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Jimi Jamison/Survivor
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Website: http://www.jimijamison.com
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Latest Activity: Jan 17, 2011
Biography
Born in rural Mississippi, Jamison moved with his mother to Memphis, Tennessee at a very young age, and he considers himself a Memphis native. In addition to honing his vocal abilities, Jamison dabbled in guitar growing up. By middle school, he was playing in a band.
He would later sing for the bands Target and Cobra and provided background vocals for other bands including ZZ Top. After the demise of Cobra in 1983/84, he was invited to audition for Survivor, whose then-lead singer Dave Bickler needed surgery on his vocal cords and could no longer continue with the band.
Although he was initially not adamant about fronting what he considered more of a "pop rock" band, which would contrast significantly with the metal stylings of Cobra to which he had become accustomed, Jamison ultimately got the job and became Survivor's new frontman. Among his best known performances are "Burning Heart", from the Rocky IV movie with Sylvester Stallone, which hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, "High On You" (#8 US), and "The Search Is Over" (#4 US). Jamison also co-wrote and sang "I'm Always Here," the theme from the hit TV show Baywatch.
Jamison would later reunite with Survivor for a tour in 2000, and he ended up remaining with the band up through the release of their new album in 2006. In 2005, Jamison was featured in the Emmy-nominated Starbucks commercial which was a parody of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger". Ironically, Jamison was not a member of Survivor when the song was originally released in 1982. Also in 2005, Jamison performed a duet on "It Takes Two" with teen singer Whitney Wolanin.
Jamison is known for his contributions to charity, and has been a participant in the annual Rockin Christmas Fund charity fundraiser event among others.
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Comment by Fab Box on April 19, 2009 at 10:56am -
Great rocking voice!
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Comment by Patti/Webmistress on March 15, 2009 at 9:04pm -
Jimi is a friend of mine who has written songs with Peter Beckett. If you ever see amazing photos of Jimi in concert they were probably taken by my friend Sheryl Robinson, who is the biggest fan of Jimi's I've ever known. She is an amazing photographer, and Jimi is the cutest and most amazing voice. He's still GOT IT!
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Comment by Stefan 99 on January 29, 2009 at 3:13pm -
The ultimate AOR album is 'Vital Signs' to me. Classy all the way. Nuff said.
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Comment by jens on December 10, 2008 at 7:36am -
The New Jimi Jamison Video - When Rock was King
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Comment by jens on November 28, 2008 at 4:39pm
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Comment by jens on November 12, 2008 at 6:06pm
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txs Bengt ;-)
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Comment by Bernard on November 12, 2008 at 12:32pm -
Good AOR music. I love the Bickler era too.
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Comment by Bengt Isaksson on November 11, 2008 at 10:40pm -
Hi Jens!
It's the embeded code you should paste into the text field! Just for information!
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Comment by jens on November 11, 2008 at 10:20pm
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One of the greatest Voice in the Rock-World.
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