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ALBUMKisses Sweeter Than Wine (JR Version (Remastered)) - SingleJimmie Rodgers
Albums by Jimmie Rodgers
ALBUMSongs America SingsJimmie Rodgers, The Lamplighters & The Limeliters
ALBUMSecretlyJimmie Rodgers
ALBUMBallads 1958Jimmie Rodgers
ALBUMEverybody Needs LoveJimmie Rodgers
ALBUMJust a Closer Walk With TheeJimmie Rodgers
ALBUMIt's Christmas Once Again (With Joe Reisman & His Orchestra)Jimmie Rodgers
ALBUMClassic JimmieJimmie Rodgers
ALBUMWindmills Of Your MindJimmie Rodgers
ALBUMChild of ClayJimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers's Popular Music Videos
Honeycomb (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 3, 1957)
Jimmie Rodgers
Artist Biography
Best known for his No. 1 hit “Honeycomb,” Jimmie Rodgers was a singer and actor who rose to stardom in the ’50s with country and pop-inspired singles.
∙ While serving in the Air Force during the Korean War, Rodgers decided to pursue a career in music after seeing how emotional his fellow soldiers got when he sang to them.
∙ His 1957 rendition of Bob Merrill’s “Honeycomb” was his first No. 1 single in the US and earned a RIAA Gold certification.
∙ In 1958, he recorded the title song for the hit film The Long, Hot Summer, which starred Hollywood legends Paul Newman and Orson Welles.
∙ On-air for just a year, The Jimmie Rodgers Show was broadcast in 1959, and he returned to TV as the host of another variety show in the summer of 1969.
∙ Between 1958 and 1967, 20 of his songs entered the Billboard Hot 100, including “Are You Really Mine,” which reached No. 10.
∙ Rodgers earned Grammy nominations for two of his songs: 1958’s “Oh, Oh, I’m Falling In Love Again” and 1967’s “Child of Clay.”
Hometown
Camus, WA, United States
Genre
Country