Jimmy Holiday
geboren am 24.7.1934 in Sallis, MS, USA
gestorben am 15.2.1987
Jimmy Holiday
Jimmy Holiday (24 July 1934 15 February 1987) was an American R&B singer and songwriter. Born in Sallis, Mississippi, he recorded for Everest Records in the 1960s and later moved to the New Orleans label Minit.[1] His debut recording "How Can I Forget" reached the top ten on the R&B charts in 1963.[1] Holiday's best-known composition is "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", co-written with Jackie DeShannon and Randy Myers.[1][2]
Jimmy Holiday died in 1987 in Iowa City for heart failure.[1][2]
Notable compositions
- "Baby I Love You" (Aretha Franklin, 1967)
- "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (Jackie DeShannon, 1969)
- "All I Ever Need Is You" (Ray Charles, 1971)
Notes
- 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pack, Richard. Jimmy Holiday. Allmusic. Retrieved on 27 October 2012.
- 2.0 2.1 Talevski, Nick (2006). Knocking on Heaven's Door: Rock Obituaries, p. 274275, Omnibus Press.
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