MORE JIM REEVES
ITEMS
FROM JAMES NEWBERRY'S COLLECTION
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READ A LETTER FROM MR. NEWBERRY HERE
Jim's gold record awards from South Africa.
Gold and platinum record awards from the Scandinavian
countries.
(Upper left) a gold record award for "The Jim
Reeves Collection" (RCA Special Products); upper right is
THE record award for "Distant Drums;" and below is
the Golden Dove achievement award for Jim's many religious recordings.
Here is the famous award Jim received for "He'll
Have to Go," which sold over 3 million copies in the U.S.
alone in 1960. This is significant because this was the only
Gold record Reeves received in the U.S. while he was alive.
Awards from Disc magazine.
(Left) An award presented to Mary Reeves by RCA in
recognition of 5 million records sold by Jim in the previous
10 years; a platinum award for "Distant Drums" from
overseas.
A platinum record award presented by the British-based
Arcade records for a compilation they issued years ago on Jim
Reeves. It is reported that this is the largest-selling album
Jim ever had worldwide.
This is the last major award Mary was presented to
commemorate 40 years of Jim on RCA records.
