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Jimmy Kennedy

Jimmy Kennedy

Musician · Ireland · 1902–1984

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Achievements

Award
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Archive

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Country

IE

Born

1902-07-20

Died

1984-04-06

Identifiers & aliases

Also known as: James B. Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy & Connelly

Disambiguation

Irish songwriter

ISNI

0000000073593522

Description

Northern Irish songwriter, lyricist (1902-1984)

Extract from Wikipedia

James Kennedy was an Irish songwriter. He was predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer" or co-writing with composers such as Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz and Nat Simon. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he wrote some 2000 songs, of which over 200 became worldwide hits and about 50 are popular music classics.

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