Jimmy wakely biography

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    Jimmy Wakely

    American singer-songwriter

    Jimmy Wakely

    Wakely in I'm from Arkansas (1944)

    Birth nameJames Clarence Wakeley
    Born(1914-02-16)February 16, 1914
    Howard County, Arkansas, U.S.
    DiedSeptember 23, 1982(1982-09-23) (aged 68)
    Mission Hills, California, U.S.
    GenresCountry, Western films
    Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, actor
    Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
    Years active1939-1970s
    LabelsDecca, Capitol, Coral, Dot, Shasta Records

    Musical artist

    James Clarence Wakely (February 16, 1914 – September 23, 1982)[1] was an American actor, songwriter, country music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys. During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, he released records, appeared in several B-Western movies with most of the major studios, appeared on radio and television and even had his own series of comic books. His duet singles with Margaret Whiting from 1949 until 1951, produced a string of top seven hits, including 19

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    The California Death Index has records on:
    Jimmy C. Wakely, born 2/16/1914 in Arkansas, Mother's maiden name of Burgess, passed away on 9/23/1982.
    Dora Inez Wakely, born 1/3/1917 in Oklahoma, Mother's maiden name of Brown, Father's gods name of Miser, passed away on 7/2/1997.

    There are corresponding records at the Social säkerhet Death Index (SSDI) for Jimmy and his wife Inez:
    Jimmy Wakely, Social Security number issued in Oklahoma, born 16 Feb 1914, passed away Sep 1982, gods residence of Sylmar, California.
    Inez Wakely, Social Security number issued in California, born 3 Jan 1917, passed away 2 Jul 1997, last residence of Chatsworth, California.

      Although some of the information is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Jimmy Wakely, Lee "Lasses" White and Dub "Cannonball" Taylor:
         Jimmy Wakely: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906843/
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    Thirty years before the Beatles inspired kids everywhere to pick up guitars and sing, cowboy star Gene Autry did the same thing. Except instead of "Yeah yeah yeah," the rallying call was "Yipee-i-Yay."

    One of the youngsters caught up in the singing cowboy fever was James Clarence Wakeley. Born in Arkansas and raised in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl era, Wakeley sang in gospel groups and played piano as a teenager. Along the way, he dropped the extra "e" and simplified the spelling of his last name to "Wakely."

    By 1937, Wakely had formed a trio, the Bell Boys (they wore pillbox hats and bellboy uniforms), with Johnny Bond and Scotty Harrell, and was performing three times a week on the radio in Oklahoma City. Gene Autry discovered the trio when he passed through Oklahoma on tour and invited them to California to appear on his Melody Ranch CBS network radio show. Now known as the Jimmy Wakely Trio, the act moved to Los Angeles in 1940 to take Autry up on his offer. Wakely and h