From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Tue Jan 8, 2002  1:17 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Jimmy Elledge

JIMMY ELLEDGE

Born 8 January, 1943, Nashville, Tennessee

Singer / pianist. Jimmy Elledge is best known for his version of "Funny
How Time Slips Away" (# 22 pop in late 1961), a Willie Nelson composition
that has become a minor classic. Though it is a typical example of the
early sixties Nashville sound, it surprisingly failed to make the country
charts. This was Jimmy's second single, produced by Chet Atkins, to
whom Elledge had sent an audition tape. Atkins was sufficiently impressed
to sign him to RCA. The B-side of hirst first single, "Swanee River Rocket"
(RCA 7910) shows him to be an accomplished boogie woogie pianist.
His best rocker is "Bo Diddley" (RCA 8042), which got a UK release on an
RCA EP (RCX 7132) and is highly praised by Stuart Colman in the current
issue of Now Dig This.
After nine singles for RCA (1961-64), Elledge recorded for Sims, Hickory
("Pink Dally Rue" is his most interesting release for that label), Little
Darlin'
and 4 Star. "One By One" was a minor country hit in 1975 (on the Cash Box
country charts). Elledge is still active in the music industry and lives in New
Orleans nowadays. His most recent (country) CD is "Singing From The Heart"
(1995).