Jimmy Clanton

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Jimmy Clanton

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Jimmy Clanton (born September 2, 1938, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American singer who became known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol".
Brother of Ike Clanton.
His band recorded a hit song "Just A Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958. It reached number four on the Billboard chart. His songs "Just a Dream," "A Letter to an Angel," "Ship on a Stormy Sea," and "Venus in Blue Jeans," each sold over one million copies. In 1959, Clanton starred in a rock and roll movie produced by Alan Freed called "Go Johnny Go", and later in "Teenage Millionaire".
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. Clanton became a disc jockey at WHEX in Columbia, Pennsylvania between 1972 and 1976 and performed in an oldies revue in the 1970s.

Clanton was inducted into The Museum of the Gulf Coast Hall of Fame and The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

Had to remove "Jimmy Clanton & The Heartbeats" from 'groups' because discogs say they have no releases/don't exist.

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Another Sleepless Night

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Venus In Blue Jeans

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Just a Dream

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Go Jimmy Go

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A Letter to an Angel

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What Am I Gonna Do

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Go, Jimmy, Go

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My Love Is Strong

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The Devil Can't Take It

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Pardon Me, Do You Know Jesus

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May 17, 2025

Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre

Red Bank, New Jersey, United States

  • 1. Go Jimmy Go

  • 2. Just a Dream

  • 3. Venus in Blue Jeans

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March 23, 2025

Ruth Eckerd Hall

Clearwater, Florida, United States

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February 11, 2023

NYCB Theatre at Westbury

Westbury, New York, United States

  • 1. It's All in the Game / Tear Drops

  • 2. Go Jimmy Go

  • 3. Just a Dream

  • 4. Venus in Blue Jeans

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December 4, 2021

Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre

Red Bank, New Jersey, United States

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February 9, 2019

Parker Playhouse

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

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