
443 in Texas; 444
work with Ray Baker;
446 on Jim's hunting;
447 KGRI co-bookkeeper; 448 Great
Britain; 448-449 trip
to Mexico; 449 on
their marriage; 450
Jim on TV; 457 Jim
singer/actor; 460
about Jim and the
South African blacks;
466 missing movie
songs; 471 Jim's
letter from Cheyenne;
Reeves, Mary, cont.:
476 '63 Texas dates;
480, 482, 488, 489,
490 Irish tour; 494
"Yours Sincerely Jim
Reeves" album; 496
Michael Black description of Mary;
499 England tour;
506 Bunratty Castle;
509, 526, 532-533
Christmas 1963 Texas
visit; 511 on Jim's
philandering; 513 her
drinking; 515 abuse
allegation by Zanetis;
520 meets Judy
Ford; 524 on John
Kennedy; 529
picture with Jim
as "Star of the Year;"
529 New York
premiere of Kimbeley
Jim; 534 on flying
with Jim; 538 letter
to Ross'; 542 in
Texas; 543 house
furniture; 545 a tape
of Jimmy Dean
Show; 550 Jim's
German girlfriend;
552 Mary to Norway;
556 in Amsterdam;
556 Atkins
philandering; 559
Jim working in
England in later
years; 562f Texas
trip; 569 golfer, 1964
summer, fearful of
water; 572 Springer
letter of condolence;
572-573 premonItions about Jim's
death; 576 on
"Missing You;" 578
Jim's albums themes;
578-582 Texas 1964
trip; 579 appearance;
Reeves, Mary, cont.:
580 Judy Ford's
thoughts on Mary after
Jim; 584 mention of
Texas trips; 585 trip
not taken to Arkansas;
586 out of town; 587
golf game; 588 Jim
recording "Love Didn't
Pass Me By;" 589 on
"The Voice" song; 591
proposed August 1964
trip; 591 future office
at RCA building; 592593 Jim's premonitions
about his death; 594
Jim planting flowers
for Mary; 595 losing
her golf game and Jim's
last words to her; 596
meeting at bank; 617,
618 her thought on
plane going down; 620
bad weather flying;
622 asked by Hal
Durham were Jim was;
asked by Barbara
Manuel about Dean;
623 wondering where
Jim might be with
Joyce Jackson; 624
confirms with Barbara
Manuel; 625 Mary
shock and numb; 627
speculation if Jim
landed somewhere;
vision from Jim; 629
3rd day search; 635
told by brother Jim was
found; 635-636 gift to
Bob Newton; 638
condolences of fans,
etc.; 640 self-control
about Jim's death; 643644 Mary "grieving;"
644 financial survival;
644 romance with Bud
Logan; 645-647 Jim's
repertoire coordinator;
songs in "can;"
Reeves, Mary, cont.:
648 Eddy Arnold
exploiting on Jim's
legacy; on John
Rex Reeves; 649 Chet
Atkins on Mary grief;
649 condolences to
Marie Cole; 649 work
on memorial park; 649
Jim's awards; 649 book
plans; 650 with Roy
Acuff and Billboard
award; 650 meets and
marries Terry Davis;
650 Mary's net worth;
651 Jim's memory 1974; 651 revenge on
Bea Terry; 651 Music
Publishers' Association
board; 651 agricultural
loans; 651-652 sold
music publishing companies; 652 Jim's
museum; 652 Mary's
health 1995; 652-653
property agreement;
653f lawsuit; 655
Mary's handwritten will
Mary Magadeline - 8, 9
Noah 7
O. D. 11, 21, 22, 23, 24,
107, 180, 183, 269, 337,
445, 513, 579
Sarah 7
Seburn 7, 8
Thomas (father) 6, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 12-13, 13,
14, 21, 205
Vergie (McNeese)
13-14, 15, 17, 19, 20,
21, 23, 24, 25, 39, 43,
60, 85, 110, 116, 184,
279, 280, 525, 578-579
William 7, 10
Regina,
Saskatchewan 516
Reisman, Joe 148, 169
Reo Palm Isle
(nightclub) Longview
35, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78,
113, 265
Western Swing 77
Reprise Records 403
Rettig, Mary 424
Reynolds, Burt 435
Debbie 172, 423, 431
Lily 500
Ken 286
Rhodes, Curley 208
Dusty 114
Mary 208
Rhoten, Charles 266
Rhythm Ranch Hands
(band) 101
Rhythmasters 301
Rhythmettes 169, 170,
171
Rice, Jerry 489
Rich, Charlie 434, 639
Dave 261
Margaret 639
Richard, Wendy 493
Richards, Cliff 403
Richardson, Don 254,
265
Richmond, VA 452
Rickenbacker Guitar
Company 337-338, 588
Richter-Visser, Anna
468
Riddle, Nelson 302
Riddlehoover, Cary 26
James 26
Margaret 43, 68
Righteous Brothers 388
Righter, Carroll 244
Riley, Billy 600
W. J. 9
Ring, Bill 254
Rio, Bobby 568
Rion, Johnny 186
Rip Van Wyk (South
Africa movie) 464
Risinger, Bob 47
Ritter, Brian 102
Dorothy 639
John 431
33
Ritter, Tex 74, 154, 175,
324, 431, 436, 457, 512,
531, 639
Riverside, CA 268
Riverside Rancho radio
program/ballroom
196, 248
Riviera, TX 564
RKO Radio Network 38
RKO Studios 38
RKO Theaters 38
"Road Kill on a ThreeChord Highway"
(book) 144
Roanoke, VA 220, 349
"Roaring Twenties" 6
Robbins, Hargus 'Pig'
263, 530, 531, 532,
Marty 119, 165, 194,
198, 199, 221, 232, 307,
333, 353, 372, 377, 378,
379, 382, 392, 539, 584,
615-616, 622, 625, 629,
643
Roberts, John 620
NFN 657
Robertson, Joseph
507, 585
Robison, Fabor 1, 79ff.,
88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93,
96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102,
103, 104, 105, 106, 107,
112, 113, 114, 115, 116,
118, 124, 125, 126-127,
128, 128-129, 129, 130,
134, 142, 143, 144, 145,
147, 148, 152, 154, 156,
157, 165, 168, 189, 190,
204, 285, 289, 291, 367,
458, 639
Mary 80, 113, 115,
125, 129
Robstown, TX 262, 398,
477
Rochester, MN 539
Rock 'n' roll music 40,
159, 227, 238
Rock-a-billy music 95
34
