Tall Tales and Short Tempers
1961 studio album by Jim Reeves
Tall Tales and Short Tempers | ||||
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Studio album by Jim Reeves | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Chet Atkins | |||
Jim Reeves chronology | ||||
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Tall Tales and Short Tempers is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1961 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LPM-2284). Chet Atkins was the producer.[1][2]
In Billboard magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys, it was ranked No. 6 among the "Favorite C&W Albums" of 1961.[3]
The album's opening track, "The Blizzard", reached No. 4 on the Billboard country and western chart in March 1961.[4]
Track listing
Side A
- "The Blizzard" (Howard) [3:22]
- "The Streets of Laredo" (traditional) [3:05]
- "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" (Autry, Long) [3:15]
- "Rodger Young" (Loesser) [3:21]
- "The Fool's Paradise" (Bond) [3:17]
Side B
- "It's Nothin' to Me" (Patterson) [2:21]
- "The Mighty Everglades" (Davis) [2:46]
- "Danny Boy" (Weatherly) [2:13]
- "The Letter Edged in Black" (Carter) [2:24]
- "The Tie That Binds" (traditional) [2:50]
- "The Wreck of the Number Nine" (Robison) [2:17]
References
- ^ "Jim Reeves - Tall Tales and Short Tempers". Discogs. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ "Jim Reeves - Tall Tales and Short Tempers". Allmusic.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ "Favorite C&W Albums". The Billboard. October 30, 1961. p. 20.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 264. ISBN 0823076326.
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- "I Love You"
- "Am I Losing You"
- "Yonder Comes a Sucker"
- "Four Walls"
- "Anna Marie"
- "Blue Boy"
- "Billy Bayou"
- "He'll Have to Go"
- "The Blizzard"
- "Stand at Your Window"
- "Adios Amigo"
- "Welcome to My World"
- "Love Is No Excuse"
- "I Guess I'm Crazy"
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- "Am I That Easy to Forget"
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