Tall Tales and Short Tempers

Tall Tales and Short Tempers is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1961 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LPM-2284). Chet Atkins was the producer.[1][2]

Tall Tales and Short Tempers
Studio album by
Released1961
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerChet Atkins
Jim Reeves chronology
He'll Have to Go
(1960)
Tall Tales and Short Tempers
(1961)
Talkin' to Your Heart
(1961)

In Billboard magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys, it was ranked No. 6 among the "Favorite C&W Albums" of 1961.[3]

The album's opening track, "The Blizzard", reached No. 4 on the Billboard country and western chart in March 1961.[4]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "The Blizzard" (Howard) [3:22]
  2. "The Streets of Laredo" (traditional) [3:05]
  3. "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" (Autry, Long) [3:15]
  4. "Rodger Young" (Loesser) [3:21]
  5. "The Fool's Paradise" (Bond) [3:17]

Side B

  1. "It's Nothin' To Me" (Patterson) [2:21]
  2. "The Mighty Everglades" (Davis) [2:46]
  3. "Danny Boy" (Weatherly) [2:13]
  4. "The Letter Edged in Black" (Carter) [2:24]
  5. "The Tie That Binds" (traditional) [2:50]
  6. "The Wreck of The Number Nine" (Robison) [2:17]

See also

References

  1. "Jim Reeves - Tall Tales and Short Tempers". Discogs. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  2. "Jim Reeves - Tall Tales and Short Tempers". Allmusic.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  3. "Favorite C&W Albums". The Billboard. October 30, 1961. p. 20.
  4. Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 264. ISBN 0823076326.
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