10 Facts About Jimmy Radcliffe

James Radcliffe was an American soul singer, composer, arranger, conductor and record producer.

Jimmy Radcliffe released such singles as "My Ship is Coming In", a song composed by his writing partner Joey Brooks, was later covered by The Walker Brothers as a pop music hit, and wrote several songs featured in the children's TV show The Banana Splits.

Jimmy Radcliffe's recording of "Long After Tonight Is All Over" became famous as one of the songs that was played at the Wigan Casino all-nighters, the Northern soul venue.

Jimmy Radcliffe did not live long enough to see this recording achieve cult status.

Jimmy Radcliffe was overweight, had a kidney removed in 1973 and developed further complications with his remaining one.

Unreleased at the time, until the 2008 issue Where There Smoke There's Fire, the track featured Jimmy Radcliffe playing the vibes.

Jimmy Radcliffe was self-taught on the guitar, piano, bass, vibes and drums, preferring to write using his Goya acoustic guitar because of its portability.

Jimmy Radcliffe's recording of "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" was showcased on the premiere episode of "Hard Knocks In Season - The Indianapolis Colts" on November 17,2021.

Also in 1964, Jimmy Radcliffe produced a record for the soul group The Relatives that featured the song "Hadn't Been For Baby", which he co-wrote with Billy Edd Wheeler.

Jimmy Radcliffe co-produced, with John Hammond, Pat Lundy's album Soul Aint Nothin' But The Blues on Columbia Records and much of the material used on Carolyn Franklin, first three albums for RCA Records.