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James Aaron "Jim" Diamond (28 September 1951 – 8 October 2015) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three Top 5 hits. The first was "I Won't Let You Down" (1982), as the lead singer in the trio PhD, with Tony Hymas and Simon Phillips. His solo performance, "I Should Have Known Better", was a United Kingdom No.1 in 1984.〔 The third track was the theme song from ''Boon'', "Hi Ho Silver" which reached No.5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986.〔 He has also featured as a vocalist on the charity No.1s "You'll Never Walk Alone" with The Crowd and "Let It Be" with Ferry Aid. His last UK chart success was with "Young Love (Carry Me Away)". ==Early years== He started his music career at the young age of 15 with his own band, The Method. This was discovered through a recent interview with Jim Diamond.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chatshow.net Chatshow.net )〕 Diamond, at age 16, also fronted a Glasgow band called Jade. That line-up included bassist Chris Glen who went on to play with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Jim Lacey on lead guitar who later went on to join The Alan Bown!. Jade played many pub, club and college gigs in London in 1969, playing at Brunel University, West London College in Cricklewood, The Pied Bull in Islington, West Hampstead Country Club, another college in Virginia Water and many more in 1969. They also supported The Move on their Scottish tour with The Stoics in the same year. He later toured Europe with Gully Foyle.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Gully Foyle Years )〕 Rare recordings of his performances with Gully Foyle were recently discovered on the internet.〔(Gully Foyle ). the-blindman.com〕 Diamond was discovered by Alexis Korner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Liner Notes “The Lost Album” )〕 He spent the next couple of years as part of Korner's band. He provided additional and backing vocals on many of Korner's songs. Most of which would appear on ''The Lost Album''. In 1976 Diamond left Korner to form Bandit. The line-up included AC/DC band member Cliff Williams. They were soon signed up by Arista Records and released their début album, ''Bandit''. They failed to reach the chart. In 1979 Diamond was lead vocalist for a Japanese band called BACCO. The debut album was ''Cha Cha Me''. Diamond went to Los Angeles, California to form Slick Diamond with Earl Slick.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Diamond's Official Website – Biography )〕 He spent some time touring and recording and provided music for a film soundtrack. In 1978, Jim married Christine Bailey (born 1951, Wellington, New Zealand). The couple had a daughter, Sara Rosaline Diamond (b. 1978 in Hammersmith and Fulham, London) and, a son, Lawrence James Diamond (b. 1984 in Hammersmith and Fulham, London). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Diamond (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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