Jimmy Kennedy Quotes

James Kennedy was a Northern Irish songwriter, predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer", or co-writing with the composers Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz and Nat Simon, among others. In a career spanning more than fifty years, he wrote some 2000 songs, of which over 200 became worldwide hits and about 50 are all-time popular music classics. Until the duo of Lennon and McCartney, Kennedy had more hits in the United States than any other Irish or British songwriter.

✵ 20. July 1902 – 6. April 1984
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Famous Jimmy Kennedy Quotes

“Red sails in the sunset,
Way out on the sea,
Oh carry my loved one
Home safely to me.”

Song Red Sails in the Sunset
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Jimmy Kennedy Quotes

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