Tall Tales and Short Tempers
# Tall Tales and Short Tempers

Tall Tales and Short Tempers is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1961 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LPM-2284). Chet Atkins was the producer.

In Billboard magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys, it was ranked No. 6 among the "Favorite C&W Albums" of 1961.

The album's opening track, "The Blizzard", reached No. 4 on the Billboard country and western chart in March 1961.

## Track listing

Side A

* "The Blizzard" (Howard) [3:22]
* "The Streets of Laredo" (traditional) [3:05]
* "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" (Autry, Long) [3:15]
* "Rodger Young" (Loesser) [3:21]
* "The Fool's Paradise" (Bond) [3:17]

Side B

* "It's Nothin' to Me" (Patterson) [2:21]
* "The Mighty Everglades" (Davis) [2:46]
* "Danny Boy" (Weatherly) [2:13]
* "The Letter Edged in Black" (Carter) [2:24]
* "The Tie That Binds" (traditional) [2:50]
* "The Wreck of the Number Nine" (Robison) [2:17]
