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MP3 Jimmy Payne - Pieces Of Life
Some tears, and some laughter, some gospel.
20 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Traditional Country
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Jimmy Payne is an entertainer who, as he comments, comes from the heart of rural America.
Born in Arkansas, grew up in Missouri, is the youngest of eleven children.
He learned to play Guitar at the age of sixteen. While still in his teens, he, and his niece Betty, had there on Radio Show over KTCB in Malden Missouri.
His Teenage dreams were mostly filled with country songs, and visions of living in Nashville while dragging a nine foot cotton sack through rows of Southeast Missouri cotton fields.
Picking cotton was a hard way to earn money, however, commonplace in those days.
In 1966, he signed a five year contract with Epic Records. His first single with Epic "What Does I t Take"'' became a hit in a few markets and sold several thousand records but never gathered enough momentum to break into the Billboard national charts. Six months later, his close friend Jim Glaser,
was working on a new song and asked Jimmy to help finish it. They wrote on it all night and by morning it was finished.. In a couple weeks Jimmy recorded it for his second single under the direction of legendary producer Billy Sherrill. The song was Woman, Woman,” have you got cheating on your mind”. A couple months later his record was playing on the Radio in Los Angeles, Columbia Record Producer, Jerry Fuller, heard it and took it to a group he had just signed. The group was Gary Puckett, and The Union Gap . The song has been recorded around a hundred times, and according to BMI, played more than four million times on U.S. Radio alone
In 1969 Jimmy recorded The Dick Feller song, https://www.tradebit.comels, Taking it to 21 in the national charts
Other national charts records were "Ramblin'' Man,''Where has all the love gone" "Tonight''s The Night Miss Sally Testifies" and "Turnin'' My Love on".
Prestigious venues Jimmy has played, include, " The Grand Ole Opry" "Golden Nugget" Las Vegas,"Wheeling Jamboree", Wembly Festival, London, England", and "Peterborough Festival"
England.
In 1974, and 75, he was voted Most Promising Artist to The British audiences by Billboard- Music week. Also in 1975 he graced The British Pop Charts with a Hoyt Axton Song titled,
"Sweet Fantasy"
Jimmy''s International success is well documented, with tours in Japan,Philipines, Norway,Netherlands , Great Britain and South Korea
As a Songwriter, Jimmy Payne has had songs recorded by,Ray Price, Bill Anderson, Glen Campbell,Grandpa Jones,Jim Glaser, Tompall, and The Glaser Bro''s, Cal Smith, Connie Smith,
Joel Sonnier,Jeannie Pruett, Tammy Wynette, Dottie West ,Daniel O''Donnell, Frank Ifield. Frank Jennings, Charley Pride , and many others . Charley Pride, had a Number One with " My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You" , written by Jimmy, and Naomi Martin.
Jimmy has recorded for Epic,Vanguard, VeeJay,RCA , Ocean, Word, Cinnamon,Lyco, Ric,Sounds Upon Cumberland,Kik,K-Ark,
In 1969 Jimmy Married his longtime sweetheart Virginia,[Jo] still married ,still living in the same home they bought the same year they married. The have a lovely Daughter, Amanda.
She, and her husband Matt lives close by
Jimmy has recorded seven LP’s, and Two CD’s... The titles are,” When Mama Prayed”, and
“ Pieces Of Life”.
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