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Chanteur Country US né le 1er
Décembre 1931 à
Bishopville (Caroline du Sud). Jim Nesbitt est décédé le 29 Novembre 2007.
US Country singer born on December 1, 1931 in
Bishopville (South Carolina).
Jim Nesbitt was a South Carolina deejay who had a flair for tongue-in-cheek
humor. This talent put his name on the Country charts thirteen times between
1961 and 1970. Many of his songs tended toward Talking Blues and recitations,
but most displayed a clever wit-often directed to political satire-which
delighted numerous radio and live audiences. Little detail is available on
Nesbitt's life, but during his years on the charts, he worked as a deejay at
WAGS radio in his hometown of Bishopville, which was some twenty-five miles west
of the larger city of Florence. There he made television appearances with Slim
Mims and his Dream Ranch Boys. Jim recorded initially for Dot and then for Chart,
the same company that would later elevate Junior Samples to his first taste of
fame. While Jim never got the national television exposure that raised Samples
to star status, he did do much better on the record charts. His initial
appearance in front of a national audience came in the spring of 1961 with
Please Mr. Kennedy, which reached the Top 15. The song, based on The Ballad Of
Davy Crockett, was initially released on Country Jubilee and Ace, becoming a hit
on Dot. Two years later Livin' Offa Credit made a brief appearance. However, his
biggest number came in 1964 on Chart with Looking for More In '64, which
remained on the charts for nearly six months and reached the Top 10. Done in a
Talking Blues style, the single satirized the level of rising expectations that
resulted from the current presidential election. A North Carolina gubernatorial
hopeful, Dan K. Moore, used it successfully for a campaign theme. It inspired a
series of sequels: Still Alive In ‘65, Heck of a Fix In '66, Clear the State in
‘68 and Having Fun in '71, the first two of which also charted in the Top 40. In
between these singles, Jim had other humorous ditties like Mother-in-Law (Top
20, 1964), A Tiger in My Tank (Top 15) and The Friendly Undertaker (Top 25) (both
1965), You Better Watch Your Friends (Top 50, 1966) and Runnin' Bare (Top 20,
1970). Other songs by Jim poked gentle fun at the problem of [Air] Pollution,
Spiro [Agnew] and Social Security. His name vanished form the charts after 1970,
but he came back with an album titled Phone Call From The Devil, in 1976 (undoubtedly
a reaction to Jerry Jordan's Phone Call From God). After that, Nesbitt seemingly
dropped from the national scene. Bruce Jones of the Jones Brothers, a popular
Carolina Bluegrass band, reports that a few years ago Nesbitt was located in
Florence, South Carolina engaged in the mobile home business.
Jim Nesbitt passed away on November 29, 2007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Nesbitt
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Truck Driving, Contemporary Country, Country Comedy
Looking For More In '64
Mother-In-Law
(1964)
FRIENDLY UNDERTAKER (1965)
LIVING THE LIFE OF RILEY (1968)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1961 | SP ACE 621 (US) | Please Mr. Kennedy / Horse Race |
| 02/1961 | SP DOT 45-16197 (US) | Please Mr. Kennedy / Horse Race |
| 10/1961 | SP RUSH Rush 2003 (US) | Husband In Law / New Frontier |
| 03/1962 | SP SMASH S-1746 (US) | Husband In Law / New Frontier |
| 12/1962 | SP DOT 45-16424 (US) | Livin' Offa Credit / I'm A Married Man |
| 03/1964 | SP CHART 1065 (US) | Jim Nesbitt
with guitarist Bill Moore
- Looking For More In '64
/ (Go On And) Cry Me A
River
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| 08/1964 | SP CHART 1100 (US) | Jim Nesbitt
with guitarist Bill Moore
-
Mother-In-Law
/
If You Don't Love Me (Tell Me Now)
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| 12/1964 | SP CHART 1165 (US) | Tiger In My Tank / I Can't Stand This Livin' Alone |
| 04/1965 | SP CHART 1200 (US) | Still Alive In '65 / I Laughed When You Said You Were Leaving |
| 07/1965 | SP CHART 1240 (US) |
Friendly
Undertaker
/ Crying And Waiting For You |
| 11/1965 | SP CHART 1290 (US) | You Better Watch Your Friends / You're No Good |
| 03/1966 | SP CHART 1320 (US) | She Didn't Come Home / Working All My Life |
| 07/1966 | SP CHART 1350 (US) | Heck Of A Fix In '66 / I'm From The Country |
