Jimmy Clanton (born September 2, 1938, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) is an American singer who became known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol". His band recorded a hit song "Just A Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958 for the Ace Records label. It reached number four on the Billboard chart and sold a million copies. Clanton performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstand and toured with popular artists like Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Platters.
Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
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In 1959, he was the first to record "My Own True Love" ("Tara"s Theme" from Gone with the Wind (1939) and later the theme from TV's Million Dollar Movie (1955)), reaching #33 US Pop.
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His brother, Ike Clanton, played the bass for famed guitarist Duane Eddy ("Rebel Rouser","Cannonball", "Peter Gunn","Forty Miles Of Bad Road" ).
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He had breakthrough hit in 1958 with the standard "Just A Dream"(#4 US Pop).
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les seigneurs
2012
performer: "Just a Dream" / writer: "Just a Dream"
Rock & Chips
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
performer: "Just A Dream" / writer: "Just A Dream"
$1.4 Million