Rockford, IL 538
Rocky Mount, NC. 184
Rodgers, Carrie 119, 380
519
Clodagh 303, 480, 482,
485, 503, 504, 639
Jimmie 15, 16, 99, 122,
151, 177, 186, 198, 221,
324, 340, 380, 426, 519
Memorial Celebration
122, 151, 166, 186
Rodham, Tony 654
Rodriguez, Chi Chi 476
Rogaly, Frank 404
Rogers, AR 366
Rogers, Charles 97
Dale Evans 258, 438
Ginger 177, 440
Julie 494
Kenny 193
Mel 312, 315, 316, 318,
327, 335, 336, 337, 343,
350, 353, 354, 360, 379,
381, 392, 456, 460, 461,
472, 473, 475, 479, 483,
496, 507, 524, 629
Roy 100, 258, 438
Will 21
Rokita, Kurt 130, 515
Rolling Stones 560, 648
Romano, Tony 135
Romanoff, Mike 97
Rome, Italy 405, 406
Romero, Cesar 332
Rondo, Don 232
Rondo Music Publishing
Co. 97, 187, 285
Roosevelt, Eleanor
196, 217
Franklin 45, 169, 436,
Rose, David 97
Fred 175
Wesley 207
Rosner, Ben 395, 405,
474
Ross, Andrew 40
Bob 113, 114, 118,
Clara 66, 72, 82, 91,9293, 94, 103, 114, 118,
139, 143, 151, 175176, 176, 177, 180,
186, 193, 538, 639
James 82
John 66, 72, 82, 91, 9293, 94, 121, 122, 131,
139, 143, 175-176,
176, 177, 193, 472,
538, 639
Shirley 121, 122, 131,
133, 186, 198, 472
Roswell, NM 150, 157
Round-up Club
Gladewater TX 80
Rowden, Vernon 28
Rowe, Louise 77
Red 196
Rowley, Dido 79, 127,
129, 148, 149, 150
Evelyn 79, 89, 90, 129,
148, 150
Jerry 79, 89, 90, 124,
127, 128, 129, 148,
150
Trio 79, 124
Rowlf (puppet) 544
Roy, Del 115, 118, 127,
129, 146,
Dianne 70, 71
Kitty 115
Lynn 60, 61, 70, 71
Nell 71
Roy Rogers-Dale Evans
TV Special 438
Royal, Billy 401
Royalty sharing 290
Ruby, Jack 522
Ruislip, England 491,
492
Rushford, Richard aka
Dick O'Shaughnessy
Russell, Johnny 284,
289, 290, 291, 394
Tommy 209
Rydell, Bobby 300
Ryman Auditorium,
Nashville 99, 160-162,
208, 587
-SSachs, Mr/Mrs Bill 208
Sacramento, CA 478
Sadler, Harry 256
Safranski, Eddie
Orchestra 223
Saginaw, MI 389, 450
St. Louis, MO 32, 173,
449
Browns 45
Cardinals 32-33, 37, 38,
39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 54
St. Paul, MN 184
Salem, OR 479
Salina, KS 185, 272
Salisbury, MD 189, 273
Northwood Bar
Salisbury, Rhodesia
(Harare, Zimbabwe)
406, 419
Salk, Jonas 169
Salt Lake City UT 252
San Angelo, TX 349
San Antonio, TX 110,
112, 150, 193, 279, 345,
349, 391, 445, 446, 476,
519-520, 564, 580-582
Express (newspaper)
391, 476, 640
Forester's Hall 160
Hi-Ho Ballroom 423
Lackland AB 160, 262,
314, 391, 423, 591
Light (newspaper)
119, 206, 304
Municipal Auditorium
314, 519-520
Randolph AB 314
Texas Open Golf
Tournament 476
San Carlos, CA 478
San Diego, CA 349
San Francisco, CA 478
San Jose, CA, Balconades
Ballroom 104, 148
Sanders, Connie 654,
654-655
Doug 425, 476,
Sands, Tommy 97
Santa Fe, NM 355
Saskatoon, Alberta 322
Saturday Night - Country
Style (radio show) 82
Savannah, GA 346, 354
Schmidt, Vivian 581
Schmitt, Philippe 138
Schone, Mark 3
Schriver, "Ramblin'
Lou" 182
Schuchman, Don 46, 47
Schulman, Peg 587
Scott, Jan 544
Scott Music Hall Presents
Patti Page TV show 223
Scotts Bluff, NB
346, 398
Scruggs, Earl
see Lester Flatt
Seat, Thomas 596-597
Seattle, WA 388, 389,
394, 478-479,
Sedivy, Bill 166, 167,
251, 255, 291, 301, 644
Eldon 256
Wilma 166, 166-167,
247, 250, 251, 255, 261,
272, 346, 386, 401, 404,
472, 644, 648
Segal, Jack 496
Segregation
347-348, 356, 357
Seigenthaler, Dolores 347
see also Dolores Watson
John 236, 347, 357
Seitz, Chuck 451, 573,
575
Sells, Carolyn 430-431
Selman, Clarence 277,
390, 647
Selph, Jimmy 386
Send 'em Home Sweatin'
(book) 483
Senors, Gracias 424
Service, Robert 5, 348
Seymour, Maurice 644
Seymour and
Zeldman 644
Shahan, "Happy" 510
Shaner, Ray 399
Shannon Records 506,
528, 568-569
Sharecropping 11
Shaw, Artie 97
Robert Chorale 526
Shea, George 278
Sheehy, Gail 318
Sheets, Ralph
"Lucky" 109
Sheffield, AL 124
Sheffield, Donald 516
Shepard, Jean 194, 198,
262, 539,
Shibley, Arkie 312
Sholes, Steve 99, 114,
146, 147, 150, 152,
157, 159, 168, 187,
190, 197, 198, 203,
239, 279, 283, 304,
311, 330, 395, 474
Shore, Dinah 220
Show Business
Illustrated 379
Shreve, Capt. NFN 85
Shreveport, LA 25, 35,
39, 40, 44, 52, 60, 82,
83, 85, 93, 101, 108,
124, 129, 132, 133,
142,158, 329, 332, 390
Municipal Auditorium
87, 88, 119
Times (newspaper)
82, 134, 142, 641
Shucher, Herb 1, 172,
174, 174-175, 175,
181, 182, 185, 190,
191, 192, 205, 209,
210, 211, 212, 214,
217, 223, 229, 241,
243, 247, 249, 253,
256, 260, 261, 263,
268, 274, 278, 279,
281, 285-287, 291,
296, 322, 323, 582
35
Schuler, cont.:
Katherine 209, 213,
260, 286
Sidores, Joe 113, 114
Sikes, Ivy 279
Silva, Laura 569, 597,
598
Siman, Ely "Si" 253,
254, 258, 330
Sims, Flo 21, 23, 35, 108
Russell 79-80, 92, 134,
146, 148, 561, 562
Sinatra, Frank 5, 177,
204, 223, 227, 239, 253,
331, 391, 656, 657
Singleton, Margie 568
Shelby 372, 561
Sinker, Mark 493
Sioux City, IA 184, 291,
475
Sioux Falls, SD 184,
279, 475
Skull Orchards, Longview
(nightclub) 65
Skyline Club,
Austin, TX 77
Sloan, Ken 338
Small, Clint 68
Smathers, George 227
Smith, Aubrey 599
Beasley 160
Bucky 128, 148
Carl 119, 164, 175, 224,
450, 539, 627
Chester 312
Hal 287, 312, 320, 507,
