Songs Performed or Written by Jimmy HolidayTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Jimmy Holiday (July 24, 1934 – February 15, 1987) was an American R&B singer and songwriter. Holiday was born in Sallis, Mississippi, United States. He recorded for Everest Records in the 1960s and later moved to the New Orleans label Minit Records. His first recording "How Can I Forget" reached the top ten on the US Billboard R&B chart in 1963. His debut album Turning Point peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard R&B albums chart in 1966. Holiday's best-known... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: All I Ever Need Is You - #2: Baby I Love You - #3: Put a Little Love in Your Heart - #4: Put a Little Love in Your Heart - #5: Don't Change on Me
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  Jimmy Holiday
1.
03/1963

How Can I Forget
Jimmy Holiday greentick

32 pts
57
US






8
R&B


[Everest 2022]
written by Ed Townsend, Bernard Solomon & Murray Cohen
2.
06/1963

Poor Boy
Jimmy Holiday greentick

4 pts
124
US










[Everest 2027]
written by J. Baird & Lucky White
3.
11/1965

The New Breed
Jimmy Holiday greentick

3 pts
115
US










written by Jimmy Easter greentick
Baby I Love You
4.
07/1966

Baby I Love You
Jimmy Holiday greentick

from Turning Point   
12 pts
98
US






21
R&B


[Minit 32002]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Ronny Shannon
  Ray Charles
5.
09/1966

I Chose to Sing the Blues
Ray Charles

from A Man and His Soul   
34 pts
32
US






22
R&B


[ABC 10840]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Ray Charles
6.
03/1967

Something Inside Me
Ray Charles

4 pts
112
US










[ABC/TRC 10901]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick
  Jimmy Holiday
7.
03/1967

Everybody Needs Help
Jimmy Holiday greentick

from Turning Point   
7 pts
116
US






36
R&B


[Minit 32016]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick
  Lowell Fulson
8.
04/1967

Make a Little Love
Lowell Fulson

13 pts
97
US






20
R&B


as Lowell Fulsom
[Kent 463]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Mike Akapoff
  Ray Charles
9.
05/1967

Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It
Ray Charles

4 pts
105
US










[ABC/TRC 10938]
written by Cliff Chambers, Jimmy Holiday greentick & Jimmy Lewis
  Aretha Franklin
Baby I Love You
10.
07/1967

#2  Baby I Love You
Aretha Franklin

from Aretha Arrives   Aretha Arrives
209 pts
4
US






1
R&B
39
UK
[Atlantic 2427]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Ronnie Shannon
  Jimmy Holiday
11.
07/1967

I Wanna Help Hurry My Brothers Home
Jimmy Holiday greentick

3 pts
132
US










written by Jimmy Holiday greentick, E. Jones & Ed Wright
  Ray Charles
12.
02/1968

That's a Lie
Ray Charles

23 pts
64
US






11
R&B


[ABC/TRC 11045]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Ray Charles
  Jimmy Holiday
13.
06/1968

Spread Your Love
Jimmy Holiday greentick

from Spread Your Love   
3 pts








35
R&B


[Minit 32040]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick
  Ray Charles
14.
06/1968

Understanding
Ray Charles

from A Portrait of Ray   A Portrait of Ray
28 pts
46
US






13
R&B


US B side to Eleanor Rigby
[ABC/TRC 11090]
written by Ray Charles & Jimmy Holiday greentick
15.
05/1969

Let Me Love You
Ray Charles

11 pts
94
US






28
R&B


[ABC/TRC 11213]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick
  Jackie DeShannon
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
16.
06/1969

#3  Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Jackie DeShannon

from Put a Little Love in Your Heart   Put a Little Love in Your Heart
175 pts
4
US
2
AC








[Imperial 66385]
written by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday greentick & Randy Myers
  Al Perkins
17.
08/1969

Yes, My Goodness, Yes
Al Perkins

2 pts








48
R&B


[Atco 6693]
written by Bobby Womack, Jerry Butler & Jimmy Holiday greentick
  The Dave Clark Five
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
18.
10/1969

Put a Little Love in Your Heart
The Dave Clark Five

28 pts










31
UK
written by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday greentick & Randy Myers
  Jackie DeShannon
19.
11/1969

Love Will Find a Way
Jackie DeShannon

from Put a Little Love in Your Heart   Put a Little Love in Your Heart
32 pts
40
US
11
AC








[Imperial 66419]
written by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday greentick & Randy Myers
  Ray Charles
20.
12/1969

Claudie Mae
Ray Charles

4 pts
111
US










[ABC/TRC 11251]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick
  Susan Raye
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
21.
01/1970

Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Susan Raye

from One Night Stand   
3 pts




30
ctry






[Capitol 2701]
written by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday greentick & Randy Myers
  Jackie DeShannon
22.
02/1970

Brighton Hill
Jackie DeShannon

from To Be Free   
21 pts
82
US
9
AC








[Imperial 66438]
written by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday greentick & Randy Myers
  Little Milton
Baby I Love You
23.
04/1970

Baby I Love You
Little Milton

24 pts
82
US






6
R&B


[Checker 1227]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Ronnie Shannon
  The Raelettes
24.
12/1970

Bad Water
The Raelettes

17 pts
58
US






40
R&B


[Tangerine 1014]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick, Jackie DeShannon & Randy Myers
  Ray Charles
25.
03/1971

#5  Don't Change on Me
Ray Charles

from Love Country Style   
44 pts
36
US
22
AC




13
R&B


[ABC/TRC 11291]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Eddie Reeves
  Penny DeHaven
26.
06/1971

Don't Change on Me
Penny DeHaven

from Penny DeHaven [1972 album]   
2 pts




42
ctry






[United Artists 50787]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Eddie Reeves
  Ray Sanders
All I Ever Need Is You
27.
10/1971

All I Ever Need Is You
Ray Sanders

from A Rose by Any Other Name Alone   
6 pts




18
ctry






[United Artists 50827]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Eddie Reeves
  Sonny & Cher
28.
10/1971

#1  All I Ever Need Is You
Sonny & Cher

from All I Ever Need Is You   
249 pts
7
US
1
AC






8
UK
[Kapp 2151]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Eddie Reeves
  Little Richard
29.
08/1973

In the Middle of the Night
Little Richard

1 pts








71
R&B


[Greene Mountain 413]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick
  Gene Watson
30.
01/1975

Bad Water
Gene Watson

from Love in the Hot Afternoon   Love in the Hot Afternoon
1 pts




87
ctry






[Resco 630]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick, Jackie DeShannon & Randy Myers
  High Inergy
31.
06/1978

We Are the Future
High Inergy

from Steppin' Out   
1 pts








77
R&B


[Gordy 7160]
written by Friendly Womack, Jimmy Holiday greentick, Mel Bolton & Troy Laws
  Kenny Rogers & Dottie West
32.
02/1979

All I Ever Need Is You
Kenny Rogers & Dottie West

from Classics   
28 pts
102
US
38
AC
1
ctry






[United Artists 1276]
written by Jimmy Holiday greentick & Eddie Reeves
  Annie Lennox & Al Green
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
33.
11/1988

#4  Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Annie Lennox & Al Green

from Scrooged: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack   Scrooged: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
159 pts
9
US
2
AC


29
dance


28
UK
[A&M 1255]
written by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday greentick & Randy Myers

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