Jimmy Boyd

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1939

Active to

2009

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

49,152

Total plays

110,458

Jimmy Boyd (January 9, 1939 – March 7, 2009) was an American singer, musician, and actor. He was known for his recording of the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". Boyd recorded the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" for Columbia Records, when he was 13. It became a hit, selling over two and a half million records in its first week's release and Boyd's name became known internationally. Columbia Records executives were baffled at the song's popularity. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Convex Optimization

   · 2004 · cited 41,105x

2. Linear Matrix Inequalities in System and Control Theory

   · 1994 · cited 15,196x

3. Distributed Optimization and Statistical Learning via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers

   · 2011 · cited 14,615x

4. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 9,264x

5. Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship

   · 2007 · cited 8,591x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jimmy

Family name

Boyd

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

McComb

Place of death

Santa Monica

Spouse

Yvonne Craig

Occupation

singer

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Award

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Instrument

voice

Record label

Dot Records

Image

Publicity photograph of musician Jimmy Boyd from the 1960 film "Platinum High School".jpg

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