518
Henry 506
Monroe 61, 62
69, 71, 75
Peter 490
Smokey 119
Sunny 128
Velma 260, 324, 373,
387, 434, 435, 440, 516,
530, 532
Winnifred 437
36
"Smokey and the Bandit"
(movie) 435
"Smokey and the Bear"
(movie) 124
Smrl, Richard 355
Smyth, Mitchell 504, 505
Snow, Hank 97, 106,
118, 147, 151, 160, 165,
168, 175, 199, 207, 221,
329, 337, 386, 535, 539,
588, 639
Music Store 251-252
Solace, Leslie 306
Solomon, Philip 447,
448, 476-477, 479-480,
480, 481, 482, 483, 484,
490, 491, 494, 496, 498,
501, 503, 504, 507, 546
Songs:
"A Beautiful Life" 260
"A Christmas Star" 241
"A Fallen Star"
370, 580
"A Fool Such as I"
97, 265, 279, 281
"A Letter to My
Heart" 394
"A Penny for Your
Thoughts" 64
"A Poor Boy Like
Me" 568
"A Railroad Bum"
371, 384
"A Stranger's Just a
Friend" 422, 461-462,
462,
"A Woman's Love" 114
"Above and Beyond" 491
"According to My Heart"
168, 188, 190, 195,
224, 645
"Adios Amigo" 375, 502,
394, 409, 447, 493, 516,
547, 553, 555, 565
Afrikaans songs, mention
of 645
"After Awhile" 285
Songs, cont.:
"After Loving You"
426, 427
"Alabama Jubilee" 547
"All for the Love of a
Girl" 79
"All I Have to Do is
Dream" 243
"All Shook Up" 227
"Almost" 302
"Am I Losing You" 2,
173, 187, 188, 199,
201, 202, 207, 220,
224, 237, 320, 321,
330, 372, 383, 389,
401, 493, 516, 651,
658
"Am I That Easy to
Forget" 375
"Amazing Grace" 522
"An Evening Prayer"
257, 360, 429
"An Old Christmas
Card" 432, 436, 526
"Angels Don't Lie" 561
"Annabel Lee" 348
"Anna Marie" 197, 228,
236, 239, 241, 244,
250, 502,
"Are You the One" 144
"Around the World"
231, 234
$UULYHGHUFL5RPD´
224
"As Usual" 515
"Auf Wiedersehn
Sweetheart" 451
"Away in the
Manger" 241
"Back Street Affair" 77
"Ballad of '96" 541
"Battle of
Kookamonga" 283
New Orleans"
283, 329
Waterloo" 283
"Baubles, Bangles and
Beads" 224
"Be Honest With
Me" 374
Songs, cont.:
"Beating on the Ding
Dong" 119
"Beautiful Dreamer" 400
"Before I Died" 452
"Believing in You" 199
"Bebop-a-lula" 227
"Beyond the Shadow of
a Doubt" 168
"Big Bad John" 365
"Big Iron" 379
"Billy Bayou" 264, 267,
290, 299, 339, 553
"Bimbo" 107, 112, 128,
145-146, 149, 181, 185,
190, 256, 330, 401, 402,
492, 502, 539, 540, 545,
547
"Blackland Farmer" 119
"Blizzard, The" 5, 324,
324-325, 348
"Blue Boy" 193, 242,
251, 260, 261, 289, 566
"Blue Canadian Rockies"
451, 516, 553
"Blue Christmas" 241,
437, 526
"Blue Doll" 193, 242
"Blue Memories" 290
"Blue Moon" 133
"Blue Moon of
Kentucky" 133
"Blue Side of Lonesome"
370, 371, 647
"Blue Skies" 374
"Blue Without My
Baby" 5, 228
"Blue Yodel No. 5" 15
"Blues in My Heart" 225
"Bolandse Nooientjie"
400
"Born to Be Lucky" 461,
462, 468, 515
"Born Too Late" 260
"Bottle, Take Effect" 452
"Breeze (Blow My Baby
Back to Me)" 168
"Broken Hearted
Gypsy" 79
Songs, cont.:
"But You Love Me,
Daddy" 224, 285, 288
"Butterfly Love" 96,
100, 103, 107, 243
"Bye, Bye Love" 243,
363
"Candy Kisses" 224
"Careless" 231
"Carmen Suite" 357
"Carolina Moon"
5, 172, 531
"Cattle Call" 303
"Chattanooga Shoeshine
Boy" 253
"Changing Partners" 373
"Cherry Pink and Apple
Blossom White" 224
"Chew Tobacco
Rag" 75, 259
"Chicken Hearted"
68, 71
"Choo Ch' Boogie" 436
"Christmas Polka" 3
"Circle Rock" 199
"Clementine" 300
"Cool Water" 114
"Cotton King" 539
"Crazy" 154
"Crying in My
Sleep" 646
"Crying is My Favorite
Mood" 5, 646
"Dance, Everyone,
Dance" 260
"Dance with Me,
Henry" 224
"Danny Boy" 5, 101,
275, 323, 325, 348, 353,
357, 361, 501, 502, 504,
523
"Dark Moon" 275, 281,
300
"Dear John Letter"
80, 105
"Deep Dark Water" 646
"Deep in the Heart of
Texas" 547
"Deep Water" 66
"Detroit City" 547
Songs, cont.:
"Diamonds in the
Sand" 461, 462, 649
"Didn't I?" 442
"Die Ou Kalahari"
400, 451
"Diggy, Diggy Lo" 251
"Distant Drums" 3, 523,
646, 650
"Dolly with the
Dimpled Knees"
461, 462
"Don't Ask Me Why"
198
"Don't Be Cruel" 303
"Don't Let Me Cross
Over" 453, 652
"Don't Tell Me" 188
"Drinking Champagne"
566
"Drinkin' Tequila" 74,
118, 149, 190, 191
"Dueling Banjos" 475
"Each Beat of My
Heart 74
"Each Time You Leave"
168, 264
"Echo Bonita" 106, 118
"Eddy's Song" 92
"Ek Verlang Na Jou"
400, 451
"El Paso" 333, 372, 379
"El Rancho Del Rio"
91, 107
"El Rancho Grande"
335
"Evening Prayer" 5
"Everywhere You Go"
225, 295, 370
"Final Affair" 225
"500 Miles Away from
Home" 547, 551
"Forgive Me" 90
"Four Walls 5, 201,
202, 203, 207, 210,
214, 217, 220, 223,
226, 238, 239, 241,
243, 268, 275, 278,
295, 296, 401, 429,
440, 490, 502, 516,
37
Songs, cont.:
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545, 547, 553
"From a Jack to a King"
452, 458-459, 493
"Georgia on My
Mind" 547
"Give Me One More
Kiss" 134, 157, 159
"Go On Home" 373
"God Be with You"
5, 257, 260, 439
"God Walks These Hills
With Me" 254
"God's Cathedral"
(poem) - 387
"Gone" 208
"Gonna Find Me a
Bluebird" 231
"Good for Nothing
Heart" 188
"Good Morning
Self" 440, 538
"Goodnight Irene" 242
"Green, Green Grass
of Home" 154
"Greensleeves" 547
"Guilty" 451, 475, 519,
530, 568
"Gypsy Feet" 646
"Gypsy Heart" 91
"Hadacol Boggie" 69
"Harbor Lights" 77, 300
"Have I Stayed Away
Too Long" 302, 322,
