Posted by Gary Bryson on February 17, 2014, 4:12 pm
Does anyone know if there exists a video of the Country Music Hall of Fame induction of Jim Reeves? I think the year was 1967, but I have never seen a video of it, and I would like to.
Re: 1967 Hall of Fame
Posted by Mike Slater on February 17, 2014, 4:31 pm, in reply to "1967 Hall of Fame"
Gary, the year Jim was inducted was 1967, but I have no idea if this was ever filmed.
Re: 1967 Hall of Fame
Posted by Gary Bryson on February 17, 2014, 5:06 pm, in reply to "Re: 1967 Hall of Fame"
Thanks Mike. Maybe Larry would know.
Re: 1967 Hall of Fame
Posted by Larry Jordan on February 17, 2014, 5:27 pm, in reply to "Re: 1967 Hall of Fame"
I'm sure it was filmed but who knows where that footage might be? There are also color pictures of Mary standing on stage with the award. She was wearing a full length gown. She ran one of these pictures in a full page magazine ad promoting Jim Reeves Enterprises.
She took me to visit the Hall of Fame (which was then in a MUCH smaller building) when I first visited her in 1968. She told me that before Jim died, they tried to hit him up for a donation of $10,000 I think it was, in order to have his name engraved. She told me neither one of them liked that idea, though Jim was of course supportive of the concept of a museum that would honor the country greats. But Mary was treated like a celebrity when she and I arrived on a Sunday afternoon. Fans recognized her and she was mobbed by autograph hounds. This was my first time meeting her though we had corresponded for two years. She had picked me up in Jim's Cadillac and chauffeured me around town. I felt pretty important leaving the Hall of Fame with Mrs. Jim Reeves!
I still have some color photos I took that day and I remember she was wearing a hot pink dress. These are actually slides and I have been intending to get prints made sometime. When I do I will post something on my blog.
Re: 1967 Hall of Fame
Posted by Gary Bryson on February 17, 2014, 6:24 pm, in reply to "Re: 1967 Hall of Fame"
The Hall of Fame should have film of it. If they don't then someone messed up. But even if they do, how would anyone get to see it?
Re: 1967 Hall of Fame
Posted by Larry Jordan on February 17, 2014, 7:21 pm, in reply to "Re: 1967 Hall of Fame"
Good question. They have A LOT of stuff in their archives on various artists that is not being utilized.
on February 17, 2014, 4:12 pm