1. James Albert Bowen was born on November 30,1937 and is an American record producer and former rockabilly singer.
14 Facts About Jimmy Bowen
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Jimmy Bowen was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States.
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Jimmy Bowen's family moved to Dumas, Texas, when he was eight years old.
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Jimmy Bowen began as a teenage recording star in 1957 with "I'm Stickin' with You".
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Jimmy Bowen's version sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record.
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Jimmy Bowen's singing career did not take off as well as that of Knox, his partner in the Rhythm Orchids, and ultimately he abandoned a singing career, choosing to stay in the production end of the music industry.
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In mid-1968, Jimmy Bowen launched an independent record label, Amos Records, which lasted until 1971.
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Jimmy Bowen helped Conway Twitty make the 1983 album Merry Twismas, which was one of Conway's No 1 selling albums.
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Jimmy Bowen revolutionized the way music was recorded in Nashville, introducing digital technology and modernizing the way in which instruments such as drums, for example, were recorded and mixed.
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In 1991, Jimmy Bowen produced Andy Williams' well received album "Nashville".
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In 1988, Jimmy Bowen founded a label named Universal Records, which he sold to Capitol Records a year later.
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Jimmy Bowen produced his first movie soundtrack in 1970, for Vanishing Point, which was released in 1971.
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Jimmy Bowen is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and holds an MBA with honors from Belmont University.
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Jimmy Bowen married singer Keely Smith in 1965 and produced her recordings for Reprise Records.