The famous Jameses below have many different professions, including notable actresses named James, famous comedians named James, and even political figures named James. His father found Rodgers his first job working on the railroad, as a water boy. James I was king of Scotland (as James VI) before he became king of both England and Scotland. Johnny Cash (who said the first record he ever heard was Jimmie Rodgers, and covered Rodgers' "In The Jailhouse Now") tried for to emulate Rodgers' signature yodel on a duet of "Hey, Porter" with Marty Stuart on his 1982 album Busy Bee Cafe with Earl Scruggs on banjo. In 1977, Taylor won a second Grammy for his cover of "Handy Man." At the age of three, he moved with his family to North Carolina, where he lived for the rest of his childhood (though his well-off family usually spent summers on Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts). "[5] In the next two years this recording sold nearly half a million copies, rocketing Rodgers to stardom. He moved to the United States in 1971. It lasted from 2:00 pm to 4:20 pm and yielded two songs: "The Soldier's Sweetheart" and "Sleep, Baby, Sleep". His duet with Patti Austin, "How Do You Keep the Music Playing," earned an Oscar nomination for best original song in 1983. In 2000, Taylor was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. [citation needed], He announced one of the tracks on the album might be called "The Awakening" saying, "I want to write about this idea of an awakening of some kind. 1219, San Antonio, Texas; and Interview (6/2006) with James A. Skelton, Pres. 24 in the US with 24,000 copies in its first week. The master was put aside and subsequently lost. "It reach out and grabbed me and it has never let go of me." "He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity.

In the 1900 Census for Daleville, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Jimmie's mother, Eliza (Bozeman) Rodgers, was listed as already having had seven children, with four of them still living at that date. James Marsden, of Enchanted, X-Men, and 27 Dresses, is certainly one of the most famous Jameses on this list. Soundtrack | P.S.

As a result, he had a ten-minute set on the main stage before Hard-Fi came on (Weston Park). Rodgers was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and, as an early influence, to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. During the summer of 2007, Morrison headlined the Forestry Commission's Forest Tour. [28], This article is about the early twentieth-century country singer. In the book, Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music, the song "T.B. The Greatest Singers of the Past 30 Years. Elvis Presley was also quoted as mentioning Rodgers as an important influence, stating he was a big fan. In 2008, Morrison released his second album, Songs for You, Truths for Me, which entered the top five in the UK as well as topping the Irish Albums Chart. In 2010 Morrison wrote a song called "Quello Che Dai" for the Italian singer Marco Carta from his upcoming album "Il Cuore Muove". He made his acting debut as a teen in... 14 Things You Didn't Know About James McAvoy, The Most Trustworthy Celebrities in the World. During this final recording session Rodgers was so weakened from years of fighting tuberculosis that he had a nurse accompanying him on May 24, and needed to rest on a cot between songs. Ingram, an Ohio native, got his start as a musician with the band Revelation Funk and later played keyboards for Ray Charles. Ernest Tubb considered Rodgers an idol and began each episode of his radio show Midnite Jamboree with a Rodgers recording, a tradition that the Jamboree has continued after Tubb's death. "[18] The video was shown on The Hits, The Box and Smash Hits music channels.

The pair recorded Bryant's song "Mother, the Queen of My Heart" in 1932.

