On this day (April 17) in 1960, Jim Reeves was in the 10th week of a 14-week run at the top of the Hot Country Songs chart with “He’ll Have to Go.” At the time, it was the longest-running No. 1 on the ...

Sixty years ago today, Jim Reeves was at No. 1 on the country chart with a song that would later keep the Beatles out of the top spot.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the time Jim Reeves topped the charts with "Distant Drums" in May 1966, the country singer had already been dead for nearly two ...

On May 15, 1966, Reeves reached No. 1 on the country charts in the U.K. with the haunting ballad, which would go on to become one of the most remarkable posthumous hits in country music history. The ...