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James Whild Lea (born 14 June 1949) is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, piano, violin, guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade from their inception until 1992, and for co-writing most of their songs.
Jim or James Lea may refer to: . Jim Lea (athlete) (1932–2010), American sprinter Jim Lea (musician) (born 1949), English bass guitarist James Neilson Lea (1815–1884), Louisiana politician and jurist
Therapy is the debut studio album by English musician Jim Lea, best known as the former bassist and songwriter of the British rock band Slade. Although Therapy is Lea's first solo album, he had previously released material as singles under various pseudonyms since the early 1980s. [2]
The Dummies was a musical project formed by Slade bassist Jim Lea and his brother Frank Lea in 1979. Between 1979 and 1981, they released three singles and recorded a number of original and Slade songs, which were collected on the 1992 album A Day in the Life of the Dummies.
Known for his unique and powerful voice, Holder co-wrote most of Slade's material with bass guitarist Jim Lea including "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Merry Xmas Everybody". After leaving Slade in 1992, he diversified into television and radio work, notably starring in the ITV comedy-drama series The Grimleys (1999–2001
In 1979, Jim Lea would record his own version of the song with his brother Frank as part of his side-project The Dummies. It was released as a single by Cheapskate Records in December 1979, [19] added to Radio One's playlist and became Paul Burnett's "Record of the Week". However, the single suffered from distribution problems, and by the time ...
The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and was produced by John Punter. "Myzsterious Mizster Jones" reached number 50 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for five weeks. [2]
A music video was filmed to promote the single, which featured the band performing the song in a room with a black and white chequered floor and surrounded with large mirrors. [9] [10] In the UK, the band performed the song on the TV shows Supersonic and Jim'll Fix It. [11]