Name Jimmy Donley | Role Singer | |
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Died March 20, 1963, Long Beach, Mississippi, United States Albums Anthology, Vol. 1, The Domino Twist, Anthology, Vol. 3 Similar People Johnnie Allan, Joe Barry, Rod Bernard, Warren Storm, Cookie and the Cupcakes | ||
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Jimmy Donley (August 17, 1929 - March 20, 1963) was an American singer-songwriter.
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James Kenneth Donley, a native of Gulfport, Mississippi, began his musical career playing in local bars. He served briefly in the Army before being discharged on psychological grounds, then revived his musical career.
Donley wrote many songs, such as "Born To Be A Loser", that went on to be hits by other artists, including Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis. Some of his songs were credited to Rev. J. Charles Jessup, a preacher to whom Donley sold the rights to his output.
Married six times, and prone to bouts of both heavy drinking and domestic violence, Donley saw his musical career decline in the early 1960s. At the age of 33, he committed suicide, by asphyxiating himself with his car's exhaust fumes.
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