Jimmy Beasley

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James Edward "Jimmy" Beasley (born September 30, 1929 or 1931 in Kansas City , Missouri ) is a former American rhythm and blues musician ( vocals , piano ), whose style was based on Fats Domino .

Live and act

Beasley, whose parents were from Texas, grew up in Kansas City and began his career as a singer in the Aces Quartet and the Sonny Kenner Trio before beginning to accompany himself on the piano. After moving to Los Angeles in 1954, where he briefly studied theology, he worked in King Perry's band , which made recordings for Hollywood Records. a. Beasley's title Back to Kansas City . In 1955 he also worked with Johnny Otis and Maxwell Davis .

In the mid-1950s, at Maxwell's suggestion, Beasley took up his own songs in New Orleans, such as Ella Jane (with Plas Johnson ) and titles such as Little Coquette / Don't Feel Sorry for Me , My Happiness / Jambalaya and Near You / I'm So Blue for the R&B label Modern Records with the backing band of Dave Bartholomew in Cosimo Matassa's studio, which were not very successful in the R&B charts. Fats Domino successfully covered Beasley's 1956 single Don't Feel Sorry for Me , which was remotely based on 1955's Domino's Don't Blame It on Me . From 1957 he worked for Alan Freed in New York, wrote song material for Fats Domino, played with Thurston Harris and appeared in various television shows, a. a. with Al Jarvis and Steve Allen With Maxwell Davis, Johnny's House Party was created in 1957 (cover of a Johnny Heartsman title.)

Beasley recorded again for Modern Records in the 1960s. In 1970 he played in night clubs in Nevada; in the following years he performed at various blues festivals. A stroke ended his career in the 1990s. His original recordings were re-released by Ace Records under the title Jimmy's House Party .

Discographic notes

  • Fabulous Jimmy Beasley (Modern, 1956)
  • Jimmy's House Party (Modern, 1957, reissued as Twist with Jimmy Beasley , Crown, 1961)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Jimmy Beasley Story
  2. ^ Bob L. Eagle, Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues: A Regional Experience . 2013 - page 356
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 29, 2014)
  4. ↑ http://www.uncamarvy.com/RhythmAces/rhythmaces.html
  5. ↑ http://acerecords.co.uk/jimmys-house-party
personal data
SURNAME Beasley, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beasley, James Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1929 or September 30, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas City , Missouri , United States