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Jimmy Hughes

 


Jimmy J. Hughes was born in Leighton, Alabama on February 3, 1938 and is a cousin of Percy Sledge. He began singing in a gospel quartet while in high school. He most successfully recorded for the Fame studio in Muscle Shoals from 1964 to 1968 and his recordings appeared on the Fame, Vee Jay, Atlantic and Volt/Stax labels. Goodbye My Love was issued by Fame when distributed by Vee Jay records and was released in the UK on Sue WI 4006 in March 1966. The song was a hit for The Searchers. On some labels the song is called Goodbye My Lover Goodbye.

In 1970, somewhat disenchanted, he quit the music industry, retrained, and worked in the power generation supply industry. His current whereabouts are unknown.

“Goodbye my love”, US Fame F-6407, February 1964, did not chart. Some people think the record was issued in 1965. The Searchers’ version was issued in very early 1965, pointing to the index number 6407 being a reliable date indicator.

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