1. James D Helms was born on September 27,1941 and is an American soul singer, known as a member of Londonbeat but who had solo hits such as "Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse".
13 Facts About Jimmy Helms
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Jimmy Helms's grandfather was a Black Seminole and a preacher.
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Jimmy Helms played with the Carl Sally band and moved to Boston, where he worked as a session guitarist.
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Jimmy Helms joined the US Army and played trumpet in the Fort Jackson Army Band.
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Jimmy Helms released many singles on labels such as Cube, Capitol, Philips, and Pye.
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In Boston in 1970, Jimmy Helms appeared in the Broadway musical Hair, in which he played the character Hud.
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Jimmy Helms signed to the UK's Fly Records in 1972, and released "So Long Love" on its Cube Records subsidiary.
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Jimmy Helms sang Elmer Bernstein and Don Black's title song for the 1974 adventure film Gold, starring Roger Moore.
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Jimmy Helms released a single and soundtrack album for the film Black Joy with producer Biddu in 1977.
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Jimmy Helms worked on the soundtrack of the 1985 movie Water, and performed some songs on the album release of the 1980s stage musical Time.
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Jimmy Helms was often heard singing vocals on many radio jingles on Independent Local Radio stations in the United Kingdom.
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Jimmy Helms's voice was particularly prominent on the Alfasound produced ident packages for Pennine Radio, Radio Hallam and the Yorkshire Radio Network.
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The song "I've Been Thinking About You", written by Jimmy Helms, produced his highest-ever profile, reaching No 2 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1990, and No 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1991.