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Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)
Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer), James Frederick Rodgers (1933-2021), American pop-folk vocalist of Camas, Washington, distinct from the country singer of the same name; scored 1957 number one "Honeycomb" on Roulette Records.
Jimmie Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan (born 1951, Dallas) is an American blues-rock guitarist and singer, founder and lead guitarist of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan; known for Tuff Enuff, Family Style, and a restrained traditional blues style.
Jimmy Bain
Jimmy Bain, full name James Stewart Bain (1947–2016), was a Scottish bassist who played in Rainbow and Dio, co-wrote "Rainbow in the Dark", and co-founded Wild Horses.
Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Barnes (James Dixon Barnes, born 1956, Glasgow) is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer, former Cold Chisel frontman and solo artist with fifteen #1 solo ARIA albums, twice in the ARIA Hall of Fame.
Jimmy Bower
Jimmy Bower (James Joseph Bower III, born 1968) is a New Orleans multi-instrumentalist, drummer and founding member of Down and guitarist and founding member of sludge band Eyehategod, also of Crowbar and Superjoint.
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023), American singer-songwriter, creator of "Margaritaville" and leader of the Coral Reefer Band; built the Margaritaville business empire, led the Parrothead fan culture, and died September 1, 2023, aged 76.
Jimmy Capps
Jimmy Capps (James D. Capps, 1939–2020), American country guitarist, Grand Ole Opry staff band lead guitarist from 1967 and Nashville A-Team session player on "The Gambler," "Stand By Your Man," "He Stopped Loving Her Today," and "Amarillo By Morning."
Jimmy Carl Black
Jimmy Carl Black (James Inkanish, Jr., 1938-2008), American drummer and vocalist of Cheyenne ancestry, original drummer of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, later Geronimo Black, the Grandmothers, and the Muffin Men.
Jimmy Chamberlin
Jimmy Chamberlin (born 1964, Joliet, Illinois) is an American jazz-trained rock drummer, founding drummer of the Smashing Pumpkins, later of Zwan and the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, known for technique and unmuffled open drum sounds.
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff (James Chambers, 1944-2025), Jamaican reggae pioneer, star of The Harder They Come, two-time Best Reggae Album Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Order of Merit recipient.
Jimmy Crack Corn
"Jimmy Crack Corn", also known as "Blue-Tail Fly", is an American minstrel song first published in 1846 and usually attributed to Dan Emmett of the Virginia Minstrels.
Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean (1928-2010), American country singer, TV host, and sausage entrepreneur; hit "Big Bad John" (1961), ABC's The Jimmy Dean Show, founded Jimmy Dean Meat Company, Country Music Hall of Fame 2010.
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona, known for the 2001 album Bleed American and the hit "The Middle".
Jimmy Fortune
Jimmy Fortune, born 1955 in Williamsburg, Virginia, is an American country and gospel singer who was the tenor of the Statler Brothers from 1982 until their 2002 retirement.
Jimmy Griffin
Jimmy Griffin (James Arthur Griffin, 1943–2005), American singer-guitarist, founding member of soft rock band Bread and co-writer of the 1970 Oscar-winning song "For All We Know."
Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath (1926-2020), American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator; NEA Jazz Master 2003; "Little Bird" of bebop; Riverside albums, "Gingerbread Boy," and the Heath Brothers band.
Jimmy Iovine
Jimmy Iovine, also known as James Iovine, is an American record executive and producer from Brooklyn, New York, best known as co-founder of Interscope Records and Beats Electronics.
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Jimmy Jam (James Harris III) and Terry Lewis are a Minneapolis songwriting and production duo, ex-members of The Time fired by Prince in 1983, famous for Janet Jackson's Control and Rhythm Nation, five Grammys, and a record 16 Hot 100 and 26 R&B No. 1 hits.
Jimmy McCulloch
Jimmy McCulloch (James McCulloch), Scottish rock guitarist (1953–1979), teenage guitarist on Thunderclap Newman's UK No. 1 "Something in the Air" and lead guitarist of Paul McCartney's Wings 1974–1977, died at 26 in London.
Jimmy McShane
Jimmy McShane (James Harry McShane, 1957-1995), Derry-born dancer and singer, frontman of Italo disco act Baltimora of "Tarzan Boy" fame (UK No. 3, US No. 13); died of AIDS in 1995.
Jimmy Napes
Jimmy Napes (James Napier) is a British songwriter and producer behind Sam Smith hits Stay With Me, Writing's on the Wall (Oscar-winning 2015 Bond theme), and Unholy, plus Disclosure's Latch and Clean Bandit's Rather Be.
Jimmy Osmond
Jimmy Osmond (James Arthur Osmond, born 1963, Canoga Park, California), also Little Jimmy Osmond, youngest Osmond sibling; youngest solo UK No. 1 artist with "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" (1972); later businessman and producer.
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page (born 1944) is the English guitarist, producer, and Led Zeppelin founder who was also a prolific 1960s British session player and Yardbirds lead guitarist.
Jimmy Pop
Jimmy Pop (James Moyer Franks, born 1972, Trappe, Pennsylvania) is the frontman, vocalist, and chief lyricist of alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang, known for "The Bad Touch" and albums Use Your Fingers through Hefty Fine.
Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin (Jimmy Lee Ruffin, 1936-2014), American Motown soul singer from Collinsville, Mississippi, elder brother of Temptations lead David Ruffin; known for "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (1966) and "Hold On (To My Love)".
Jimmy Smith (musician)
Jimmy Smith (James Oscar Smith, 1928-2005), American jazz organist from Norristown, Pennsylvania, called the Charlie Parker of the Hammond B-3; Blue Note and Verve soul-jazz pioneer, NEA Jazz Master 2005.
Jimmy Smith discography
Jimmy Smith discography: catalog of jazz organist Jimmy Smith (1928-2005), over 100 albums; Blue Note 1956-63 (The Sermon!, Back at the Chicken Shack), Verve 1962-72 with Wes Montgomery, later Milestone and Dot Com Blues.
Jimmy Somerville
Jimmy Somerville (James William Somerville, born 1961, Glasgow) is a British synth-pop singer with a soaring falsetto, lead singer of Bronski Beat ('Smalltown Boy') and the Communards ('Don't Leave Me This Way', UK No. 1, 1986), solo from 1989.
Jimmy Sturr
Jimmy Sturr (born 1941, Florida, NY) is an American polka bandleader leading Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra, winner of 18 Grammys from 24 nominations, mostly in Best Polka Album/Recording, with over 100 albums and a mainstream pop-country polka style.
Jimmy Urine
Jimmy Urine is the professional name of James Euringer (born 1969), an American musician and actor best known as co-founder and frontman of the electropunk band Mindless Self Indulgence.