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Another of the famous people with the first name James is director James Cameron, known for iconic films such as Avatar and Titanic. James Bay (born James Michael Bay on 4 September 1990) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. And it's done me just fine. Jimmie Rodgers made a surprise comeback in 1955 when country star Hank Snow, his band The Rainbow Ranch Boys, and guitarist Chet Atkins recorded new instrumental backings to Rodgers's old solo performances. 9", "Jimmie Rodgers: The Father of Country Music", "In A Kenyan Village, A 65-Year-Old Recording Comes Home", "Jimmie Rodgers – This Week on Highway 61", "Meridian Star – Jimmie Rodgers honored with Blues Trail Marker", "2013 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Announced", Discography of American Historical Recordings, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)&oldid=990057562, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Articles with incomplete citations from December 2016, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using Template:Infobox musical artist with unknown parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2019, All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from October 2019, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "I've Ranged, I've Roamed and I've Travelled", "Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family". The Jackson 5. When talking about the album, Morrison stated that the music had 'moved on' a lot from the first album but not to the point where fans of his previous album wouldn't be able to "get it".[12]. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music",[1] he is best known for his distinctive rhythmic yodeling. Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. He was 35 years old. [18] Earnings from his recordings at the peak of his career enabled Rodgers to build his "dreamhouse" for his family in Kerrville, Texas, a location chosen partly for health reasons.[17]. For the later country/pop singer of the same name, see, Jimmie Rodgers wearing a railroad-man costume in 1931, The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas. In late July 1927, Rodgers' bandmates learned that Ralph Peer, a representative of the Victor Talking Machine Company, was coming to Bristol to hold an audition for local musicians, later to become known as the Bristol sessions.

Chester James Carville Jr. (born October 25, 1944) is an American political commentator, media... James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and journalist. Unusual for a music star of his era, Rodgers rose to prominence based upon his recordings, among country music's earliest, rather than concert performances – which followed to similar public acclaim. Did we forget one of your favorite famous men named James? James D. Watson is a Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist and researcher credited with co-discovering the double-helix structure of DNA. The Union, a collaborative album between Elton John and Leon Russell, featured a song entitled "Jimmie Rodgers' Dream". This was his second top ten single following the success of "You Give Me Something". Ben Wilson & Morrison became acquainted with Kevin Andrews, who produced Morrison's first demo tape and co-wrote the song "One Last Chance"—which would later be re-recorded and appear on his debut studio album, Undiscovered. At the 2007 V Festival he played his full set on the main stage. Gandolfini began acting in the New York theater.

After spending ten years doing stage work he finally moved to L.A. to pursue a career in film and television. His... James Brolin (born July 18, 1940) is an American actor, producer, and director. By age 13, he had twice organized and begun traveling shows, only to be brought home by his father. of the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Foundation, Meridian, Mississippi. Rodgers decided to travel to Asheville, North Carolina, later that same year. Blues" on his best-selling live albums Okie from Muskogee (1969) and Fightin' Side of Me (1970). He relocated to Tucson, Arizona, and was employed as a switchman by the Southern Pacific Railroad. "[9] She cowrote or wrote nearly 40 songs for Rodgers. After those stays, he played the 1969 Newport Folk Festival. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11. (Other nominations were for the Best British Breakthrough Act and Best British Single Shortlist.) 3 in their respective chart categories. Civil rights leader James Farmer headed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and organized the historic Freedom Rides of 1961. The recording engineer hired two session musicians to help Rodgers when he returned a few days later. Taylor has been sober since 1984. His parents were both of Italian origin. Following the release of his 1968 debut album, James Taylor, which received a positive reception from critics but didn't sell well, Taylor returned to the United States. James Adam Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Chicago, to Agnes Demetri (Samaras) and... 2. 1978-04-19. How many celebrities named James can you think of? It rose again the next week to number four and was charting at number five, twenty weeks after release. James Vernon Taylor was born on March 12, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts. I've written a song with that title, which I'm really happy with. After early roles in The Glory... James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor. After some years of covering other musicians' songs, he eventually started to write his own. At the Concert for Diana on 1 July 2007, he performed the songs "Wonderful World" and "You Give Me Something" in honour of Princess Diana.

Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, USA. It topped the UK Albums Chart on its first week of its release. Ja'net Dubois and Oren Waters. This gave Songs For You, Truths For Me its first number one chart placement and gave Morrison his second number one album. After appearing in several guest roles... McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse, and James McAvoy senior, a bus driver. I just keep convincing myself that I'm not good enough. In the feature world, Lafferty supported in ... Born and raised in Los Angeles, Lesure served in the Air Force Academy before attending the University of Southern California, where he received his bachelor's degree in theater. [17], In 2010, Morrison announced that he had been working on his third studio album. In the writing process for this album he worked with Ryan Tedder, Dan Wilson, Martin Terefe, Martin Brammer, Chris Braide and Steve Robson.