"Have I Told You Lately
That I Love You"
175, 254
"Have Thine Own
Way" 387
"Have You Ever Been
Lonely" 652
"Hawaiian War
Chant" 90
"Heartbreak Hotel" 154
199, 205, 239
"Heartbreak in
Silhouette" 451
38
Songs, cont.:
"Heartbreakin' Baby"
74, 113
"He'll Have to Go" 5,
276, 277, 278, 282-284,
288, 289, 291, 295, 296,
298-300, 304-307, 311,
320, 321, 322, 330, 331,
353, 358, 372, 379, 401,
402, 409, 416, 428, 429,
493, 499, 516, 529, 537,
544, 547, 548, 555, 625,
649
"Hello, Mary Lou" 491
"Hello Trouble" 527
"Hep Cat Baby" 199
"He's Got the Whole
World in His
Hands" 339
"Hey, Good Lookin'" 99
"Highway to Nowhere"
168, 177, 649
"Hillbilly Waltz" 107
"Home" 267, 268, 269,
272, 278, 291, 299,
"Honey, Won't You
Please Come Home"
561
"Hot Rod Race" 312
"Hound Dog" 227, 303
"How are Things in
Glocca Morra" 229
"How Can I Write on
Paper (What I Feel in
My Heart)" 362, 370
"How Long Has It
Been" 257
"How Many" 74, 90,
190, 516
"How Many Tears
From Now" 63
"How's the World
Treating You" 265
"Hula Rock" 199
"Humpty Dumpty
Heart" 64
Songs, cont.:
"I Call Her
Heartache" 646
"I Can't Fly" 198
"I Can't Help It If I'm
Still in Love with
You" 444
"I Can't Stop Loving
You" 211-212, 493,
547, 551, 575
"I Care No More" 225
"I Could Cry" 74, 102
"I Don't See Me in Your
Eyes Anymore" 225
"I Fall to Pieces" 154,
281, 363, 374, 428,
511, 652
"I Get the Blues When
It Rains" 225, 295
"I Grew Up" 466
"I Guess I'm Crazy" 5,
561, 565, 573, 576,
587, 649
"I Heard a Heartbreak
Last Night" 222
"I Know One" 309, 320
"I Left My Heart in
San Francisco" 478
"I Let the Stars Get in
My Eyes" 105
"I Let the World Pass
Me By" 199
"I Love You" 106, 107,
112, 130, 250,
"I Love You Because"
510, 547, 551, 553,
556, 557, 559, 565,
572, 584, 587, 649
"I Love You More"
240, 244, 298
"I Missed Me" 309,
330, 331, 333, 612
"I Never Pass There
Anymore" 362-363
"I Really Don't Want to
Know" 268
"I Saw Mommie
Kissing Santa Claus"
97
Songs, cont.:
"I Should Start
Running" 442
"I Took a Walk with
Myself" 541
"I Wanna Hold Your
Hand" 538
"I Was Just Walking Out
the Door 77-78, 197,
281, 302, 311, 357
"I Went to Your
Wedding" 386
"I Won't Come In While
He's There" 561
"I Won't Forget" 79
"I Won't Forget You"
371, 371-372, 557, 587,
590, 649
"Ichabod Crane"
159, 177, 208
"I'd Fight the World" 428
"I'd Like to Be" 264,
299
"I'd Rather Have
Jesus" 5, 387
"I'd Rather Not
Know" 646
"If Heartache is the
Fashion" 267, 268,
269, 272
"If You Love Me Don't
Leave Me" 97
"If You Were Mine"
152, 175, 190,
"I'll Fly Away" 387
"I'll Hold You in My
Heart" 547
"I'm a Fool to Care"
250, 374-375
"I'm a Hit Again" 3, 587
"I'm a Problem Child"
181
"I'm Alone Because I
Love You" 231
"I'm Beginning to Forget
You" 275
"I'm Crying Again"
400, 451
"I'm Crying Just Like
You, Joe" 541
Songs, cont.:
"I'm Gettin' Better"
300, 311, 316, 319,
319-320, 320, 361
"I'm Gonna Change
Everything" 394, 396,
400, 429, 502, 511-512
566-567, 568
"I'm Hurting Inside"
152, 156, 157, 181
"I'm in Heaven" 130
"I'm Just Plain
Lonesome" 386
"I'm So Lonesome I
Could Cry" 228
"I'm Waiting for Ships
That Never Come
In" (poem) 347
"I'm Waiting for the End
of the World" 394
"In a Mansion Stands
My Love" 284-285,
289-290, 291, 339
"In Dreams" 576
"In the Garden" 260
"In the Misty
Moonlight" 576, 658
"In the Still of the
Night" 319
"Invitation to the
Blues" 267
"Is It Really Over?"
512, 574-575
"Is This Me? 441, 442,
449, 530
"It Hurts So Much to See
You Go" 336
"It Is No Secret" 257
"It Takes a Worried
Man" 320
"It Won't Seem Like
Christmas" 290
"It's Hard to Love Just
One" 91
"It's Nothing to Me"
5, 327
"It's Only a Paper
Moon" 172, 531
"It's Raining Here This
Morning" 181
Songs, cont.:
"I've Enjoyed as Much
Of This as I Can"
453-454
"I've Forgotten
You" 106, 113, 646
"I've Lived a Lot in My
Time" 152, 153, 159,
160, 180, 628
"I've Never Been So
Blue" 68, 71
"Jambalaya" 40, 269,
547
"January" 429
"Jimbo Jenkins" 152,
160, 190
"John Henry" 208
"John Henry's Girl" 568
"Juanita" 481
"Just Call Me
Lonesome" 265
"Just Out of Reach"
538
"Just Walkin' in the
Rain" 374
"Jy Is My Liefling" 451
"Kawliga" 95
"Kentucky Waltz" 268
"Kevin Berry" 505
"Kimberley Jim" 515
"King of the Road"
154
"Kiss of Fire" 224
"Last Date" 545, 599
"Let Me Love You Just
a Little 96-97, 102,
103
"Let Me Remember"
114
"Let's Think About
Livin'" 511
"Linda" 229
"Little Bitty Pretty
One" 319
"Little Ole Dime" 452
"Little Ole You"
290, 396, 519
"Living Alone" 352
"Lone Star Trail" 197
"Lonely Street" 575
39
Songs, cont.:
"Lonesome Waltz"
316, 646
"Look Behind You"
198, 645
"Look Who's Talkin'"
530, 539, 541, 568
"Looking Back to
See" 118
"Losing Your Love"
362, 370, 612
"Louisiana Man" 251
"Love Didn't Pass Me
By, It Never Came That
Close" 588
"Love is No Excuse"
530, 539, 541, 545, 573,
645
"Love Letters in the
Sand" 231
"Love Me A Little Bit
More" 168
"Love Me to Pieces" 231
"Lucille" 193
"Make Me Wonderful in
Her Eyes" 316
"Make the World Go
Away" 544, 596, 648
"Making Believe" 265
"Malaguena" 475, 547
"Marie" 242
"Mary's Little Boy
Child" 437
"Maureen" 5, 576, 576577
