Jimmie Skinner
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Jimmie Skinner, born on April 27, 1909, in Blue Lick, near Berea, Kentucky, was an American country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter, and acoustic guitarist. In his teens, he moved to Hamilton, Ohio, and began performing on local radio stations. Skinner's first record releases came in 1946 on Red Barn Records. He signed with Capitol Records in 1950 and later with Decca Records in 1953. His most successful label association was with Mercury Records from 1957 to 1961, during which he achieved chart success with songs like "I Found My Girl in the USA" (1957), "What Makes a Man Wander" (1958), and "Dark Hollow" (1958). He also recorded duets with Connie Hall. After Lou Epstein died in 1963, Skinner's career declined, but he continued performing on the bluegrass festival circuit until his death from a heart attack on October 28, 1979, in Hendersonville, Tennessee. In 2003, Bear Family Records released Doin' My Time, a comprehensive boxed set of Jimmie Skinner's recordings.
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- You Know How To Hurt A Man
- Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea
- Riverboat Gambler
- I Found My Girl in the U.S.A.
- Let's Call It A Day (After Tonight) by Paula Ellis
- To Tell The World
- Fallen Leaves
- Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler
- That's the Life That I Have Left to Live
- Stay As Wonderful As You Are
- The Story Of Bonnie And Clyde
- Doin' My Time
- Judy on My Mind
- The Mystery Of Cathrine Winters
- The World In My Pocket
- The Cork & The Bottle
- My Old Southern Home
- Twenty Beers
- Kentucky Moon
- Lonesome At The Table
- Time Won't Ease My Worried Mind
- What Makes A Man Wander
- There's A Love Light Shinin'
- On The Wrong Side Of The Tracks
