Jimmy Griffin
At a glance...
Born: August 10, 1942 in
Cincinnati, OH
Spent his childhood in Memphis,
TN
Attended Kin gsbury High
School
One of the three founding members of
Bread (with Robb Royer and David Gates)
Won the Academy Award in 1970 for the song "For All
We Know" - although popularized by The Carpenters, this song
was from the film "Lovers and Other Strangers" - he won
this with his long-time collaborator (and fellow founding
member) Robb Royer - however, they used the pseudonyms Arthur
James and Robb Williams (Arthur was Jimmy's middle name)
- Fred Karlin was also a recipient of the award for
the music - Jimmy and Robb wrote the words.
Apart from Bread, he recorded three solo albums, an album with Terry Sylvester,
one album with Black Tie (with Billy Swan and Randy
Meisner), two albums with his band The Remingtons and a final
unreleased album "GYG" (Griffin/Yancey/Guilbeau).
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