Jimmie Young

Jimmie Young first appeared in NYC with jazz artists Marian & Jimmy McPartland, Jack Teagarden, Bud Freeman, in jazz festivals opposite Dave Brubeck's Quartet, and live performances opposite Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Cozy Cole and Buddy Rich.

In the late 60s Jim was called on to play in a revolutionary Broadway show called "Hair". He also appeared in "Company", "Old Calcutta", "Sweet Charity", "Starlight Express", and "Grand Hotel". He has also played live with many well known singing acts such as Dihann Carroll, Vic Damone, Julius LaRosa, Florence Henderson, Nancy Wilson, Jack Jones and Gloria Lynne.

The 70's began Jim's fulltime recording career. His first hit record was Everybody Plays the Fool (The Main Ingredient,) Many hits followed such as Mandy (Barry Manilow), Supernatural Thing (Ben E King), Never Can Say Goodbye (Gloria Gaynor), StarWars (Meco), Dance, Dance, Dance (Chic), Turn the Beat Around (Vicky Sue Robinson), Found a Cure (Ashford & Simpson), New York, New York (Frank Sinatra), and Conga (Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine). He also appeared with many recording stars such as Phoebe Snow, Stevie Wonder, Art Garfunkle, Starland Vocal Band, Silver Convention, and Roberta Flack.

TV credits include The Ed Sullivan Show, The Miss America Pageant, The Grammy Hall of Fame Awards, Sesame Street 10th Anniversary Special, The Carol Burnett/Julie Andrews 10th Reuinion from Lincoln Center, The Mike Douglas Show, China Beach, NBC’s Showtime at the Apollo and The Macy’s Day Parade on NBC. Complete Savages, Everybody Hates Chris, My Name Is Earl, The Simpsons, Will and Grace, Starsky and Hutch, You, Me and Dupree.

Movie score credits include: Network, The Fan, You light up my Life, Eddie and the Cruisers, All That Jazz!, Radio Days, Good Will Hunting,

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