"May the Good Lord
Bless and Keep
You" 388
"Me" 568
"Melodie D'Amour" 231
"Memories are Made of
This" 426, 427, 510
"Men with Broken
Hearts" 348
"Mexicali Rose" 5, 531
40
Songs, cont.:
"Mexican Joe" 88-93,
95-99, 102, 103, 107,
108, 112, 121, 127, 149,
157, 165, 181,185, 190,
220, 243, 264, 277, 330,
401, 489
"Missing Angel" 362,
363, 440, 449, 530, 645
"Missing You" 575, 576
"Mona Lisa" 242
"Moon River" 531
"Moonlight and
Roses" 5, 532, 578
"Most of the Time" 371
"Mother of a Honky
Tonk Girl" 190
"Mother Went AWalkin'" 74, 128
"My Boy Elvis" 220
"My Cathedral" 387
"My Final Affair" 207
"My Happiness" 225
"My Heart's Like a
Welcome Mat" 68
"My Lips are Sealed"
159, 180, 183, 184,
185, 187, 194, 234,
645
"My Special Angel" 231
"My Town" 547
"Nature Boy" 113
"Naughty Angeline" 64
"Need Me" 205-206,
207, 225,
"Never Take No for an
Answer" 107
"No One to Cry To"
281, 300
"Nobody's Fool" 193
"North to Alaska"
322, 329
"Not Until the Next
Time" 431, 561
"Oh Come All Ye
Faithful" 435
"Oh, Gentle
Shepherd" 387
Songs, cont.:
"Oh, Happy Day" 97
"Oh, How I Miss You
Tonight" 300, 652
"Oh Little Town of
Bethlehem" 435
"Oh, Lonesome Me"
547
"Oh, What It Seemed
to Be" 77, 532
"Old Shep" 253
"Old Tige" (poem)
179, 348
"Oklahoma Hills" 175
"On the Wings of a
Dove" 320, 322
"On Top of Old
Smokey" 135
"Once Upon a Time"
63, 428
"One Dozen Roses"
531
"One Little Rose" 316
"Over the Rainbow"
223
"Overnight" 242, 244
"Padre of Old San
Antone" 128
"Partners" 275, 278279, 299
"Peace in the Valley"
253
"Peg O' My Heart"
229
"Penny Candy" 130,
131, 149, 190, 540
"Pickin' a Chicken"
1, 184, 185
"Please Come
Home" 222
"Please Leave My
Darling Alone" 106
"Precious Memories"
260
"Pretty Woman" 576
"Pride Goes Before a
Fall" 395, 400, 568
"Pretty Little Pink" 244
"Puppy Love" 300
"Quatro Rosa" 568
Songs, cont.:
"Racing with the
Moon" 172
"Raise a Ruckus
Tonight" 88
"Rambling Heart" 119
"Ramona" 242
"Raunchy" 435
"Read This Letter" 199
"Red Eyed and
Rowdy" 144, 149,
"Release Me" 398
"Remember You're
Mine" 231
"Rosa Rio" 532
"Rodger Young"
325, 348
"Roly Poly" 175, 177
"Room Full of Roses"
281, 302, 358
"Roses" 531
"Roses are Red"
426, 510
"Rudolph the Red-nosed
Reindeer" 241, 436
"San Antonio Rose"
398, 547
"Scarlet Ribbons" 255
"Sea of Heartbreak" 363
"Seabreeze" 228
"Seven Days"
(poem) 348
"Seven Nights a
Week" 199
"Shame on Me" 547
"Shepherd of Love" 277
"Silent Night" 432
"Silver Bells" 241, 509
"Sink the Bismarck" 329
"Sittin' in the Balcony"
199
"Slowly" 188
"Snowflake" 285, 291
"Somebody's Rockin' My
Boat Again" 80
"Someday" 265, 279
"Someone Bigger Than
You and I" 78
"Something to Rock
About" 199
Songs, cont.:
"Spanish Violins"
107, 114
"Stand at Your
Window" 339, 352,
355, 361, 395
"Stand In" 426
"Stay All Night, Stay A
Little Longer" 224
"Steel Guitar Rag"
547, 566
"Step Aside Shallow
Water" 199, 246
"Still" 519
"Story of My Life" 233
"Streets of Laredo, The"
5, 269, 314, 325, 348,
358
"Strike It Rich" 461, 466
"Subconscious
Mind" 646
"Summertime
Blues" 260
"Suppetime" 257
"Sweet Sue Just
You" 242
"Tahiti" 91, 157, 159,
451
"Take Me In Your Arms
and Hold Me" 77, 78,
302, 652
"Talkin' to the
Blues" 207
"Teach Me How to
Pray" 234, 257, 285
"Teach Me Tonight" 127
"Teardrops in My
Heart" 225, 281
"Teardrops of Regret" 68
"Teardrops on the
Rocks" 440
"Teenage Boogie" 199
"Tenderly" 172
"Tennessee Waltz" 135,
268, 363, 373, 429
"That Silver Haired
Daddy of Mine" 327
"That's All Right"
133, 199
Songs, cont.:
"That's All Right,
0DPD´
"That's a Sad Affair"
175, 190
"That's My Desire"
225, 652
"The Angel and The
Stranger" 588
"The %OL]]DUG´- see
above
"The Child's Side of
Life" 79
"The Christmas
Mambo" 135
"The Farmer and the
Lord" (poem) 347
"The Flowers, The
Sunset, The Trees"
260
"The Fool's
Paradise" 324
"The Gods Were Angry
with Me" 281
"The Green Door" 207
"The Gun" (poem)
347
"The Hawaiian
Wedding Song" 451
"The Image of Me" 222
"The Letter Edged in
Black" 78, 324, 325
"The Marriage of
Mexican Joe" 115
"The Merry Christmas
Polka" 433, 435
"The Mighty
Everglades" 327
"The Night Watch" 387
"The Old Kalahari"
400, 451
"The Old Rugged
Cross" 641
"The One That Got
Away" 428
"The Overture to Der
Freischutz" 357
"The Padre of Old San
Antone" 257
41
Songs, cont.:
"The Peanut Vendor"
547
"The Racing King" 517
"The Richest Man in the
World" 303
"The Search is Ended"
516
"The Shifting
Whispering Sand"
(poem) 348
"The Sound of
Music" 357
"The Spell of the
Yukon" (poem) 348
"The Storm" 315, 541,
646
"The Streets of
Laredo" see Streets
"The Talking Walls" 452
"The Three Bells" 285
"The Tie That
Binds" 324, 325
"The Voice" 588-589
"The Wedding" 494
"The White Cliffs of
Dover" 451
"The Wilder Your Heart
Beats the Sweeter You
Love" 134
"The World You Left
Behind" 453, 455
"The Wreck of the
Number Nine"
5, 324, 540
"The Writing's on the
Wall" 541, 646
"Theme from A Summer
Place" 300
"Theme of Love" 240,
251, 298
"Then I'll Stop Loving
You" 91, 118, 190,
264, 573
"There Stand the
Glass" 135
42
Songs, cont.:
"(There'll Be Bluebirds
Over) The White
