McClain also acted she appeared as a guest star on such shows as Hart to Hart (in 1981 episode titled "Rhinestone Harts") and CHiPs (in 1983 episode "Country Action"). 5 on the Billboard Country Chart), and the top twenty hit, "The Right Stuff". The record contained the Top-5 hit, "Candy Man" (No. 1 again with her Mickey Gilley duet " Paradise Tonight." McClain's and Gilley's duet partnership became so successful, they released a duet album the following year titled It Takes Believers. 28 on the Top Country Albums chart, and her 1981 album, Surround Me With Love went to number 9. Her Who's Cheatin' Who album peaked at No. McClain's albums were beginning to become more successful as well. In 1981, McClain scored three Top-10 hits off her Surround Me with Love album: the title track, " Sleepin' with the Radio On", and " The Very Best is You". 1 on the country chart in 1981 with " Who's Cheatin' Who". 7 in 1980, and the Top-20 duet with Johnny Rodriguez, "I Hate the Way I Love It." However, breakthrough success still eluded McClain. The Women Get Lonely album followed in 1980, featuring the Top 10 hit " Men", which peaked at No. In 1979 McClain released Alone Too Long, which included the Top-20 hits "When A Love Ain't Right" and "You're a Part of Me". She hit country's Top Ten for the first time in 1978 with " That's What You Do to Me," followed by two other Top 25 hits, "Let Me Be Your Baby," and "Take Me Back." McClain's second album, Let Me Be Your Baby, was released in 1978. McClain's initial singles in 19, from her debut album Here's Charly McClain, failed to appear highly on the country chart. McClain debuted in late 1976 with her first single, "Lay Down," which peaked at No. McClain's distinct vocal sound provided an edge in recognizability-as did her attractive appearance. Recording career Steady rise Īt the age of 20, McClain signed her first recording contract with Epic Records in 1976. By the age of 17, she was a regular on the club circuit, and appeared at the Memphis show Mid-South Jamboree from 1973–1975.
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Her first TV appearance was on the local WBBJ morning show in Jackson, Tennessee. The band performed together for the next six years. She began her musical career at age 12 performing with her brother Mike and their band, Charlotte & the Volunteers.
As she was under age to comply with hospital visiting policy, she had to communicate with him through a tape recorder. Her first experience recording was when father Niles had tuberculosis when she was eight. McClain used it when she began her career playing hotel lounges. The nickname "Charly" would come from the neighborhood friends that she played with as a child. When not playing or recording with the Mystiqueros, Jimmy tours playing his songs for fans at festivals, sold out venues and house concerts.McClain was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, to Virginia (née Wiggins 1934–2009) and Niles McClain. He relocated permanently to the Texas Hill Country in 2012. Jimmy agreed to join the respected Texas group, Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros in 2011. In 2009, he release “Jimmy Daddy’s Acoustic Song List Volume II.” 2015 brought another round of home demo's with "BEAGLES: In The Country". The release of his third solo album, “BEAGLES: The Blue Album” in 2008, featured Jimmy writing, singing, engineering, and playing all the instruments. In 2001, he recorded a solo album with all original music and lyrics, titled “Jimmy Daddy’s Acoustic Song List". 2006 brought his best selling “Campfire Songs,” which is a 25-year collection of songs and ballads written around his travels.
Jimmy was named “Premier Male Vocalist” five times by the Memphis chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and was well loved by local audiences. With Jimmy on lead vocals and guitar, the band released two critically-acclaimed independent albums, in 1996, "One Night In A Month of Sunday's" and 1998, "Two Quarts Low" an Americana Top 20 record.
Junction was renowned for their live performances, and their songs took the band on a wild, rock and roll ride around the world.Īching to get back to his roots, Jimmy, headed back to Memphis in 1995 and had the pleasure of hooking up with some of his old buddies, The Riverbluff Clan, a rocking bluegrass outfit from the 70’s.
The band's first release "Kick the Wall" yielded a top 40 AOR hit and a hit MTV Video. In 1987, Jimmy Davis & Junction signed with MTV's QMI/MCA record label. In the early 1980's Jimmy began touring with the country recording artist, Charly McClain, as a rhythm guitar player and backing vocalist.
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