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Jim Reeves

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05 March 2014 at 1:42pm | IP Logged 
I have always been a fan of the late Jim Reeves. He had a beautiful voice and his songs can be downloaded from Youtube. He was killed in a plane crash in 1964, 50 years ago. I downloaded his Afrikaans album and then googled the lyrics. This has been a pleasant way to improve my Afrikaans although his pronunciation needed improvement.

Learning the words to Sarie Marais motivated me to learn about the history of the Boer War. I have learnt several of the songs by heart which is a pleasant way to review vocabulary.

Another favourite singer was Francoise Hardy and I have all of her early recordings, googled the words, and know many of her songs by heart.
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06 March 2014 at 12:05am | IP Logged 
Thanks for this information, Bill! I had no idea that Jim Reeves had recorded songs in Afrikaans. I definitely have to check out those songs!
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