March 1st, 2012 CMC--Q & A

COUNTRY   MUSIC   CLASSICS

                  Q  &  A

March 1st, 2012

 

QUESTION:   I bought a copy of Jim Reeves "Am I Losing You" as soon as it came out in 1960. My dad says that record was on the radio years before that. Is that true?

 

ANSWER:     Reeves' original version of "Am I Losing You" peaked at # 3 in 1957. He re-recorded the song in 1960 and the second version topped out at # 8.

 

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On this day in  1956 - Ray Price "The Cherokee Cowboy" recorded "Crazy Arms" at the Bradley Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Steel Guitar legend Ralph Mooney wrote the song, and the Columbia single charted in May and spent almost five months at the top of the chart. This was Ray's first #1 record, and has been chosen as a Grammy Hall of Fame recording.

 

 

 

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