| 11/1966 | SP CHART 1410 (US) | Stranded /se Modern Things |
| 04/1967 | SP CHART 1445 (US) | Husbands-In-Law / I Want To Have My Operation On TV |
| 09/1967 | SP CHART 59-1008 (US) | Quittin' Time / So Many Times |
| 01/1968 | SP CHART 59-1018 (US) |
Truck Drivin'
Cat With Nine Wives
/ Social Security |
| 05/1968 | SP CHART 59-1039 (US) | Clean The Slate In '68 / Husband Is The Last One To Know |
| 1968 | SP CHART 59-1043 (US) | Clean The Slate In '68 / Husband Is The Last One To Know |
| 09/1968 | SP CHART 59-1055 (US) | Six Broken
Hearts /
Living The Life Of Riley
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| 04/1969 | SP CHART 59-5004 (US) | If You See Me Brother / I'm Yeller |
| 08/1969 | SP CHART CH-5023 (US) | Intoxicated Frustrated Me / It's Great To Stay In The USA |
| 01/1970 | SP CHART CH-5052 (US) | Runnin' Bare / Good Woman Is Hard To Find |
| 05/1970 | SP CHART CH-5070 (US) | My Old Drinking Friends / When They Sent My Old Lady To The Moon |
| 09/1970 | SP CHART CH-5096 (US) | Pollution / Spiro |
| 12/1970 | SP CHART CH-5112 (US) | I Love Them Old Nasty Cigarettes / Nice Guys Always Finish Last |
| 05/1971 | SP CHART CH-5131 (US) | Havin' Fun In '71 / Here Today And Here Tomorrow |
| 12/1971 | SP CHART CH-5150 (US) | Going Home To Die / I Am A Married Man |
| 05/1973 | SP CHART CH-5193 (US) | Bars Put Me Behind Those Bars / Mr Jones (I Want To Merry Your Wife) |
| 09/1973 | SP CHART CH-5202 (US) | Whiskey Sampler / From The Moment You're Born |
| 1975 | SP CAPRICORN CPS-0236 (US) | Shaving Cream / Suck It Up Suds |
| 01/1976 | SP SCORPION SC-0500 (US) | Phone Call From Devil / Drop In The Bucket |
| 05/1976 | SP SCORPION SC-0505 (US) | Short Sheriff / Overseas By Rail |
| 09/1976 | SP SCORPION SC-0513 (US) | Run For A Life / Twenty Years And Holding |
| 1988 | SP TWO FOLD 8884 (US) | Lizard Man / Sexual Desire |
| 19?? | SP Rally 569 (US) | I'm A Married Man / Livin' Offa Credit |
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Albums
| 1964 | LP 12" CHART CLP-6500 (US) |
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YOUR FAVORITE COMEDY AND HEART SONGS - Lookin' For More In '64 / Mother-In-Law / Right Around Home / These Modern Things / You Better Watch Your Friends / Baby You've Cleaned Me Out / Working All My Life / I Can't Make It By Myself / I Laughed When You Said You Were Leaving / Something About You That I Like / Ain't No Way To Get Around It / If You Don't Love Me (Tell Me Now) |
| 01/1968 | LP 12" CHART CHM-1005 (mono) / CHS-1005 (stereo) (US) |
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TRUCK DRIVIN' CAT WITH NINE WIVES - Truck Drivin' Cat With Nine Wives / Living The Life Of Riley / I'm Yeller / She Didn't Come Home / So Many Times / Friendly Undertaker / Quittin' Time / Social Security / I Ain't Never Been Passed / Husband Is The Last One To Know / Intoxicated Frustrated Me / Tiger In My Tank |
| 04/1970 | LP 12" CHART CHS-1031 (US) |
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RUNNIN' BARE - Runnin' Bare / Pollution / It's Great To Stay In The USA / My Old Drinking Friends / Good Woman Is So Hard To Find / When They Sent My Old Lady To The Moon / Nice Guys Always Finish Last / Stranded / If You See My Brother / Six Broken Hearts |
| 06/1971 | LP 12" CHART CHS-1044 (US) |
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THE BEST OF JIM NESBITT - Havin' Fun In '71 / Truck Drivin' Cat With Nine Wives / I'm Yeller / Tiger In My Tank / It's Great To Stay In The USA / Social Security / Runnin' Bare / Stranded / Quittin' Time / Friendly Undertaker / Pollution / When They Sent My Old Lady To The Moon |
| 1976 | LP 12" SCORPION SCS-0001 (US) |
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PHONE CALL FROM DEVIL - Phone Call From The Devil / Short Sheriff / Bull Tongue Sandwich / Overseas By Rail / etc... |
| 01/1999 | CD LOST GOLD LG-3208 (US) |
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THE KING OF COUNTRY COMEDY - Runnin' Bare Nesbitt / Tiger In My Tank / Looking For More In 64 / Truck Drivin' Cat With Nine Wives / Shaving Cream / Phone Call From The Devil / It's Great To Stay In The USA / I'm Yeller, Stranded / Please Mr Kennedy / Husband In Law / You Better Watch Your Friends / These Modern Things / Friendly Undertake / Clean The Slate In '68 / I Love Those Old Nasty Cigarettes / Mother In Law / I'm A Married Man / Horse Race / Livin' Offa Credit |
© Rocky Productions 11/12/2004
