P.J. Proby
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1938-11-06
pop
Discography
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60srocksinger-songwriterpopmale vocalists
P.J. Proby, born James Marcus Smith on 6 November 1938, is a singer, songwriter, and actor noted for his voice and his theatrical portrayals of Elvis Presley, plus interpretations of modern standards in the vein of Tom Jones. Until 1961, he used the name Jett Powers. The stage name P.J. Proby was suggested to him by a friend named Sharon Sheeley (Eddie Cochran's girlfriend) who remembered the name of an old high school boyfriend. P.J. Proby did demos for Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and other ar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Sanremo Music Festival 1966
- Genre
- easy listening
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Decca
- Official website
- www.pjproby.net
- Image
- P.J. Proby 2007.jpg
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- birth name
- James Marcus Smith
- date of birth
- 1938-11-06
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Available in 12 languages
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- Central Kurdish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Nederlands
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polski
- Svenska
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