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Columbia Records. RCA Victor. Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010) [ 1] was an American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials, and his likeness and voice continue to be used in advertisements after his death.
The Passions are an American doo-wop group from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn . The quintet recorded a few demos in 1958, at which time Tony, Albee and Vinny began looking for replacements who were more career-minded. Another group in Bensonhurst had what they needed; when the three Sinceres heard Runarounds lead singer Jimmy Gallagher, they knew he ...
Jimmie Allen. James Edward Allen (born June 18, 1985) [ 3][ 4] is an American country music singer and songwriter. He was signed to Broken Bow Records imprint Stoney Creek, for which he released the two singles "Best Shot" and "Make Me Want To" and the 2018 album Mercury Lane.
"You Are My Sunshine" is an American standard of Old-time and Country music and one of the official state songs of Louisiana. Its original writer is disputed. [2] [3] [4] According to the performance rights organization BMI, by the year 2000 the song had been recorded by over 350 artists and translated into 30 languages. [5] Written and ...
Big Bad John. "Big Bad John" is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean, who wrote and composed it. [ 1] It was released in September 1961 and by the beginning of November it had gone to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for ...
Alex North. Lyricist (s) Hy Zaret. " Unchained Melody " is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the prison film Unchained (1955), [ 1 ] hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. [ 2 ] It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of ...
Call Me Irresponsible. " Call Me Irresponsible " is a 1962 song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics written by Sammy Cahn which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1963. According to the Mel Tormé book The Other Side of the Rainbow with Judy Garland on the Dawn Patrol, Van Heusen originally wrote the song for Garland to sing ...
Jimmy Charles (born 1942) [1] is an American singer with a distinctive "crying style". He was born in Paterson, New Jersey, [1] and before he sang professionally, he performed at churches and community functions. When Charles was 12 years old, he began to study singing with jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott. At 16, he entered the amateur talent shows ...