40 Golden Greats (Jim Reeves album)

40 Golden Greats
40 Golden Greats
Greatest hits album by Jim Reeves
Released	1975
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	97:18
Label	Arcade

40 Golden Greats is a greatest hits album by Jim Reeves. It was released in 1975 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart,^[1] where it was a posthumous number one. Surprisingly, it does not include "I Love You Because".

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Distant Drums"	Cindy Walker	2:50
2.	"Bimbo"	Glenn O'Dell	2:50
3.	"Am I Losing You"	Jim Reeves	2:18
4.	"Mexican Joe"	Mitchell Torok	2:35
5.	"The Blizzard"	Harlan Howard	3:22
6.	"Gypsy Feet"	Leona Butrum, Nellie Smith	1:40
7.	"I Fall To Pieces"	Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard	3:03
8.	"But You Love Me Daddy"	Pat Twitty	2:09
9.	"Guilty"	Alex Zanetis	3:09
10.	"Missing You"	Dale Noe, Red Sovine	2:35
Total length:			26:31

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"I Won't Forget You"	Harlan Howard	2:01
12.	"The Hawaiian Wedding Song"	Al Hoffman, Charles E. King, Dick Manning	2:07
13.	"When You Are Gone"	Dean Manuel, Jim Reeves	2:52
14.	"The Storm"	Alex Zanetis, Jim Reeves	2:07
15.	"One Dozen Roses"	Dick Jurgens, Joe Washburne, Roger Lewis, Walter Donovan	1:50
16.	"Not Until the Next Time"	Gail Talley	2:45
17.	"Penny Candy"	Cal Veale	2:32
18.	"Anna Marie"	Cindy Walker	2:16
19.	"He'll Have to Go"	Audrey Allison, Joe Allison	2:17
20.	"Four Walls"	George Campbell, Marvin Moore	2:57
Total length:			23:44

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
21.	"Welcome to My World"	John Hathcock, Ray Winkler	2:32
22.	"Scarlet Ribbons"	Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal	2:16
23.	"According to My Heart"	Gary Walker	2:39
24.	"Make the World Go Away"	Hank Cochran	2:26
25.	"Crying In My Sleep"	Leona Butrum, Nellie Smith	1:56
26.	"Deep Dark Water"	Jim Reeves	2:24
27.	"I Won't Come In While He's There"	Gene Davis	2:05
28.	"Golden Memories Silver Tears"	Cindy Walker	2:51
29.	"Roses Are Red (My Love)"	Al Byron, Paul Evans	2:45
30.	"Memories Are Made of This"	Frank Miller, Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson	2:20
Total length:			24:14

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
31.	"You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)"	Jack Toombs	2:15
32.	"The Wreck Of The Number Nine"	Carson Robison	2:14
33.	"Yonder Comes a Sucker"	Jim Reeves	2:30
34.	"How Can I Write on Paper (what I Feel In My Heart)"	Danny Harrison, Don Carter, George Kent, Jim Reeves	2:23
35.	"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"	Scotty Wiseman	1:27
36.	"Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart"	Eberhard Storch, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner	3:06
37.	"Missing Angel"	Dale Noe	2:09
38.	"Is This Me"	Bill West, Dottie West	2:07
39.	"Angels Don't Lie"	Dale Noe	2:23
40.	"Is It Really Over?"	Jim Reeves	2:15
Total length:			22:49

Chart performance[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1975)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[2]	1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1975)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[3]	5

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[4]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ Official Charts Company - Elvis Presley - 40 Greatest
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
^ "British album certifications – Jim Reeves – 40 Golden Greats". British Phonographic Industry.

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[1] Official Charts Company - Elvis Presley - 40 Greatest

[ac_UK2_-2] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[3] "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.

[United_KingdomJim_Reeves40_Golden_GreatsalbumCertRef-4] "British album certifications – Jim Reeves – 40 Golden Greats". British Phonographic Industry.

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v t e Jim Reeves
Studio albums	Jim Reeves Sings (1955) Singing Down the Lane (1956) Bimbo (1957) Jim Reeves (1957) Girls I Have Known (1958) God Be with You (1959) Songs to Warm the Heart (1959) According to My Heart (1960) The Intimate Jim Reeves (1960) He'll Have to Go (1960) Tall Tales and Short Tempers (1961) Talkin' to Your Heart (1961) The Country Side of Jim Reeves (1962) A Touch of Velvet (1962) We Thank Thee (1962) Gentleman Jim (1963) The International Jim Reeves (1963) Good 'n' Country (1963) Twelve Songs of Christmas (1963) Kimberley Jim (1964) Moonlight and Roses (1964) The Jim Reeves Way (1965) Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves (1966) Blue Side of Lonesome (1967) My Cathedral (1967) A Touch of Sadness (1968) Jim Reeves—and Some Friends (1969) Jim Reeves Writes You a Record (1971)
Live albums	Jim Reeves on Stage (1968)
Compilations	The Best of Jim Reeves (1964) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (1964) Up Through the Years (1965) The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II (1965) The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III (1969) Something Special (1971) 40 Golden Greats (1975) Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves (1982)
Singles	"Mexican Joe" "Bimbo" "I Love You" "Am I Losing You" "Yonder Comes a Sucker" "Four Walls" "Anna Marie" "Blue Boy" "Billy Bayou" "He'll Have to Go" "The Blizzard" "Stand at Your Window" "Adios Amigo" "Welcome to My World" "Love Is No Excuse" "I Guess I'm Crazy" "I Love You Because" "I Won't Forget You" "This Is It" "Is It Really Over?" "Distant Drums" "Blue Side of Lonesome" "I Won't Come In While He's There" "When You Are Gone" "Missing You" "Am I That Easy to Forget" "Don't Let Me Cross Over" "Have You Ever Been Lonely?"
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