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Big Jim Sullivan
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941
- Active to
- 2012
Discography
- Sitar Beat1967
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- 5,102
- Total plays
- 32,263
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Big Jim Sullivan (born James George Thompkins, 14th February 1941, in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England; died 2nd October 2012) was an English popular music musician, whose career started in 1959. During his time he was the most prolific session guitarist in the UK, playing on 55 number one UK hit singles. Sullivan was born at Uxbridge Hospital, and he later went to Woodfield Secondary School, in Cranford, London. By 1959, at the the 2I's coffee club, Sullivan met Marty Wilde, and was invited to bec
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jim
- Family name
- Sullivan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Uxbridge
- Place of death
- Billingshurst
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- sitar
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- date of birth
- 1941-02-14
- date of death
- 2012-10-02
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
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