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Jimmy Boyd
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American singer, musician, and actor (1939-2009)
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Jimmy Boyd was an American actor and singer who began his work period in 1951. He performed as a male vocalist, recording with Dot Records and utilizing his voice as his primary instrument. His musical style is associated with the 50s, rockabilly, and pop genres. Boyd was a native English speaker who also wrote in English.
He was born in McComb and died in Santa Monica in 2009 due to cancer. Boyd was married to Yvonne Craig. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1939
- Active to
- 2009
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 49,152
- Total plays
- 110,458
Tags
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Distributed Optimization and Statistical Learning via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers
· 2011 · cited 14,615x
- 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
- 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
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Dot Records
- Image
- Publicity photograph of musician Jimmy Boyd from the 1960 film "Platinum High School".jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1939-01-09
- date of death
- 2009-03-07
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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