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Encyclopedia > Jimmy Clanton

Jimmy Clanton, known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol"[1], and his band recorded a hit song "Just A Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958 for the Ace Records label. It reached number four on the Billboard charts and sold over a million copies. Clanton performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. He toured with popular artists like Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Platters.[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Swamp pop musician Jivin Gene, circa 1959. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ace Records was started in August 1955 in Jackson Mississippi by Johnny Vincent, with Teem Records as its budget subsidiary. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Antoine Dominique Fats Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist. ... Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935), also known by the nickname The Killer, is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... The Platters was a successful vocal group of the early rock and roll era. ...


History

Clanton was born September 2, 1940 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and formed his first band in 1956 while in high school. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


One of the few white singers to come out of the New Orleans R&B/rock & roll sound, he rode the crest of the popular teen music wave in the 1950s and '60s with such songs as 'Just a Dream' and 'Venus in Blue Jeans'. He even continued to release hits after he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1961 and served for two years. Clanton became a disc jockey in the 1970s and performed in an oldies revue, The Masters of Rock 'n' Roll, with Troy Shondell, Ray Peterson, and Ronnie Dove. He is reputed to have had a religious conversion in the 1980s. In the 1995 Jazz Fest in New Orleans, Clanton performed with Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, and Frankie "Sea Cruise" Ford. Troy Shondell was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on May 14, 1940. ... Ray A. Peterson (April 23, 1935 - January 25, 2005) was an American pop music singer. ... New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (aka Jazz Fest) is an annual celebration of the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Ray Charles was the stage name of Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004). ... Charles Edward Anderson Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. ...



Clanton starred in a rock 'n' roll movie produced by Alan Freed called Go Johnny Go, and later starred Teenage Millionaire.[3] Alan Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965), also known as Moondog, was an American disc-jockey (DJ) who became internationally known for promoting African-American Rhythm and Blues (R&B) music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of Rock and Roll. ...


Notes

  1. ^ Jimmy Clanton Songs. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
  2. ^ Jimmy Clanton. Museaum of the Gulf Coast. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
  3. ^ Jimmy Clanton. IMBD. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.

For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

External links

  • List of songs
  • Venus in Blue Jeans - lyrics
  • A Letter Home - lyrics

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VH1.com : Jimmy Clanton : Biography (828 words)
Clanton was born in Baton Rouge, LA on September 2, 1940.
Clanton joined forces with a rival band leader, pianist Dick Holler (later the author of "Abraham, Martin and John"), in The Rockets, a combo that was hot enough to justify a 1957 trip to New Orleans and a visit to Cosimo Matassa, who owned the only recording studio in the city.
Clanton became a disc jockey in the 1970s and performed in an oldies revue of his own.
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