Jimmy Scott
Though Jimmy Scott would eventually become known for his jazz ballad singing, the Cleveland-born vocalist who started out with the bands of Lionel Hampton and Paul Gayten began his solo career in the early 1950s recording commercial R&B material. Scott suffered from a rare condition known as Kallman's syndrome, which, among other things, kept his voice in a high, feminine range that was unusually distinctive. He recorded some classic material for Savoy before moving on to various other labels, but in the '90s he had a mainstream comeback with a series of dreamy major-label recordings featuring a mix of standards and more eclectic material.
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Albums
- (2008) Everybody's Somebody's Fool
- (2007) Guilty
- (2007) Recess in Heaven
- (2007) Imagination
- (2007) Smile
- (2007) Am I Wrong?
- (2007) Rain in my Eyes
- (2006) Milestone Profiles: Jimmy Scott
- (2006) All Or Nothing at All: The Dramatic Jimmy Scott
- (2006) Over The Rainbow
- (2006) Mood Indigo
- (2006) But Beautiful
- (2006) Moon Glow
- (2006) Rhino Hi-Five: Jimmy Scott
- (2005) Timeless: Jimmy Scott
- (2005) The Fabulous Songs of Jimmy Scott
- (2005) Falling In Love Is Wonderful
- (2005) The Source
- (1999) Everybody's Somebody's Fool
- (1998) Holdin Back the Years
- (1996) Heaven
- (1994) Dream
- (1993) Lost and Found
- (1986) All the Way
Top Tracks
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- Jealous Guy
- Unchained Melody
- Over The Rainbow
- Smile
Related Artists
- Carmen McRae
- Johnny Hartman
- Jimmy Witherspoon
- Sarah Vaughan
- Dinah Washington
- Ray Charles
- Abbey Lincoln
- Shirley Horn
- Dakota Staton
- Antony and the Johnsons
- LaVern Baker
- Charles Brown
- Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
- Irene Kral
- Johnnie Ray
- Paul Gayten
- Johnny Mathis
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Horace Andy
- Ella Fitzgerald
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