Jimmy Young first became serious about recording after his friend and mentor of many years Ben E. King (Stand By Me)introduced him to Bob Gallo.
Bob Gallo is a very talented musician , arranger and composer. Bob has produced many hit records in the 60's 70's and 80's while working for Atlantic Records and CBS Records. Some of Bob hits included such artists as James Brown, The Young Rascals, Solomon Burke, Patti LaBelle, Ben E. King and The Nylons to name a few.
Jimmy Young and Bob Gallo began working as a team in the late 80's and Bob has produced all of Jimmy's works.
In the late 80's and 90's Jimmy had 3 songs charted,"Love Sweet Love", "Two Lovers" and the cover of Bad Company's "Cant Get Enough Of Your Love" which was charted #20 nationwide in Canada. Jimmy's busy schedule included opening for such greats as Ben E. King, The Temptations, The O'Jays and Sam Moore (Sam and Dave) to name a few.
This singer/songwriter also appeared on the Much Music's dance show "Electric Circus" which is televised nationwide in Canada. In the 90's Jimmy's dance single "Supernatural Thing" on the White Oak Records label received excellent spins in clubs in the US, Canada and Europe.
Jimmy's musical influences are Freddie Jackson, Ben E. King, Luther Vandross, Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson.
His new CD titled "Heartbreaker" takes the listener on a musical journey with tracks like "More Than My Heart Could Stand," Jimmy's delivery of this song is excellent, you can feel the emotion deep in your soul especially if you are in love or have that special someone.
"Heartbreaker" the title track has that southern R&B/Pop sound with a touch of gospel backup vocals, its plain beautiful, and when you listen to "Heaven Was Meant For Angels." WOWWWWW, that's all I can say.
GO AHEAD and listen to the sound clips and purchase this CD"Heartbreaker" you can't go wrong.
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