Tall Tales and Short Tempers is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released in 1961 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no.

Chet Atkins was the producer.

[1][2] In Billboard magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys, it was ranked No.

[3] The album's opening track, "The Blizzard", reached No.

4 on the Billboard country and western chart in March 1961.