Jimmy Hart
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Hart in 2006
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| Birth name | James Ray Hart |
| Born |
January 1, 1944 Jackson, Mississippi |
| Residence | Tampa, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Jimmy Hart The Strapmaster The Mouth of the South The Colonel |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78m) |
| Billed weight | 166 Ib (75 kg) |
| Billed from | Memphis, Tennessee |
James Ray "Jimmy" Hart (born January 1, 1944) is an American professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE in a Legends deal. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling under his nickname "The Mouth of the South".
He has managed many professional wrestlers, including Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart (no relation) and Jim Neidhart (The Hart Foundation), Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Jerry "The King" Lawler, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, The Mountie, Earthquake, Dino Bravo, the Nasty Boys, The Giant, and The Honky Tonk Man. He is a one-time AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion.
Before becoming involved with professional wrestling, Hart was a member of rock band The Gentrys, best known for their 1965 top five Billboard Hot 100 hit, "Keep on Dancing".
Jimmy Hart was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He was brought into wrestling by Jerry "The King" Lawler , with whom he had attended Memphis Treadwell High School. Having been asked to sing back-up with Lawler, Hart later became Lawler's manager.
After splitting from Lawler, Hart created a stable known as Hart's First Family of Wrestling to attack Lawler, which among others included King Kong Bundy, "Ravishing" Rick Rude, Lanny Poffo, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Ox Baker, Kamala, Randy Savage, "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, The Iron Sheik and Kevin Sullivan.
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