![]() Walk into any Goan home in Bombay, from Colaba to Bandra, Byculla to Dhobitalo, or Mahim to Worli, you would invariably hear Jim Reeves playing in their home. In the 1960's and 1970's, many people in the Indian Sub-continent owned gadgets what were known as 'Radiograms' that played LP Record, 78's and 45's in addition to receiving radio programs on Short Wave and Medium Wave Radio. But on the way I used to spend it by listening to Jim Reeves 'Snowflake' on the juke-box, over a cup of coffee, at Cafe Mondegar in Colaba, near Regal Cinema. In Bombay (now Mumbai), during my teens in the mid-sixties, I used to save on bus-fare by walking home from college. His songs were aired daily on request programs of Radio Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and on Emissora de Goa’s (now All India Radio Panjim) Sunday afternoon listener’s choice programme. Jim Reeves was very popular in India and Ceylon for his sentimental songs since in the 1950 and is a popular choice in many Goan homes. Ever since then I’ve remained hooked on to his songs. The first song by Jim Reeves that I heard when I was a kid was ‘He’ll have to go’. Today in the west some people are surprised when I mention Jim's name, while others (born and brought up in North America) have never even heard of him. They were available in Bombay and all other major cities in India. His records were pressed by HMV in Dum-Dum, West Bengal, India. ![]() ![]() His songs were frequently played on Radio Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Emissora de Goa (a radio station in Goa up to 18 December 1961) and All-India-Radio Bombay. Jim Reeves was very popular in India during the 1950’s and 1960’s. ![]()
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