jimmy norman
American jazz / rhythm and blues songwriter and musician, started his career singing in clubs, wrote lyrics to 'Time Is On My Side' for Irma Thomas and worked with Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Nash and Bob Marley who recorded over 40 of his songs. In 1969 joined The Coasters as a producer and vocalist, touring with them until 1998. As well as other stage and studio work he also teamed with Eddie Palmieri as lead vocalist with Harlem River Drive.
Born: August 12th, 1937 in Nashville, Tennesse, US.
Died: November 8th, 2011 in New York City, New York, US.
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Singer and songwriter Jimmy Norman has been an R&B institution for over 50 years. He played with Jimi Hendrix in New York's Greenwich Village, wrote the lyrics for "time is on my side" -- later a hit for the Rolling Stones -- and sang with the Coasters for three decades. In 1968, Norman also helped out a young Jamaican musician under contract to singer Johnny Nash. He desperately wanted to be American-style rhythm and blues singer and Nash suggested that he work with Norman. That led to Norman's intense and prolific collaboration with the 23-year-old Bob Marley. The king of reggae went on to record more than 40 of Norman's tunes.
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