Jimmie Ellis
1 record in the archive · 1970
About the artist
Jimmy 'Preacher' Ellis (born James Ellis, 17 August 1934 in Foreman, Arkansas; died 16 September 2022 in Dallas, Texas, aged 88) was an American blues and soul guitarist and singer who was raised from 1950 in Seattle, where he sang with the gospel group the Traveling Four before forming the doo-wop group the Centuries; he went solo in 1964, moved to Los Angeles, and recorded across two decades for Movin', Ride, Kris, Space, Jewel, Salem, Hip-Delic and Cotillion, his output ranging from blues and R&B through psychedelic funk to 1970s soul. "Happy To Be (The Man You Like To See)", which he…