How Jim handled things
Edited by board administrator January 23, 2014, 7:13 pm
I tell a story in my book about how Ray Baker wrote a song called "There's A Heartache Following Me." Jim helped him polish it, hence both their names were listed on the song sheet. On the day of the recording session, during a break Jim and Ray were in the control room and Reeves glanced down and saw the paperwork that Chet Atkins was compiling on the songs being recorded. Jim took out his pen and crossed off his name on "There's A Heartache..." thus giving Ray 100% songwriter's credit for the composition. The result of this act of kindness is that over the years it has earned Mr. Baker a tidy sum of money in royalties, because it has also been recorded by other artists and even some rock groups. That's the kind of man Jim Reeves was, compared with Ray Winkler or John Hathcock. He knew Ray Baker needed some financial help and rather than be greedy, he helped him out.
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