Is $1.6 Million Jimmy Clanton Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Jimmy Clanton (Born September 2, 1938, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) Is...
Jimmy Clanton Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Jimmy Clanton (born September 2, 1938, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) is an American singer who became known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol". His band recorded a hit song "Just A Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958 for the Ace Records label. It reached number four on the Billboard chart and sold a million copies. Clanton performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstand and toured with popular artists like Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Platters.
Net Worth
$1.6 Million
Date Of Birth
September 2, 1940
Place Of Birth
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Profession
Soundtrack, Actor
Nicknames
Jimmy Clanton, Clanton, Jimmy
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
1
Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
2
In 1959, he was the first to record "My Own True Love" ("Tara"s Theme" from Gone with the Wind (1939) and later the theme from TV's Million Dollar Movie (1955)), reaching #33 US Pop.
3
His brother, Ike Clanton, played the bass for famed guitarist Duane Eddy ("Rebel Rouser","Cannonball", "Peter Gunn","Forty Miles Of Bad Road" ).
4
He had breakthrough hit in 1958 with the standard "Just A Dream"(#4 US Pop).
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les seigneurs
2012
performer: "Just a Dream" / writer: "Just a Dream"
Rock & Chips
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
performer: "Just A Dream" / writer: "Just A Dream"
