Jimmy Holiday

Genres:	R&B / Soul
Decades Active:	1960s, 1980s, 1990s
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Biography

24 July 1934, Durant, Mississippi, USA, d. 15 February 1987. This versatile singer first came to prominence in 1963 with the self-penned ‘How Can I Forget?’ which was covered at the same time by Ben E. King. Holiday later joined the Minit label where he made several excellent recordings, ranging from the ‘Memphis’-influenced R&B of ‘You Won’t Get Away’ to the urban soul of ‘I’m Gonna Move To The City’. His biggest hit on Minit was ‘Baby I Love You’ (1966), a bigger hit for Little Milton in 1970. Holiday also recorded with former Raelette Clydie King, and later pursued a career as a songwriter on his departure from the label. A partnership with Randy Myers and Jackie DeShannon produced several excellent compositions, including the much-covered ‘Put A Little Love In Your Heart’, recorded successfully in 1989 by Al Green and Annie Lennox. Holiday died of heart failure in 1987.

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