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Jimmy Clanton (born 2 September 1940, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 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. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Baton Rouge (French Bâton-Rouge ˌbætən ˈruːdʒ in English, and in French) is the capital city of Louisiana. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America Swamp pop is a musical genre indigenous to the Acadiana region of south Louisiana and an adjoining section of Southeast Texas. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ace Records was a Record label that It reached number four on the Billboard charts and sold over a million copies. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Clanton performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. He toured with popular artists like Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Platters. Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans Louisiana) is a classic R&B and Rock and roll Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter The Platters were a successful vocal group of the early Rock and roll era [2]

History

Clanton formed his first band in 1956 while attending Baton Rouge High School. Baton Rouge Magnet High School is a Magnet school in the East Baton Rouge Parish School system and was founded in the early 1890s

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," "Go Jimmy Go" and "Venus in Blue Jeans. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. " He even continued to release hits after he was drafted into the U. S. Army in 1961 and served for two years. .

Clanton starred in a rock and roll movie produced by Alan Freed called Go Johnny Go, and later starred in Teenage Millionaire. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Alan Freed (December 15 1921 &ndash January 20 1965 also known as Moondog, was an American Disc-jockey who became [3]

Clanton became a disc jockey at WHEX in Columbia, Pennsylvania between 1972 & 1976 and performed in an oldies revue also in the 1970's, The Masters of Rock 'n' Roll, with Troy Shondell, Ray Peterson, and Ronnie Dove. Columbia is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 28 miles (45 km southeast of Harrisburg on the Susquehanna River across from Gary "Troy" Shondell (born May 14 1940, Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American vocalist, who achieved a modicum Ray T Peterson ( April 23 1935 &ndash January 25 2005) was an American Pop music singer He 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. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, often known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the Music and Culture of New Orleans and New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St Frankie Ford (born August 4 1939) is an American Rock and roll and Rhythm and blues Singer.

Along with such well-known performers as Tex Ritter, B. J. Thomas, Janis Joplin, ZZTop and B. J. Thomas, Jimmy Clanton was inducted into The Museum of the Gulf Coast Hall of Fame. In April 2007, Jimmy Clanton was honored for his contributions to Louisiana music by induction into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.

In December 2007, Jimmy was voted by fans worldwide as a member of the first class of inductees to the Hit Parade Hall of Fame joining an elite group that also included (alphabetically) Paul Anka, The Beatles, Tony Bennett, Pat Boone, Beach Boys, Teresa Brewer, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Chubby Checker, Nat "King" Cole, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond, Fats Domino, Four Seasons, Aretha Franklin, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Johnny Mathis, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Patti Page, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Neil Sedaka, and Frank Sinatra. [4]

Notes

  1. ^ Jimmy Clanton Songs. Retrieved on 2006-11-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal
  2. ^ Jimmy Clanton. Museum of the Gulf Coast. Retrieved on 2006-11-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal
  3. ^ Jimmy Clanton. IMBD. Retrieved on 2006-11-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal
  4. ^ Welcome To The Hit Parade Hall Of Fame. hitparadehalloffame. org. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.

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