Jimmy Clanton (born September 2, 1938) 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. == Career == Clanton formed his... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Just a Dream - #2: Go, Jimmy, Go - #3: Venus in Blue Jeans - #4: Another Sleepless Night - #5: A Letter to an Angel| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1958 | Just a Dream | 240 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1958 | 173 | US 4 • US R&B ✫1 | MP3 | as Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets [Ace 546] written by Jimmy Clanton | |||
| 2. | 10/1958 | 40 | US 25 | MP3 | [Ace 551] written by Jimmy Clanton | |||
| 3. | 11/1958 | 27 | US 38 • US R&B 28 | MP3 | [Ace 551] written by Jimmy Clanton | |||
| 2. | 1960 | Jimmy's Blue | 49 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 04/1960 | 49 | US 22 | MP3 | [Ace 585] written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield | |||
| 3. | 1962-1963 | Venus in Blue Jeans | 124 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 08/1962 | 114 | US 7 | MP3 | [Ace 8001] written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield | |||
| 2. | 01/1963 | 10 | US 77 | MP3 | [Ace 8005] written by Kenny Karen & Howard Greenfield | |||
| 4. | 1963-1969 | 9 | MP3 | |||||
| 1. | 12/1963 | 4 | US 115 | MP3 | [Philips 40161] written by Jack Keller & Larry Kolber | |||
| 2. | 11/1969 | 6 | US 97 | MP3 | [Laurie 3508] written by Gary Osborne | |||
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