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Jimmie Skinner (April 27, 1909 – October 28, 1979) [1] [2] was an American country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter and acoustic guitarist. [1] He also was known for a mail-order record business and retail store in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Little Jimmy Dickens 4-foot 11 inch star of the Grand Ole Opry. Goldie Hill, the "golden hillbilly", best known for the hit song "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes". Wilf Carter, the "yodeling" cowboy, aka Montana Slim. Jean Shepard, one of Country's leading female vocalists in the 1950s. Webb Pierce, classic honky-tonker who dominated '50s ...
James Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American pop singer. Rodgers had a run of hits and mainstream popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. His string of crossover singles ranked highly on the Billboard Pop Singles, Hot Country and Western Sides, and Hot Rhythm and Blues Sides charts; in the 1960s, Rodgers had more modest successes with adult contemporary mu
On May 16, 1953, the first Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival was held in Meridian. The festival featured appearances by country music singers and other entertainers who were influenced by Rodgers, as well as his family members. The festival was celebrated in an intermittent fashion until it became a recurring event starting in 1972. [136]
James Cavallo (March 14, 1927 – December 2, 2019) [1] [2] was an American musician best known for performing with his band in the 1956 movie, Rock, Rock, Rock, by pioneering music DJ Alan Freed. Jimmy and the Houserockers were the first white band to play at the Apollo Theater in Harlem , where they celebrated the movie's release.
Jimmy Rogers (June 3, 1924 – December 19, 1997) [1] was an American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters's band in the early 1950s. [2]
James Nelson [2] (April 7, 1919 – July 29, 2007), [3] known as Jimmy "T99" Nelson, was an American jump blues and rhythm and blues shouter and songwriter. [1] With a recording career that spanned over 50 years, Jimmy "T99" Nelson became a distinguished elder statesman of American music.
Sir Leslie Ronald Young CBE, known professionally as Jimmy Young (21 September 1921 – 7 November 2016), was an English singer, disc jockey and radio personality. [1] Early in his career in the 1950s he had two number ones, "Unchained Melody" and "The Man from Laramie", both in 1955, and several other top ten hits in the UK chart, but he became better known for his long-running show on BBC ...