Jimmy Walker

Jimmy Walker (1941 – July 15, 2020 He was of Irish descent. His first group was in New York called The Castle Kings.

When he was a young adult, he moved to Bergenfield, New Jersey, and worked as a truck driver. With the three-way vocal harmonies by John Charles, Beau Charles, and Buddy Randall, "Lies" stood out due to its Beatles-esque sound. The Knickerbockers would become regulars on Dick Clark's Where The Action Is. Their debut album was released a few months later, in early 1966, and was named after the hit, and featured the song on there too.

"Lies" entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the final week of December 1965, went to number 20 on the charts in late January 1966, which Walker also co-produced.

The Righteous Brothers reformed again in 1974, with the original duo of Medley and Hatfield.

Solo In 1968, Walker signed to Columbia Records, and recorded a handful of solo singles between 1968 and 1970, including; Down In My Broken Dreams (1968), The Greatest Love (1969) and I Got The Best Of You (1969), Chop No Wood (1970), and Feel The Warm (1970). His time in Columbia Records was short-lived, as he stepped down from his contract two years later.

Walker released his debut solo album, Still There In My Soul, in 2014.

Later life After leaving Columbia Records in 1969, he would retire from working as a full-time professional musician and move to Wyoming in the 1970s. In the 1970s, he worked with three soul-funk groups; Fatback, Oasis and Hot Street. Walker would continue to perform with his own group “The Jimmy Walker Band”. A cause of death has yet to be publicly revealed.

Discography

With The Knickerbockers

Singles

Albums

With The Righteous Brothers

Albums TitleYearRe-Birth1969

Singles Titles (A-side, B-side)AlbumYear"Here I Am" b/w "So Many Lonely Nights Ahead"Souled Out1968"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" b/w "Let the Good Times Roll" (from The Righteous Brothers Greatest Hits, Vol. 2) UK reissueThe Righteous Brothers Greatest Hits1969"Woman, Man Needs Ya" b/w "And the Party Goes On"Re-Birth1970"Po' Folks" b/w "Good N' Nuff"

Solo

Singles

Albums TitleLabelYearNoteStill There In My SoulIndependent2014