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Jim Gilstrap

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American singer

Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • X-Files Anthology Vol. 3: Secret Agendas

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1946-11-10

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Listeners
10,315
Total plays
42,791

Tags

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Jim Gilstrap was born in Texas and first came to prominence in the U.K. with his top ten pop hit 'Swing Your Daddy' which reached #4 in 1975, penned by U.K. songwriter Kenny Nolan. Albums followed, however, the first single became a hard act to follow and Jim moved into recording with other artists from Stevie Wonder to England Dan and John Ford Coley. Jim was one of the featured background vocalists on the John Travolta / Olivia Newton John movie soundtrack to the film 'Grease', in 1978 <a hr

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jim
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Pittsburg
Occupation
singer
Genre
soul
Instrument
voice
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date of birth
1946-11-10
start of work period
1967-00-00
birth name
James Earl Gilstrap
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