Jimmy Bowen
| Jimmy Bowen | |
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Trading card photo of Bowen in 1957; his last name is misspelled on the card.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | James Albert Bowen |
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November 30, 1937 Santa Rita, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, singer |
| Years active | Early 1960s - present |
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James Albert "Jimmy" Bowen (born November 30, 1937) is an American record producer and former pop music performer. Bowen is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and holds an MBA with honors from Belmont University. He currently lives with his wife Ginger in Phoenix, Arizona.
Bowen is responsible for bringing Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood together. He is also responsible for teaming Nancy up with Mel Tillis for their album, Mel & Nancy.
Bowen was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. His family moved to Dumas, Texas, when he was eight years old.
Bowen began as a teenage recording star in 1957 with "I'm Stickin' with You". The song started as the flip side of the hit record "Party Doll" by Buddy Knox (written by Knox and Bowen), but ultimately hit the charts on its own, peaking at No. 14 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Bowen's version sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record. Bowen's singing career, however, did not take off as well as that of Knox, his partner in the Rhythm Orchids, and ultimately he abandoned a singing career, choosing to stay in the production end of the music industry.
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