JIMMY SCOTT

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James Victor "Jimmy" Scott (July 17, 1925 – June 12, 2014), also known as "Little" Jimmy Scott, was an American jazz vocalist famous for his unusually high contralto voice, which was due to Kallmann's syndrome, a very rare genetic condition.

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James Victor Scott was born on July 17, 1925, in Cleveland. The third of 10 children, he lived in orphanages and foster homes after his mother was killed in a car accident when he was 13. After singing in local nightclubs for a few years, he went on the road in 1945 with a vaudeville-style show headed by Estella Young, a dancer and contortionist. He moved to New York City in 1947 and joined Lionel Hampton’s band a year later.

His 1950 recording of “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” with Hampton set the pattern for his later work. A mournful ballad of love gone wrong, the song was delivered with feverish intensity and
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"Very Truly Yours" (aka Roots Of Early Soul On Savoy Volume1)
Vocal Jazz 1955
JIMMY SCOTT If You Only Knew album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
If You Only Knew
Vocal Jazz 1956
JIMMY SCOTT The Fabulous Songs Of Jimmy Scott (aka All Over Again) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Fabulous Songs Of Jimmy Scott (aka All Over Again)
Vocal Jazz 1960
JIMMY SCOTT Falling in Love Is Wonderful album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Falling in Love Is Wonderful
Vocal Jazz 1963
JIMMY SCOTT The Source album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
The Source
Vocal Jazz 1970
JIMMY SCOTT Little Jimmy Scott album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Little Jimmy Scott
Vocal Jazz 1984
JIMMY SCOTT Jimmy Scott & The Jazz Expressions : Doesn't Love Mean More album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jimmy Scott & The Jazz Expressions : Doesn't Love Mean More
Vocal Jazz 1990
JIMMY SCOTT All the Way album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All the Way
Vocal Jazz 1992
JIMMY SCOTT Lost and Found album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lost and Found
Vocal Jazz 1993
JIMMY SCOTT Dream album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dream
Vocal Jazz 1994
JIMMY SCOTT Heaven album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Heaven
Vocal Jazz 1996
JIMMY SCOTT Holding back the years album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Holding back the years
Vocal Jazz 1998
JIMMY SCOTT Mood Indigo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mood Indigo
Vocal Jazz 2000
JIMMY SCOTT Over the Rainbow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Over the Rainbow
Vocal Jazz 2001
JIMMY SCOTT But Beautiful album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
But Beautiful
Vocal Jazz 2002
JIMMY SCOTT Moon Glow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Moon Glow
Vocal Jazz 2003
JIMMY SCOTT A Cup of Inspiration album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Cup of Inspiration
Vocal Jazz 2010
JIMMY SCOTT I Go Back Home: A Story About Hoping And Dreaming album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Go Back Home: A Story About Hoping And Dreaming
Vocal Jazz 2017

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JIMMY SCOTT Live In New Orleans album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In New Orleans
Vocal Jazz 1991
JIMMY SCOTT Unchained Melody album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Unchained Melody
Vocal Jazz 2002
JIMMY SCOTT All Of Me: Live In Tokyo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All Of Me: Live In Tokyo
Vocal Jazz 2004

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JIMMY SCOTT Can't We Begin Again (aka Roots Of Early Soul On Savoy Volume3) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Can't We Begin Again (aka Roots Of Early Soul On Savoy Volume3)
Vocal Jazz 1976
JIMMY SCOTT All Over Again album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All Over Again
Vocal Jazz 1994
JIMMY SCOTT Everybody's Somebody's Fool album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Vocal Jazz 1999
JIMMY SCOTT The Savoy Years and More album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Savoy Years and More
Vocal Jazz 1999
JIMMY SCOTT Bravo Profiles: A Jazz Master album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bravo Profiles: A Jazz Master
Vocal Jazz 1999
JIMMY SCOTT Les Incontournables album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Les Incontournables
Vocal Jazz 2000
JIMMY SCOTT Timeless Jimmy Scott album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Timeless Jimmy Scott
Vocal Jazz 2002
JIMMY SCOTT Someone To Watch Over Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Someone To Watch Over Me
Vocal Jazz 2004
JIMMY SCOTT The Essential Jimmy Scott album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Essential Jimmy Scott
Vocal Jazz 2005
JIMMY SCOTT Milestone Profiles: Jimmy Scott album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Milestone Profiles: Jimmy Scott
Vocal Jazz 2006
JIMMY SCOTT The Savoy Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Savoy Recordings
Vocal Jazz 2010
JIMMY SCOTT Great Scott! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Great Scott!
Vocal Jazz 2014

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