Cliffs of Dover" 451
"There's a Heartache
Following Me" 452,
453, 649
"There's a New Moon
Over My Shoulder"
531
"There's Nothing Like a
Guy" 135
"There's Someone Who
Loves You" 113, 646
"There's That Smile
Again" 574
"Thirty Days" 279
"This Could Be the Start
of Something Big" 223
"This is It" 561, 573
"This Ole House" 544
"This World is Not
My Home" 387, 649
"Throw Another Log on
the Fire" 265
"Tiger Rag" 547
"'Til the End of Time"
265
"Till the End of the
World" 436
"To a Wild Rose" 357
"Too Many Parties and
Too Many Pals"
(poem) - 348
"Trouble in Amen
Corner" (poem) 347
"True" 451
"Tumbling
Tumbleweeds" 114
"Tweedle Dee" 224
"Tweedle O'Twill"
175, 177
"Two Shadows on Your
Window" 225, 226,
241
"Wagon Load of Love
66, 74, 81, 89, 90
Songs, cont.:
"Waitin' for a Train"
186, 198, 224, 426,
489
"Waltzing By the
Ohio" 77
"Waltzing on Top of the
World" 168, 428
"We Could" 302
"We Had a Dream" 493
"Weeping Willow" 320
"Welcome to My
World" 396, 429, 447,
481, 493, 502, 505,
519, 522, 527, 528,
538, 545, 547, 566,
568, 645
"What a Friend We
Have in Jesus" 641
"What Am I Gonna
Do" 541
"What Were You Doing
Last Night" 74, 86,
90, 107
"What Would You Do"
339, 352, 355, 547
"What's in It for Me"
532
"Wheels" 358, 547
"When Did You Leave
Heaven" 61
"When I Lost You" 531
"When They Cut Down
That Old Pine Tree"
153
"When Two Worlds
Collide" 370, 371
"When You Are Gone"
428
"When You're Smiling
(the Whole World
Smiles with You)"
223
"Where Do I Go?" 541
"Where Do I Go From
Here?" 387, 517
"Where Does a Broken
Heart Go?" 134, 395
"Where We'll Never
Grow Old" 387
Songs, cont.:
"Whispering Hope" 260
"Whispering Willow" 97
"White Christmas" 241
"White Cliffs of
Dover" 5 see also
"There'll Be . . ."
"Why Do I Love You"
(poem) 348
"Why Don't You Haul
Off and Love
Me" 600-601
"Wild One" 300
"Wild Rose" 336
"Wild Side of Life" 75
"Wildwood Flower"
384, 452, 491
"Wintertime Blues" 68
"Wishful Thinking"
240, 298
"With You on My
Mind" 231
"Wooden Heart" 370
"Yakety Yak" 227
"Yonder Comes a
Sucker" 1, 152, 153,
157, 159, 166, 401,
489, 540, 547
"You Are My Love" 451
"You Are My Sunshine"
269
"You Belong to Me" 77,
78, 97, 281, 647, 652
"You'll Never Know" 574
"Young Hearts" 222
"Your Old Love
Letters" 168, 264
"You're Free to Go"
300, 311
"You're Slipping Away
from Me" 384, 646
"You're Standing in My
Way" 199
"You're the Only Good
Thing That's Happened
to Me" 300, 502
"You're the Sweetest
Thing" 114
"Yours" 234
Song royalty - see royalty
Sons of the Pioneers 175
Soria, Dario 567, 638
Sothern, Ann 332
"Sound of Music"
(musical) 591
Sour, Bob 237
South Africa 2, 395, 399,
402-422, 447, 590
South America 3
Sovine, Red 87, 184, 258,
542, 576
Spain 3
Spartanburg, SC 349
'Speakin' Deacon'
(radio deejay) 296
Spear, Willie 16
Spice Girls- 3
Spokane, WA 479
Sportatorium, Dallas 95
Spotlight (Irish
newspaper) 485, 486
Spotlight on Country
(radio program) 299
Spraggans, R. B. 12
Springbok Radio 402
Springer, Curtis 572
Springfield, Dusty 490
Springfield:
ILL 401
MO 223, 253, 279
Square Dancers,
Opry 175
Sri Lanka 3
Stack, Robert 368
Warren 77
Stamper, Trudy 333, 376,
379, 458, 466,
Stanley, Carter 87
Ralph 87
Stan's Record Shop 87
Staples, Ted 86-87, 385f,
390, 391, 398, 442, 463,
509, 519, 533, 536, 564,
568, 581, 599
Stapp, Jack 154, 160,
207, 227, 229, 230, 235
Starday Records
441, 442
Studios 314-315, 541
Starr, Kay 295, 543
Ringo 493
Stars & Stripes
(newspaper) 510, 549
Stars of the Grand Ole
Opry TV program
180
Stegall, Bobby 79
Steppe Brothers 223
Steve Allen Show
TV program 222-223
Stevens, Terri 169, 170
Stewart, Jimmy
217,
295
Stiles, Walter 355
Stock Market crash 17
Stockholm, Sweden 589
Konserthuset (theater)
551
Stockton, CA 124
Stoker, Gordon 202, 227,
228, 440
Stokley, Charlie 69, 73,
94
Stone, Cliffie 100, 113
Dave 521, 523, 638
Pat 638
Stoney Mountain
Cloggers 378
Story, Roby 516
Stowe, Harriet 29
Streissguth, Michael 8,
21, 24, 46, 70, 83, 393,
437, 489, 501, 502,
503, 504, 513, 514,
515
Strzelecki, Henry 284,
434, 547, 548, 556
Strictly Informal
(TV show) 248
String Bean 185, 223,
348, 539
String Music Tour
124-128, 144
Strong, Tommy
270,
387,
433
Stroud, Larry 599, 600
Stuart, Carl 171
43
Studdard, Chester 22,
28, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36,
37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 255
Stuggart, Germany 139
Sullivan, Bob 82, 84, 85,
86, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95,
96, 106-107, 116, 144,
145, 147
Ed 141, 142, 222, 223,
253, 285
Phil 378
Suma, WA 364, 365
Sumatra 3
Summers, Gray 140
Summerside, Prince
Edward Island
Canada 274
Sun Records 133, 434
Sunday Down South
radio program 228
Sunday Express
(newspaper)
Johannesburg 406, 407
Sunday Times,
Johannesburg
(newspaper) 408
Sunday World
(newspaper) 505, 506
Susan Slept Here
(movie) 431-432
Sunshine Melody
Four (gospel group) 62
Swift Current,
Saskatchewan 516
Swift, Taylor 4
-TTacoma, WA 389
Talbot, Joe 337, 588
Talent Scouts TV
show 230
Tall, Tom 124, 126, 127,
129, 425
Talley, Gail 384, 429431, 561, 638
Johnny 256, 288, 589
