I was going to say “King of the Jingles” but Jimmy Helms was far more than that. A fantastic American singer who settled in the UK, Jimmy was every bit as good as his more famous Motown and Atlantic contemporaries. If you’ve worked in advertising in the last 40 years and were making a commercial requiring an authentic US soul singer, you’d call for Jimmy. He had a Top Ten hit in the early 70s with Gonna Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse – which started as a jingle – then re-surfaced in the 90s as the frontman of Londonbeat. He’d have been knocking 50 by then but you’d never know it. What a tune, what a voice. Makes me want to write a jingle.
The session singer’s session singer.

- Columbia Road...7th May 2017
- I suppose it'...6th May 2017
- The local cou...5th May 2017
- The Duke of E...4th May 2017
- I always thou...3rd May 2017
- Another four ...2nd May 2017
- The sport to ...30th Apr 2017
- Quick drink w...28th Apr 2017
- The only thin...26th Apr 2017
- You know you'...22nd Apr 2017
- I'm not suppo...21st Apr 2017
- If you think ...20th Apr 2017
- Snap election...19th Apr 2017
- I'll never be...18th Apr 2017
- One more reas...17th Apr 2017 prev next