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Jimmy Wayne Jamison (August 23, 1951 – September 1, 2014) was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1988, performing the songs "Burning Heart" from the film Rocky IV, "The Moment of Truth" from The Karate Kid, along with other top-20 Survivor hits "I Can't Hold Back", "High On You", "The…
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- Jimi Jamison: Live at Firefest VIII — Lead Vocals2011
- Jimi Jamison - Live At Firefest — Vocals2010
- Survivor: Live In Japan '85 — Lead Vocals1985
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Jimmy Wayne "Jimi" Jamison (August 23, 1951 – August 31, 2014) was a rock vocalist, best known for the songs as the classics such as "Burning Heart", "I Can't Hold Back", "Eye Of The Tiger" and Baywatch TV show theme "I'm Always Here" just to name a few, in addition of some songs from his recent duet album with Bobby Kimball and his brand new solo album "Never Too Late". In 2005, Jamison was featured in the Emmy-nominated Starbucks commercial which was a parody of "Eye of the Tiger". <a href="
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wayne
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Holmes County
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atco Records
- Official website
- www.survivormusic.com
- Image
- Jimi Jamison 2013 (cropped).jpg
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- date of death
- 2014-08-31
- date of birth
- 1951-08-23
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- birth name
- Jimmy Wayne Jamison
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- partner in business or sport
- Bobby Kimball
- web feed URL
- www.survivormusic.com/feed
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