Making Believe A Jim Reeves Cover Sung – By Gehan Gunasekera
“Making Believe” is a country music song written by Jimmy Work. Kitty Wells recorded a chart-topping version in 1955. The song is on many lists of all-time greatest country music songs and has been covered by scores of artists over the past fifty years, including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Don Gibson, Roy Acuff, Lefty Frizzell, Wanda Jackson, Connie Francis, Ray Charles, Anita Carter, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Ernest Tubb, Skeeter Davis are some of the stars that covered this beautiful ballad. The song is occasionally called “Makin’ Believe”.
Singer-songwriter Work released the song as a single in February 1955 on Dot Records, and it reached #5 on Billboard’s country music jukebox charts. A month later, singer Kitty Wells released the song as a single which hit #2 on the country charts and remained there for 15 weeks, still a record for a song in the runner-up position on the country Billboard charts. The song was blocked to #1 by the 21-weeks long stint by a song titled “In the Jailhouse Now” by Webb Pierce.
This song is a melancholy ballad about not getting over a former lover. The singer daydreams that they are still loved by the old flame even while fully knowing “you’ll never be mine” again.
This is a Jim Reeves Cover, which I hope you’ll enjoy! Thank You for listening, and as always your thoughts and comments are always welcome.
Vocals & Bass: Gehan Gunasekera
Musical Arrangement: Vilmos Pinter