Nipsy 430
44
Tampa, FL 354
Tanner, Joe 576
Taos, NM 355
Tasmania 3
Tatum, TX 19
Taylor, Chink 34
Lionel 114
Vernon 238
Teagarden, Jack 75
Teal Records 403, 404,
406, 417, 420, 458, 567
Tegelaar, Elizabeth
465, 467
Teilifis Eireann Irish
TV station 485
Teldec Records 548
Television, color 180
44
Television shows
Gazette Manchester
England 559
preparation for telecast
545
stations:
KABC, Los Angeles 248
KFI, Los Angeles 196
KTLA, Los Angeles
196, 248, 250
KTTV, Los Angeles 196
KTVT, Fort Worth 566
NRK (Norsk Rikskringkasting) 552
WJZ, Baltimore 319
WSM, Nashville
450-451, 635
WSIX, Nashville 610
WTOP, Washington 224
Templemore, Ireland 489
Tendill, Cecil 509, 519
Teneha, TX 27, 49
Tennessean (Nashville)
(newspaper) 3, 236, 331,
357, 378, 592, 624, 629,
651, 653
Tennessee 343
Cerebral Palsy
Foundation 546
Terry, Bea 2, 97-99, 100,
114, 115, 117, 119,
135, 137, 147, 154,
160, 168, 173, 174,
176, 177, 178, 187,
196, 199, 202, 205,
224, 237, 238, 248,
262, 268, 274, 276,
281, 285, 291, 295296, 320, 328, 351,
367, 372, 375, 382383, 388-389, 457,
458, 512, 529, 537,
552, 567; 567-568,
628, 639-640; 651, 657
Don - son - see Howard
Dorothy 248, 249, 282,
512, 567, 628, 651
Marshall 248, 249, 282,
639
Texarkana, TX 107
Texas Association of
Future Farmers of
America 28
Texas Country Music
Hall of Fame 528, 654
Texas Empire Pipeline
44
Thailand 3
Thank Your Lucky Stars
(TV program) 559
Tharp, Eugene 355
Tharpe, Rosetta 133
Thaves, Bob 440
The Bachelors
(singing group) 481
The Beatles see Beatles
The Beverly Hillbillies
(TV show) 279
The Bluenotes (singing
group) 576
The Cat (singer) 283
The Clubmen (singing
group) 481
The Donna Reed Show
(TV show) 544
The Ed Sullivan Show
(TV show) 481
The Flintstones
(TV show) 544
The French Connection
(movie) 139
"The Gods Are Crazy"
(movie) 410\
"The Indispensable
Man" (poem) 642
The Jim Reeves Show
(radio show) 231ff, 433
The Jimmy Dean Show
(TV show) 224, 543-544
579, 590
The Little Gaelic Singers
(singing group) 502
The Nashville Sound 528
The Ropers
(TV series) 431
The Seekers (band) 501
The Tonight Show
(TV show) 208, 648
The Trashmen
(singing group) 639
The Twelve Angry Men
(movie) 559
The Untouchables (TV
series) 368
The Westerner
(movie) 135
The Who (rock band)-453
Thibodaux, (LA.) Giants
(baseball team) 57
Thomas, Alton 43
David 46
Jesse 39, 40, 43, 184,
279, 445
Tommy 395
Vergie see Reeves
Vic 526
Thompson, Chuck 55
Don 562, 563
Hank 64, 110, 346, 589
Paul 391
Sue 528
Wallace 657
Thorpe, Jerry 172
Three's Company
(TV series) 431
Thunderbird
Entertainment 355
Tillis, Mel 5, 318, 589
Tillman, Floyd 192
Tilly, Robert 416
Timmerman, James 8
Timmons, Al 445
Tisblanche, NFN 411
Toast of the Town (TV
Show) 141
Today (TV show) 220
on the Farm 330
Toledo, OH 208
WA 191
Tolnay, Rudi 639
Tomlinson, Tommy
323, 330, 332
Tompkins, Esther 17
Toombs, Wiley 615, 617,
633, 636-637
Toosie's Lounge,
Nashville 251, 392, 430
Top Tunes and New Talent
(TV show) 250
Torok, Mitchell 189
Toronto, Quebec Canada
206, 248, 516
Torriani, Vico 548
Town Hall Party
(TV show) 112, 144
Town Hall Tonight (radio
show) 436
Townsend, Reeves 121
Torok, Mitchell 88, 89,
91
Torme, Mel 295, 657
Toscanini, NFN 278
Townsend, Peter 453
Trailer for instruments 222
Trammel, Sonny 131,
132, 149
Trace 7, 9
Tramore, Ireland 485
Traubel, Helen 424
Travis, Merle 168, 255
Tony 171
Treasury Department
Guest Star (radio
show) 263
Tree Publishing Co. 153,
154, 160
Tremeloes (band) 490
Treutle, NFN 639
Trinidad, CO 194
Triple A Records 105
Truman, Harry 85
Tubb, Ernest 99, 110,
151, 160, 180, 181,
186, 191, 192, 197,
208, 221-222, 333, 380,
389, 398, 444, 530,
627, 629, 643
Justin 223, 629
Tuckahoe Music 291,
443, 447, 568, 652
Tucker, David 391, 392
Forrest 135, 139,
140, 141, 142
Jim 562, 563
Percy 403, 406, 407,
408, 411, 412
Tucson, AZ 115, 349
Daily Citizen
(newspaper) 99
Apache Grove
(night club) 112
Garden (night club)
104
Tucumcari, NM 346
Tulsa, OK 366, 398
Cain's (night club) 275
Cimarron Ballroom
313
Turk, Nathan 100
Turner, Bob 68
Grant 161, 162, 306,
320, 331
TV Radio Mirror
(magazine) 235
TV Star Parade
(magazine) 162
TV Time (magazine) 178
Twin Pines
Mountaineers
(singing group) 182
Twitty, Kathryn "Pat"
233, 285, 302, 310,
387
Tyler, T. Texas 87
Tyler, TX 41, 57
-UUlm, MT 364, 394
45
Umphries, Eleanor 7-8
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
(book) 29
United Gas Company
37, 44, 60
United Methodist
Television, Radio &
Film Commission 153
United Recording
Distributing Co. 68
United Shows of
America 653 see also
Ed Gregory
U. S. Army Recruiting
Service (radio) 224, 262
U.S.O. Hollywood
Troupe 142
U.S.S. Lake Champlain
139
Unidentified Flying
Objects 494
Universal Pictures
(movie company) 143
University of Texas 35,
36, 60
baseball 27-28, 31, 33,
34, 255
USO tour 1954 135-140
Uys, Jamie 410, 421,
461, 463-464
Film Productions 463,
467, 529, 639
-VVaden, Tommy 152
Vagabonds (singing
group) 424
Valdosta, GA 184
Vale, Jerry 657
Valente, Catherine 548
Valentino, Rudolph 391
Vallee, Rudy 281
Van Dyke, Dick 332
LeRoy 253
