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Jimmy Wakely

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American actor, songwriter, country Western music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys (1914-1982)

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(b Feb 16 1914, died Sept. 23 1982). Seminal country western hitmaker of the 1940's who was signed first to Decca, and later joined Capitol. Wakely also had a national radio show that ran until the 1960's on CBS. His early hits on Decca included 'Too Late', 'Cimmaron', 'Cattle Call', and the WWII patriotic song 'There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere'. While with Capitol he also crossed over onto the Pop charts and recorded seven duets with Margaret Whiting including 'Slippin' Around'

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Howard County
Place of death
Mission Hills
Occupation
singing cowboy
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
Dot Records
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Jimmy Wakely in I'm from Arkansas.jpg
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manner of death
natural causes
date of birth
1914-02-16
date of death
1982-09-25
cause of death
pulmonary emphysema
start of work period
1939-00-00
birth name
James Clarence Wakely
name in native language
Jimmy Wakely
writing language
English language
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Jimmy Wakely
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