Jim Reeves - Complete Singles As & Bs 1949-62Jim Reeves widely known as "Gentleman Jim" was one of the most successful and important country artists of the 1950s and early '60s, his rich, velvet voice bringing a unique sound and style, which was in the vanguard of the "new Nashville" sound, as the music headed away from honky tonk fiddles and steel guitars as introduced strings and backing choruses, helping to move the genre towards the pop mainstream. Despite his tragic death in a 'plane crash

helping to shape the Nashville sound which helped broaden the popularity of country music in the late '50s

and he was one of the only clarinettists to successfully find a role in the changing musical environment brought about by the emergence of bebop

Isse borrows it's subject from Book VI of Ovid's Metamorphoses

Charlie Christian

George Benson and Wilton Felder

Makaya McCraven

Roy Drusky

'Something Beautiful')

This great-value 59-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides from their releases on the Tico

Johnny Hartman

"Riffette" and "The House Of Blue Lights"

Jimmy Rowles