Jimmy James (singer)

Jimmy James
Birth nameMichael James
Born(1940-09-13)13 September 1940
Brown's Town, Jamaica
Died14 May 2024(2024-05-14) (aged 83)
London, England
Genres
OccupationSinger
Years active1960–2021
Labels

Michael "Jimmy" James (13 September 1940 – 14 May 2024) was a Jamaican-British soul singer,[2] known for songs like "Come to Me Softly", "Now Is the Time" and "I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me". Based in Britain, he performed as the lead singer of Jimmy James and the Vagabonds from the mid-1960s.[2]

  1. ^ "Jimmy James and the Vagabonds review". BBC Music: Lincolnshire. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AMG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).