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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, 301- 303, 305, 311, 315, 316, 317, 321, 324, 325, 325- 326, 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

-B- Babcock, 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

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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

-C- Cadenhead, 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-Jean- Baptiste 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, 259- 260, 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, 454- 456, 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-Chateau- Auffrique, 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 101- 102, 165, 195, 204, 278, 320, 339, 370, 377, 429, 519, 610, 611, 614, 618, 619 Vicki 102

- D - Dacus, 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 Blue- bonnet 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

- E - Earhart, 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, 306- 307, 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, 589- 590, 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

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- F - Fabian 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, 536- 537, 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

- G - Gable, 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, 236- 237, 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, 518- 519, 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

- H - Hadley 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, 329- 330, 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

- I - I 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, 479- 493, 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 Robin- son; 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 "Yon- der Comes a Sucker" and other songs; 159 recording above songs; 164 some band mem- bers 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 Wagon- masters - 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 Dy- son; 384 with Nell; guitar/singing session with Jim and Bobe Wes 386 Jim's religion; 387 on Willie Acker- man; 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' ses- sion; 456 - on Jim's re- action 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 philan- dering; 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, 383- 384, 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, 296- 297, 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

- K - Kaempfert, 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" 251- 252, 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, 352- 353, 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

- L - Labunski, 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, 165- 166, 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, 268- 269, 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 182- 183, 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

- M - Mablinberg, 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

- N - Nacogdoches, 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

- O - Oakland, 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

- P - Pace, 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, 598- 599, 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, 69- 70, 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, 623- 624, 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

- Q - Queens, NY 220, 281 Quesnel, British Columbia 364

- R - R. 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, 306- 307, 320, 324, [328], 377, 378, 379, 394, 398, 449, 519, 560, 621, 622 WVOM, Boston 171 XERF, Mexico 110- 111 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 McClu- sky attending Jimmie Rodgers event; 113 studio in Hollywood; 114 picture of above; 115 Del Roy as em-

RCA Victor, cont.: ployee; 146 Bob McClu- sky; 150 Steve Sholes; 160 releasing "I've Lived A Lot in My Time;" 173 March of Dimes tour; 178 sporadic Reeves' promotion; 183 1955- 1956 sessions; 184 roy- alty 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 ses- sion; 278 "New Golden Age" campaign; 283 picking songs; 284- 286 "He'll Have to Go" and other songs; The Browns "The Three Bells;" 291 promotion; 299-300 lousy distri- bution; 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 addi- tion; 639 subsidiaries offer condolences; 645- 647, 649 - Jim's post- humous 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, 154- 155, 192, 235-236, 252-253, 258, 259, 260, 282, 297, 300, 304, 321, 322, 325- 326, 343-344, 351, 369, 373-374, 377, 392, 399, 440, 444, 445, 449, 453, 458- 460, 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 202- 203, 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, 583- 585, 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 98- 99, 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, 309- 310, 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 253- 257 paparazzo 491-492 perfectionism/non- perfectionism 343 personality - see character philandering 116, 178-179, 200, 259, 289, 332, 333, 354, 361-362, 362, 365- 366, 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, 303- 304 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, 158- 159, 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, 395- 396, 400, 417, 426, 428, 432, 433-437, 439, 440, 450-451, 451, 452,-453, 462- 463, 508-509, 515- 516, 530, 530-531- 532, 541, 561, 573- 574, 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, 562- 564, 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, 156- 157, 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, 348- 349, 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, 400- 401, 410-422, 423- 426, 444, 445, 447, 448-449, 452, 475, 476, 477, 478, 515- 516, 519-520, 524- 525, 538-539, 541- 542, 546, 557, 558, 560-561, 565-566, 568, 569, (591 future tour) Europe (1964) 546ff, 589-590, 590 sound systems 549 Irish 476-493, 500- 506 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 ge- nealogy; 48 mention of; 49-59 family; 60ff. marries; Jim on radio; 66-67 on Ross'; 69 meets Billie Perry- man; 70 character; 71 Macy record sales; 72, 284 Jim's singing; 73 Mary's Texas jobs; 75-76, 78 on night- clubs; 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 excit- ment of "Mexican Joe" being No. 1; 100 pic- ture - Jim and Mary at Texas event; 102 friendship with T. Tommy Cutrer; 103 Tom Bearden's com- ment 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; 150- 151 to Nashville for first RCA recording

Reeves, Mary, cont.: session; 152 on "Yon- der 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 Law- rence Welk Show; 251 supper with Bea- lah 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 send- ing 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 in- surance 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 knowl- edgable about music; 396 songwriter; 405 sent Jim to South Africa; 408-409 letter from Jim; 410 men- tioned in Brangwag magazine; 412 inter- national 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 train- ing; 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-book- keeper; 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 de- scription 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 premon- Itions 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; 592- 593 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; 643- 644 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 com- panies; 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 Three- Chord 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, 91,92- 93, 94, 103, 114, 118, 139, 143, 151, 175- 176, 176, 177, 180, 186, 193, 538, 639 James 82 John 66, 72, 82, 91, 92- 93, 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

- S - Sachs, 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, 234 224 "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.: 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, 576- 577 "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 A- Walkin'" 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, 278- 279, 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, "That's a Sad Affair" 175, 190 "That's My Desire" 225, 652 "The Angel and The Stranger" 588 "The - 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

- T - Tacoma, WA 389 Talbot, Joe 337, 588 Talent Scouts TV show 230 Tall, Tom 124, 126, 127, 129, 425 Talley, Gail 384, 429- 431, 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 Rikskring- kasting) 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, 295- 296, 320, 328, 351, 367, 372, 375, 382- 383, 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

- U - Ulm, 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

- V - Vaden, 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

- W - Waal, 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, 51- 52 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

- Y - Yarnell, 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

- Z - Zacheis, 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