Jimmy Holiday
1 record in the archive · 1967
About the artist
Jimmy Holiday (born 24 July 1934 in Sallis, Mississippi; died 15 February 1987 in Iowa City, Iowa, aged 52) was an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter whose reputation as a composer ultimately outstripped his success as a performer; his first record, 'How Can I Forget', reached the US R&B top ten in 1963, and after moving from Everest to the New Orleans label Minit in 1966 he cut a run of well-regarded singles and the album 'Turning Point'. He co-wrote 'Put a Little Love in Your Heart' with Jackie DeShannon and Randy Myers, a number four US pop hit in 1969, and later wrote for Ray…