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Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves? Posted by AllenC (Alan C) on September 24, 2007, 12:49 am 64.12.116.204 Some of you may recall the wonderful soprano, Millie Kirkham who did background vocals for the who's who in Nashville back in the day. She worked with notable artist such as Patsy Cline and Elvis Presley to name a couple. An unmistakable voice but I have yet to find any detail whether she ever worked on any of Jim Reeves sessions. I had the good fortune of seeing her perform along with the Jordanaires a few months ago and she sounds as great now as she did back then .  Post a Response

Re: Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves? Posted by AllenC (Alan C) on September 25, 2007, 2:44 pm, in reply to "Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves?" 64.12.117.11 Didn't she sing on Jim's Anna Marie??  Post a Response

Re: Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves? Posted by Steve Drummond on September 25, 2007, 9:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves?" 74.197.66.34 Yes, according to the disography in the Welcome to My World box set. Sept. 3, 1957 she was listed as "vocal chorus" on the session that also included "Sea Breeze" & "Blue without my baby." Douglas G. Kirkham was listed as guitarist on same session.  Post a Response

Re: Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves? Posted by AllenC (Alan C) on September 25, 2007, 11:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves?" 205.188.117.11 Thanks Steve!! Ironic, that you answered this very question tonight just after I spoke with her by phone! This week I contavted Ray Walker at his office and he put me thru to Millie at her home in Nashville. Little has been documented and said about the legendary vocalist who added so much depth and emotion to so many classic records since the 1950's. I have been compiling a list of session vocalist for a project I have been putting together that celebrates these artist who help make everybody else sound better, Millie was part of the Anita Kerr singers who worked with Jim. She recorded hits with everybody from Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry" to George Jones, "He Stopped Loving Her Today". Her haunting soprano added so much depth to recordings and is unmistakable. She confirmed tonight that she had kept a log in the 50's, 60's and 70's of all her session work but has lost her 1950's book was lost long ago and she cannot remeber all her sessions because she was constantly working and the fact that many of the songs she worked on became classics was an afterthought. She said that keeping these logs was vital that she got paid in those days. I asked a few questions about Jim and she said he was a perfectionist in the studio and would insist on re-recording songs to his satisfaction!  Post a Response

Re: Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves? Posted by AllenC (Alan C) on September 26, 2007, 2:40 am, in reply to "Re: Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves?" 205.188.117.11 too bad there there isn't an edit button! lol I type too hastily!  Post a Response

Re: Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves? Posted by Steve Drummond on September 26, 2007, 9:17 am, in reply to "Re: Millie Kirkham & Jim Reeves?" 74.197.66.34 Agree. I misspelled discography.  Post a Response

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