# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-reeves
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:23:19.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-reeves"
name: "Jim Reeves"
slug: "jim-reeves"
description: "James Travis Reeves was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. One of the earliest pioneers and practitioners of the Nashville sound, he played a central role in the sonic development of country music in the 1960s. Known as \"Gentleman Jim\", his songs continued to chart for years after his death in a plane crash. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame."
tagline: "American country singer (1923–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Reeves_1963.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1923-08-20"
deathDate: "1964-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.47913466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716224/"
    handle:    "nm0716224"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Ev0e8GUIX4u7d9etNLTXg"
    handle:    "2Ev0e8GUIX4u7d9etNLTXg"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jim-reeves.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيم ريفز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B2"
    title: "جيم ريفز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیم ریوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%90_%EB%A6%AC%EB%B8%8C%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "짐 리브스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Reeves (amerykański piosenkarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ривз, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves"
    title: "Jim Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2c05faf7-5cc8-4476-9daa-d177ad75cd34"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q362435"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump