Among some of the better known polka ( and waltzes ) artists and composers include Happy Louie and Julie, Frankie Yankovic, Walter Ostanek ( Canada ), Verne Meisner, Mike Schneider, Tom Brusky, Walt Groller, Joey Miskulin, Jimmy Sturr, Kyle Redman Polka Band, and ( in combination with more modern styles ) " Weird Al " Yankovic ( no known relation to Frankie Yankovic ) and The Our Gang Orchestra.

* Jimmy Sturr, " Polka King ," resident.

** Jim Uzwack ( engineer ) and sound man, Kenneth R. Irwin, Tom Pick ( engineers & producers ) & Jimmy Sturr ( engineer, producer & artist ) for Gone Polka

** Jeremy Welch, Joe Donofrio ( engineers / mixers ), Kenneth R. Irwin, Tom Pick ( engineers / mixers & producers ), Jimmy Sturr ( engineer / mixer, producer & artist ) for Top of the World

** Jimmy Sturr for Living on Polka Time

** Jon Dickson, Ken Irwin ( engineer ), Tom Pick ( engineer & producer ) & Jimmy Sturr for Touched by a Polka

** Jimmy Sturr for Dance With Me performed by Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra

Over the next few years, the group collaborated on an album with polka instrumentalist Jimmy Sturr and then made an album for Platinum Records called Voices.

* Jimmy Sturr – 18-time Grammy Award Winner grew up and still resides in the village of Florida.

** Jimmy Sturr for I Love to Polka

** Jimmy Sturr for Polka!

** Jimmy Sturr for Born to Polka

** Jimmy Sturr for Live at Gilley's!

** Jimmy Sturr for I Remember Warsaw performed by Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra

** Jimmy Sturr for When It's Polka Time at Your House

** Jimmy Sturr for A Polka Just For Me

** Jimmy Sturr for All in My Love for You

** Tom Pick ( engineer & producer ), Joe Donofrio, Kenneth R. Irwin ( producers ) & Jimmy Sturr ( producer & artist ) for Let's Polka ' Round

In 1987, a tie vote resulted in awards being presented to Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra for the album I Remember Warsaw as well as to Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones for the album Another Polka Celebration.

* 1931 – Jimmy Lyons, American musician ( d. 1986 )

* 1957 – Jimmy Dorsey, American musician, composer, and bandleader ( The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers ) ( b. 1904 )

* 1961 – Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician ( Bronski Beat and The Communards )

* 1963 – Jimmy DeGrasso, American musician ( F5, Y & T, Suicidal Tendencies, and Megadeth )

* Orion ( musician ) ( 1945 – 1998 ), stage name of American rockabilly singer Jimmy " Orion " Ellis

* Jimmy Swaggart – TV evangelist, pastor, musician

* 1968 – Jimmy Bower, American musician and songwriter ( Down, Crowbar, Superjoint Ritual, Eyehategod, Clearlight, and Corrosion of Conformity )

** Jimmy Dorsey, American jazz musician ( b. 1904 )

** Jimmy Lyons, American musician ( d. 1986 )

** Jimmy Boyd, American singer, musician and actor

* April 28 – Jimmy Barnes, Australian musician

** Jimmy Dean, American musician, entrepreneur ( d. 2010 )

* April 26 – Jimmy Giuffre, American jazz musician ( died 2008 )

* May 19 – Jimmy Lyons, American musician ( b. 1931 )

The critic and musician Digby Fairweather sums up Beiderbecke's musical legacy, arguing that " with Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke was the most striking of jazz's cornet ( and of course, trumpet ) fathers ; a player who first captivated his 1920s generation and after his premature death, founded a dynasty of distinguished followers beginning with Jimmy McPartland and moving on down from there.

The portrayal of its protagonist ( Jimmy Cliff ) as an aspiring musician who is forced to sign away his rights to make a hit record depicts the role of record producers and radio DJs as a dominance-the musician ends up with no aspirations or living the same lifestyle ( as in the case of the film Rockers ).

* Jimmy Castor ( born 1947 ), American musician

Leading Parlophone artists in the 1950s included Germany's Obernkirchen Children's Choir and Scottish musician Jimmy Shand.

Guitarist Jimmy A and singer Sharon McCall also performed occasionally with the band, whose repertoire contained a number of songs penned by English poet and fellow Exit Records musician Steve Scott.

* Jimmy Lee Sudduth ( 1910 – 2007 ), outsider artist and blues musician

The Delta Museum, which is now housed in the former post office building in downtown Ferriday, honors Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, journalist Howard K. Smith, evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, Hollywood socialite Ann Boyar Warner and jazz musician Pee Wee Whittaker.

* Jimmy Rogers, Blues singer and musician

* Jimmy Gnecco ( born 1973 ), musician from the Ours.

* Jimmy Zoppi ( born 1954 ), musician and voice actor.