He'll Have to Go (album)

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He'll Have to Go
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 1957-October 1959
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
Jim Reeves chronology
The Intimate Jim Reeves
(1960)
He'll Have to Go
(1960)
Tall Tales and Short Tempers
(1961)

He'll Have to Go is a compilation album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1960 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LPM-2223).[1][2] The album included two No. 1 hits: "He'll Have to Go" and "Billy Bayou".[3]

Unlike other Jim Reeves albums, this was a compilation of previously issued non-LP singles and EP tracks. In 1962, RCA reissued this album in "electronic stereo" (RCA LSP-2223 (e)). All twelve songs, including the title track, were presented in "electronic stereo" even though "He'll Have To Go" was issued in true stereo on a 1960 single (RCA 61-7643, 1960), and true stereo masters existed for five other songs.

In Billboard magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys, it was ranked No. 4 among the "Favorite C&W Albums" of 1960.[4]

Track listing[edit]

Side A

  1. "He'll Have to Go" [2:16]
  2. "I Love You More" [2:22]
  3. "Wishful Thinking" [1:59]
  4. "Honey, Won't You Please Come Home" [1:59]
  5. "I'm Beginning To Forget You" [2:09]
  6. "Billy Bayou" [2:02]

Side B

  1. "If Heartache Is The Fashion" [2:23]
  2. "Partners" [2:13]
  3. "Theme Of Love" [2:04]
  4. "I'd Like To Be" [2:00]
  5. "After Awhile" [2:08]
  6. "Home" [1:58]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jim Reeves - He'll Have to Go". Discogs. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Jim Reeves - He'll Have to Go". Allmusic.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 264. ISBN 0823076326.
  4. ^ "Favorite C&W Albums". The Billboard. October 31, 1960. p. 24.