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James Frederick "Jimmie" Rodgers (born September 18, 1933 in Camas, Washington, United States) is an American popular music singer. Rodgers had a brief run of mainstream popularity in the late 1950s with a string of crossover singles that ranked highly on the ''Billboard Pop Singles'', ''Hot Country and Western Sides'' and ''Hot Rhythm and Blues Sides'' charts; in the 1960s, Rodgers had more modest successes with adult contemporary music. He is not related to the earlier country singer of the same name, who coincidentally died the same year the younger Rodgers was born. Among country audiences, the younger Rodgers is often known as Jimmie F. Rodgers to differentiate the two. ==Career== Rodgers was taught music by his mother, learned to play the piano and guitar, and joined a band called "The Melodies" started by violinist Phil Clark, while he served in the United States Air Force in Korea. Like a number of other entertainers of the era, he was one of the contestants on Arthur Godfrey's talent show on the radio. When Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore left RCA Victor for Morris Levy's company, Roulette Records, they became aware of Rodgers' talent and signed him up. In the summer of 1957, he recorded a song called "Honeycomb", which had been recorded by Bob Merrill and Georgie Shaw three years earlier. The tune was Rodgers' biggest hit, staying on the top of the charts for four weeks. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. The following year, he had a number of other hits that reached the Top 10 on the charts: "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again", "Secretly", and "Are You Really Mine". Other hits include "Bo Diddley", "Bimbombey", "Ring-a-ling-a-lario", "Tucumcari," "Tender Love and Care (T.L.C)", and a version of ''Waltzing Matilda'' as a film tie-in with the apocalyptic movie ''On the Beach''. In the United Kingdom, "Honeycomb" reached Number 30 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1957, but "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" climbed to Number 7 the following month. Both "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" were million sellers.〔 In 1958, he appeared on NBC's ''The Gisele MacKenzie Show''. Also in 1958 he sang the opening theme song of the movie ''The Long, Hot Summer'', starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Orson Welles. He then had his own short-lived televised variety show on NBC. His biggest hit in the UK was "English Country Garden", a version of the folk song "Country Gardens", which reached Number 5 in the chart in June 1962.〔 In 1962, he moved to the Dot label, and four years later to A&M Records. He also appeared in some movies, including ''The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come'', opposite Neil Hamilton, and ''Back Door to Hell'', which he helped finance. In 1966, a long dry spell ended for Rodgers when he re-entered the Top 40 with "It's Over" (later to be recorded by Eddy Arnold, Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell and Sonny James). In 1967, he had his final charting Top 100 single, "Child of Clay". 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「Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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