Jimmy Scott: Renowned International Jazz Star

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Jimmy Scott: Renowned International Jazz Star

Jimmy Scott was an international jazz star who got his start singing in local clubs as a teen. It led to gigs around the Midwest and the South – and helped land him in Lionel Hampton's orchestra from 1949-51, when he scored his first hit with 'Everybody's Somebody's Fool.' 'Little Jimmy Scott,' as he was […]

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