ARTISTS DETAILS |
Sir Jimmy Shand |
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SCOTLAND'S
LEGENDARY ACCORDIONIST |
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One of
Scotland's BEST SELLING Artists with over 330 compositions to his name.
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available
on VHS video, DVD, |
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BACKGROUND |
BORN |
In East Wemyss, Fife in 1908 on the 29th of January he was one of 9 children, 7 boys and 2 girls, his father was a ploughman-turned-miner. |
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FIRST JOB |
Jimmy's first employment was as a miner, but due to the General Strike of 1926 he was taken off full-time employment. |
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FIRST RECORDING |
After being offered a job at Forbes music shop when the owner heard him play the accordion, Mr Forbes went on to get him his first recording, a selection of Scottish jigs, in 1933. |
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BBC RADIO |
He first performed in 1934 on BBC Radio, and then went on to form The Jimmy Shand Band in 1945 |
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FAMILY LIFE |
In 1946 Jimmy married Anne, with whom he has had 2 sons, David and Jimmy Jr |
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FAME |
As a household name he appeared on numerous TV shows in the 50's and 60's, working with stars such as Andy Stewart, Moira Anderson on shows such as the White Heather Club. |
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ROYAL FANS |
Ask to play for Royalty at Balmoral, he can count the Queen and Queen Mother amongst his fans. |
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CHART SUCCESS |
No.20 in the Charts in 1955 with 'The Bluebell Polka' and appeared on Top Of The Pops. |
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FANS FAINT |
Open-air Concert in Aberdeen attended by 20,000 people in the 50's, were female fans fainted and the queues brought the traffic to a stand still. |
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AWARD |
Jimmy Shand was awarded the MBE in 1962. |
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TELEVISION |
In 1978 he appeared on the television programme 'This Is Your Life'. |
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VIDEO CHART HIT |
In 1994 he released his ONE-AND-ONLY VIDEO 'Dancing with the Shands' which held a Top 10 position in the UK Music Video Charts for 5 weeks. The video is a recording of Sir Jimmy Shand performing with his son Jimmy Shand Junior and his band at Letham Village Hall near to their home town of Auchtermuchty bringing the viewer the music and dances that have made this legendary artist so famous. |
now on DVD |
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KNIGHTHOOD |
Jimmy Shand was Knighted in the year 2000. Sadly Sir Jimmy died on the 23rd of December 2000 he will be greatly missed by young and old alike. |
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DISCOGRAPHY |
DANCING WITH THE
SHANDS Sir Jimmy Shand and Jimmy Shand Jnr & his Band A unique opportunity to see Sir Jimmy Shand on video (now on DVD)with this title which held a top ten position in the UK Music Video Charts for over 5 weeks. catalogue numbers: RELV012 (VHS video) RDVD064 (DVD) RECD497 (CD) RECS497 (cassette) |
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THE LEGENDARY SIR
JIMMY SHAND Sir Jimmy Shand This album pulls together a variety of recordings, made over a period of time from the best years of Jimmy's career, to give you a magnificent momento of this amazing player. catalogue numbers: RECD514 (CD) RECS514 (cassette) |
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A TRIBUTE TO SIR JIMMY
SHAND Jim Johnstone and his Band This album contains sixteen varied Scottish and Old Tyme Dances made up from 30 of Jimmy Shand's compositions, and Jim Johnstone and his Band have done a great justice to Jimmy's very fine music. catalogue numbers: RECD527 (CD) RECS527 (cassette) |
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THE SHAND
CONNECTIONS Sir Jimmy Shand has become known throughout the world as the greatest exponent of Scottish Dance Music that there has ever been. catalogue numbers: SKYC5008 (CD) |
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fantastic new Scottish music from :: The Music Kitchen :: now available here | ||||
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