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Posted by Larry Jordan
on May 9, 2008, 12:45 pm, in reply to "Another singer has died"
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Thank you for posting this. There is a cute story about how Cindy Walker had pitched a couple of songs to Jim for what turned out to be his last recording sessions. One of them was "In the Misty Moonlight," which she had high hopes Reeves would record. But he didn't care for the song, even though Mary loved it.
A short time later, Jim was getting his haircut after hours, when a song came on the radio by Jerry Wallace. Jim's barber recalled "he jumped up and said 'That's my song!'" It was Jerry Wallace, singing "In the Misty Moonlight."
That changed Jim's opinion of the number, and he decided to cut it on his next session, which was on July 2, 1964.
It took Jerry Wallace's fine singing to demonstrate to Reeves that it was a good quality song.
Jim liked Jerry very much, and I agree with Reeves' opinion. I'm sorry to hear Mr. Wallace passed away.
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