Jimmy Murphy (country musician)

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Jimmy Murphy (October 11, 1925, in Birmingham, Alabama – June 1, 1981) was an American country and rockabilly guitarist and singer-songwriter.

Murphy's father, a

Murphy's contract only lasted one year; all of his singles failed to sell. He continued, however, to perform on WROL, and moved to WNOX in the middle of the 1950s. In 1955, Don Law signed Murphy to Columbia Records and had him record a number of rockabilly sides, but none of these charted, and this contract ended in 1956. Murphy followed his father into the bricklaying business and continued playing music on the side, but returned in 1962 to record for Ark Records, Midnite, Loyal, Rimrock, and Starday over the next few years.

He went into retirement until the

Singles

References

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