Jim Reeves - Gentleman Jim
Born in Galloway, Texas in 1924 as James Travis Reeves, like lots of his contemporaries Jim was performing live shows on Radio by the time he was 9 years old. But Jim's first love was baseball and he was drafted as a pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals, however he injured his leg in 1947 and lucky for us this turned him back to music.
Moving to Louisiana in 1949 he soon landed a job with KWKH the home of the Louisiana Hayride but his job was announcer not singer. He had recorded a song called Mexican Joe which although locally produced became a hit and he was soon signed to sing on the Hayride.
