Jimmy clanton biography 1940

American singer (born 1938)

Musical artist

Jimmy Clanton (born September 2, 1938) is an American singer who became known as the "swamp popR&Bteenage idol".^[1] His band recorded a hit song "Just a Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958 for the Ace Records label.

It reached number four on the Billboardchart and sold a million copies.^[2] Clanton performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstand and toured with popular artists like Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and the Platters.^[3]

Career

Clanton formed his first band called the Rockets in 1956 while attending Baton Rouge High School.

One of the few white singers to come out of the New Orleans R&B/rock & roll sound, he rode the crest of the popular teen-music wave in the 1950s and 1960s. His records charted in the U.S. Top 40 seven times (all released on Ace); his Top 10 records were: the song "Just a Dream," (Pop #4, R&B #1 in August 1958, credited to 'Jimmy Clant