Tuesday, 3 March 2020

UK Number 40s: Larry Cunningham & The Mighty Avons - Tribute To Jim Reeves (1965)


The 2nd week of 1965 and the 2nd record to peak at 40. Jim Reeves had died in a plane crash in 1964 and as the title suggests, this song is a tribute to him.

Larry Cunningham & The Mighty Avons started off as a Jim Reeves covers band and supported Jim Reeves himself on tour in 1963.

In a way it's a megamix before the megamix became a thing, it's four Jim Reeves songs which are separated by spoken tributes.

It would be the only UK Top 40 hit for Larry Cunningham & The Mighty Avons, but it was the first of many hits in their native Ireland.

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