Vandyke & the Bambies
(singing group) 559
46
Van Nuys (CA) News
(newspaper) 349
Van Shelton, Ricky 4
Vancouver, BC 364, 388
Cave Supper Club
Vardeman, Barney 67
Vanderbilt University
Nashville 291
Vaughn, Sarah 172
Venuti, Joe 479
Vernal, UT 118, 156, 194
Vernon, TX 346
Victoria Palace
(Parish France) 138
Vinson, Al 73, 74
Vienna, Austria 549
Vinton, Bobby 426
"Voice of Broadway"
(newspaper column) 220
VooDoo Lounge,
Nashville 317
-WWaal, Anton de 461
Waco, TX 38, 57, 150
Wade, Nicholas 143
Wagner, Robert 376, 658
Wagoner, Porter 253,
261, 286, 329, 352, 353,
450, 542, 589
Wagonmasters (Jim's
band) 189, 200, 219,
227, 251-252, 338
renamed Blue Boys 261
Wagon Masters Trio 261
Wagstaff, Richard see
Dick Clark
Wakely, Jimmy 250, 267,
436, 457
Waking Crew 230
Walker, Bill 412, 414,
415, 458-459, 463, 515,
576, 590-591, 648
Billy 87, 92, 189, 277,
320, 346, 539, 568
Charles 264
Walker, cont.:
Charlie 87, 310, 425,
443
Cindy 5, 197, 228, 302,
329, 336, 357-358,
513, 530, 532, 561,
568, 576, 646, 649
Gary 188
Jo 264, 528
Tina 591
Wallace, Jerry 576
Wallich's Music City
113, 114
Walls, Louise 140
Nell see Jackson
Willie 140
Walnut Ridge, AR
601, 603
Walsingham, William
Jr. 39
Walston, Ray 332
Walters, Barbara 220
Walton, Sam 562
War Production Board
38
Wardlow, James 151
Waring, Fred and the
Pennsylvanians 75, 118
Warren Commission 522
Warren, Henry 574
Shorty 142
Washington, DC 225
Watkins, C. F. 257
Watson, Dolores 230,
232, 236, 245, 347
see also Dolores
Seigenthaler
JoAnn 14, 35, 297
Watt, Robert 376
Watters, Ethel 295
Waukegan, IL 257
Wauseon, OH 260
Wayne, John 100, 257,
329, 368, 510
Waynick, Clyde 428-429
Webb, Jack 282
June see Kirkpatrick
Weigand, Helen 299
Weiser, Edgar 46, 47
Norman 261
Weize, Richard 130, 515
Welch, Judy 71
Tubby 71
Welk, Lawrence 97, 128,
232, 249-250
Welles. Orson 223
Wells, Harry 355
Houston 490, 491, 492,
Kitty 4, 221, 291, 334,
349, 360, 516, 643, 647
Wences, Senor 142
Werth, Peter 499
Wes, Bobe 4, 201, 290,
326, 352, 371, 384-385,
527
West, Ben 207, 357, 438
Bill 441, 454, 530
Dottie 441-442, 450,
454, 530, 539, 556, 573,
584
Sonny 655
Speedy 114
West Grove, PA 257
Western Recorders
studio, Hollywood 96,
107, 114, 144
Western Room,
Nashville 317
Western Swing music 77
Western Swingsters
(band) 82
Western Varieties (radio
program) 196
Westgate, Barry 516
Weston, Paul 97
"Whisperin' Bill"
(biography) 612
White family 67, 246
Bill 653, 654
Bruce 52
Frank 52, 580, 627, 635
Homer 52
Joe 51
John (Mary's brother)
52, 627, 635
John (father) 49, 50, 51
Martha 345, 650
Mary Belle (mother)
49, 50, 51, 158, 582
White, cont.:
Mary Elizabeth
(Jim's wife) see Reeves
Paul 52
Philip ("Buster") 52
Robert 516
W. D. 49, 52, 246, 653
Whitharral, TX 34
Whiting, Margaret 295
Whitman, Paul 75, 169,
Slim 75, 87, 89, 92,
107, 130, 133, 150,
151
Stuart 562
Whitmore, William
508, 604, 607, 609, 613,
615, 626, 629
Whitney, Eli 7
Florien 34
Whittier, [John] 29
Who's the Boss
(TV series) 431
Wichita, KS 185, 346, 475
Wichita Falls, TX 275,
346, 395, 398
M. B. Corral
(music hall) 279
Wiggins, Chuck 148
Wilburn, Cora 21
Doyle 237, 238, 301,
348, 635
Teddy 301, 348, 635
Wilder, Shane 299
Wildman, Ken 340-341
Wilkins, Buddy 622
Willes, Phil 295
Willet, Slim 362
Williams, Andy 246, 531
Audrey 238, 351, 444
Bill 449
Billie 94 see Horton
Charlie 329, 397, 440,
581, 581-582
Gary 531
Hank 40, 65-66, 82,
83, 84, 87, 94, 95, 96,
97, 99, 103, 156, 225,
227, 227-228, (home:)
238, 258, 329, 330, 369,
386, 444
Williams, cont.:
Hank, Jr. 444
Hank Memorial
Celebration 131
Johnny 476, 640
Lawton 436, 566
Lester 68-69
Williams Lake, British
Columbia Canada 364
Williamson, Glynon 28
Ray 455
Williamsport, PA 189
Willis, Ginger 590
Wills, Billy Jack 104
Bob 66, 75, 77, 291,
475, 566
Wilson, Hap 329
Wimberly, Jenny 29
Windom, Bud 135
Winkler, Ray 521, 522,
527, 528
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada 228, 364, 516
Winston-Salem, NC 46
Winterhalter, Hugo
148, 169, 220
Wisconsin State Fair
189, 257-258
Wiseman, Mac 87, 158,
444
Witherspoon, Jimmy
395
Witnesses (band) 489
Wolfe, George 90
Wolfman Jack 111
Wolke, Max 636
Wood, Del 208, 209,
212, 218, 329, 331, 542
Randy 207
World War II 41, 47, 5152
rubber shortage 38
Worth, Marion 329, 568
Wortham, Gene 164
and the Circle O
Ranchboys 74, 90
Worthington, CA 295
Wright, Charlie 338
Charlotte 338
Gil 436, 557
47
Wright, cont.:
Ginny 105-106, 107,
109, 112, 116, 124, 126,
128, 129, 130, 143,
145, 250
Johnny 291
see Johnny and Jack
Lewis 642
Wyatts, NFN 570
Wyman, Jane 267
Wynn, Nan 169, 170
Wynne, Sallie 11
-YYarnell, Tex. 10
Yates, Tommy 641
Yorke, Robert 403
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Canada 364
Yosemite National
Park 115
Yougha, Ireland 485, 488
Young, Cal 256
Faron 4, 94, 110, 189,
232, 262, 339, 355, 378,
390, 394, 535, 639
Hilda 390
Yount, Julious 14
-ZZacheis, Les 578
Zack, Babs 182
Eddie 182
Maril 182
Zaffardi, Umberto 649
Zanetis, Alex 393-394,
451, 513, 514-515, 541,
568
Steve 393
Zimbalist, Efrem Jr. 332
Zinkan, Joe 428, 435,
439
Zulu Afrikaans 460